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SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: DrumAnBass on September 17, 2009, 01:18:44 am ---You could also go with a wall plate and just paint it to match the cab; great prices here:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10425

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+1

Saw some of that Home Depot and Lowes last month. Made a mental note to check them out later. If I recall correctly some of the wall jacks were solder free. Plug in the back and a plug in the front. Didn't pay too much attention to which wall jacks were sold like that though.


--- Quote from: ammitz on September 16, 2009, 11:18:32 am ---The problem is that i haven't got the equipment and i don't know how to solder.

So a solder free solution would be very nice :)

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You should learn how to at least solder a wire into a cup. The amount of money I saved with even a mere $30 invested in basic soldering tools more than paid itself over the years. So much so that I regret not paying more for the more sophisticated soldering irons. Might even watch eBay for awhile and see if I can snag one of the irons PBJ always talks about.
ammitz:
I'm thinking that I would have to learn to solder, tried i 25 years ago as a kid.... How difficult can it be ::)

I can buy a plate fixed with 6 RCA unit's for around 2,5 $. then I'll buy 3 cables of stereo mini jack to 2 RCA, cut of the 2 RCA and solder the wire to the plate.

The total price for the 3 wires and the plate would be 13$

And then I'll have to buy a cheap solder, they have some cheap ones around 15$.

About the solder, with my tiny needs, does it matter how many watt it's on?

Btw the way, this sure is an expensive hobby, but a good way to have an excuse to buy new equipment ;)
bkenobi:

--- Quote from: ammitz on September 17, 2009, 06:06:39 am ---Btw the way, this sure is an expensive hobby, but a good way to have an excuse to buy new equipment ;)

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I disagree.  It CAN be an expensive hobby, but if you want to keep it simple and are shrewd about what you do, you can definitely keep the price down.  If you go with all the bells and whistles, then yeah...

Example:
Buy an old cheap cab off Craigslist ($0-50).  If the sides are solid and look ok, you don't have to do anything there, move on.  Add a computer from the closet ($0).  Add an encoder to connect the controls to the computer ($30 depending on what you get).  Add a CP (anywhere from $0-$$$$ depending on what came with the cab and what you want to do).  Add a TV from Craigslist/freecycle ($0-100 depending).  Misc supplies (paint, lexan, drill bits, etc) ($0-$$$$).  Add it up, it's as little as $30 for an encoder plus whatever else YOU choose to put into it.

Of course, if there is a female involved in looking at it, you will have to spend a LOT more to get it in the house  8)
mvsfan:

--- Quote from: Franco B on September 16, 2009, 11:25:51 am ---
--- Quote from: Blanka on September 16, 2009, 09:30:14 am ---As they are actually line-outs, I would make them with the normal RCA terminals:

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Thats pretty much what I did for the I/O panel for my cocktail:



I used two female RCA couplers for audio in/out and video out and connected RCA>3.5mm jacks to the PC for the audio.





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this is just an awesome I/o panel for built from scratch. thanks for sharing it. nice work.

what i did for mine though is i got a 6 space keystone wall plate put in all the jacks i wanted, then i got the cables from cables to go to hook it all up.

ive got 2 Rca Jacks for Audio, a Vga Out for hooking up an external monitor, A RJ45 for network, and 2 Usb ports.

but what he could do in his case for the bartop, is just use 6 Rcas on a keystone plate, and then get some 12" long 3.5mm to Rca from cables to go.
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