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Title: Has anyone connected (a pair of) PC speakers to a JPAC?
Post by: Gray_Area on September 18, 2012, 05:06:26 pm

At least according to the image of the current model, there is only one pair of speaker terminals. Yet on the site it says:

"JAMMA cabinet speaker routed to screw connectors for wiring to powered sound card or hacked PC speakers."

Title: Re: Has anyone connected (a pair of) PC speakers to a JPAC?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on September 18, 2012, 10:10:49 pm

I may be putting words in Andy's mouth, but I think you are looking at things from the wrong end.

The JAMMA edge connector connects to the speaker output (and JAMMA is mono) and the screw connectors are for input, which needs to be amplified mono. One of the way people do that is to hack PC speakers to get at the amp circuitry (I use little $2.5 BIY amp kits)..

If are going to use actual PC speakers, you bypass the JPac altogether.

Title: Re: Has anyone connected (a pair of) PC speakers to a JPAC?
Post by: Gray_Area on September 21, 2012, 10:45:04 pm

Quote from: CheffoJeffo on September 18, 2012, 10:10:49 pm

I may be putting words in Andy's mouth, but I think you are looking at things from the wrong end.

The JAMMA edge connector connects to the speaker output (and JAMMA is mono) and the screw connectors are for input, which needs to be amplified mono. One of the way people do that is to hack PC speakers to get at the amp circuitry (I use little $2.5 BIY amp kits)..

If are going to use actual PC speakers, you bypass the JPac altogether.

My cab is stereo. So they bypass the harness as well, right?