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Speaker Recommendations? (2.1)
javeryh:
Anyone have any speaker recommendations for a cocktail cab? I'm looking at the Sound Blaster SBS350 2.1 ($38) right now but I am open to suggestions... Nothing fancy - cab won't be used for anything but MAME (no mp3s or anything). I would like to be able to control the volume by mounting something underneath the one of the control panels. This one has a wired volume adjustment that I guess I could mount but it might be a pain to drill a hole to fit it through... You can look at it here: http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=SEARCH&product_code=50265405&pfp=srch1
THANKS!
leapinlew:
Hey bud!
I have pretty good luck with these speakers. They sound ok and they have a seperate volume control. You can find them for $20 at the non-union child labor blue store:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3201951
javeryh:
Even better! $20 isn't bad at all and they are sold in stores so I won't have to pay the ridiculous shipping. Hmmm... very tempting... How does the volume knob work? Does it plug into the speakers or is it always attached? I will obviously have to drill a hole in my cab to run the wire and I'd like to keep it as small as possible. The volume knob looks a little big to pass through a small hole... any thoughts?
Thanks!!
leapinlew:
well....
as an option you can crank the speakers up pretty loud and adjust the volume through windows.
You may want to wait before drilling the hole - to see how often sound adjustment is necessary.
And, the volume is a dial on the cord (with plenty of extra cord). You could replace the dial with a pots based volume from radio shack or something. Have a knob sticking out somewhere. I suggest you just tuck it all inside and wait and see.
gamecreature:
It isn't that hard to hack the PCB on one of those speaker sets. A stereo pot runs less than $2 at Radio Shack. You can run some wires from it to the PCB and mount the pot anywhere you want on the cab.
Another option is to not worry about the external speaker volume and use Windows volume instead. Mala has an option that will allow you to assign windows volume control to any key on your cab (though I'm not sure if it works while you're playing a game).