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Title: Cocktail Fan/Speaker Placement
Post by: CWorley on March 24, 2011, 10:31:58 am

Hey Guys,

What are your thoughts on speaker and fan placement on a typical cocktail cab?

And what fans would you have intake vs outtake?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Cocktail Fan/Speaker Placement
Post by: gryhnd on March 24, 2011, 01:19:17 pm

On my a-typical cocktail (http://www.skinners.us/skinners/Misc/CocktailArcade/IMG_5087.jpg) (see sig for more) I have vents cut into the bottom of the cab base for cool air inlet, and two fans blowing out up top pulling across the PC and the monitor.  Speakers are 4.1: two at waist level for each player, and the subwoofer inside the cab base.

Title: Re: Cocktail Fan/Speaker Placement
Post by: CWorley on March 25, 2011, 08:49:21 am

Thanks gryhnd!  Anybody else?

Title: Re: Cocktail Fan/Speaker Placement
Post by: javeryh on March 25, 2011, 11:15:58 am

I have one on the bottom blowing in and one on each side (under the CPs) blowing in the same direction (one in and one out).  Seems to keep things nice and cool (I've let it run for hours just to be sure).  Oh yeah, I'm using 80mm fans for all three.

Title: Re: Cocktail Fan/Speaker Placement
Post by: Dexter on March 25, 2011, 01:04:38 pm

I've built 3 cocktail cabs (3 control panel type) and I've found that the best airflow was to cut two big holes in the lower front covered by speaker grilles, mount your speakers underneath instead (requires your cab to be on legs/castors etc), and cut a large hole, cover with a fan grille then mount a single 120mm fan on the upper back. This catches the hot air from your PC and also pulls air across the back of your monitor, extracting the rising hot air out the back.

You also get the happy effect of the sound coming from the center when you switch to horizontal gaming.

Note, this is for a cab with speakers ordinarily on the front