The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Forum => Topic started by: papaschtroumpf on October 08, 2003, 03:02:22 pm
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Any suggestions on good cab speakers? I'm looking for cheap (<$30) and easy to mount.
So far my choice is Cyber Acoustic CA3001 (about $20 from Circuit City) although I'm not sure how to mount the satellites.
Also, any tricks to mounting the subwoofer? I assume that you need a hole in the side of the cab where the subwoofer hole is (it's one of those square boxes with a hole on one side).
Any advice would be appreciated
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Any suggestions on good cab speakers? I'm looking for cheap (<$30) and easy to mount.
So far my choice is Cyber Acoustic CA3001 (about $20 from Circuit City) although I'm not sure how to mount the satellites.
Also, any tricks to mounting the subwoofer? I assume that you need a hole in the side of the cab where the subwoofer hole is (it's one of those square boxes with a hole on one side).
Any advice would be appreciated
It's a good idea to get speakers that are as square as possible, so they can be easily mounted flush inside the cab. Don't plan on removing the speakers from their housings, as it drastically affects sound quality, especially if it is a 2-speaker system with reflex bass (learned this the hard way :'( )
Also, I think a separate subwoofer is a good idea, so bass can be adjusted separately if needed. I don't know if you really need to make a hole in your cab for it, but it might help (maybe the audio gurus can answer this...)
I recently got the Creative Inspire T2900 set at Fry's, which ended up being about $39 after rebate. Has a nice meaty subwoofer (I could feel the air from the port hitting my face at the demo kiosk) and a remote corded volume/treble/bass control (gonna run the cord thru the top of my cab for easy access! :D ) The speakers are nice and square, and shallow enough in depth to not cast any shadows on my marquee. A little black duct tape and I'll be good to go!
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If you're just wanting to mount pre-built computer speakers in the cab I think 1-up has you covered. But, you might also consider getting car audio speakers without any box or built-in amplifier, and mounting those to the underside of your marquee box, or the front edge of the control panel. You can find tiny, cheap stereo amplifier boards to drive them - just screw the board to the side of the case like you do with an ipac.
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No, I just want to get computer speakers, cheap and no hassle.
I picked up Cyber Acoustic CA3080 for $20 on clearance at office max, haven't tried them yet but the satellite are pretty flat so they should be easy to mount, and the sub is larger than the pair I was looking at before.
Arcade game sound isn't such high quality that Ithose will probbly be enough, I may run some jukebox software or create a skin for WinAmp in the future but I need OK music quality, not surround sound home theater quality either.
Any suggestion on the jukebox software (I peeked in the Jukebox section but didn't see anything that was free).
Edit: I finally got to try those speakers and they're not bad for $20. Arcade does sound better with more base. I'll definitely add Jukebox software to my cab, I have a stereo in my gameroom but I never bothered to burn some of my MP3s to audio CDs, so I can;t play the MP3s on the stereo (and no, I don't want the cab sound to go through the stereo, at least not for arcade gaming).
Also, OfficeMAx has a free after rebate 5.1 sound card. While it's overkill (I only use 2.1 channels) you can't beat free and the sound quality is much better than the ISA based Yamaha sound chip that is built in my AL440LX motherboard.
Also, the sub has no hole in this one (the spearker actually point down) so will not make a hole in the side of the cabinet for it. I do plan of having some holes in the back of the cabinet to let some of the heat out, so it's not like the sub will be in a fully enclosed cabinet.