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Title: 1 Speaker or 2
Post by: greywolf22 on January 14, 2004, 06:46:31 pm
Hey All,

The cabinet that I've been working on has a slot underneath the marquee like this...

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Sorry for the crude drawing, I have pictures at home, just not here with me..I can submit them later.  Anyway, I pulled the old speaker out (it was 1 fairly large speaker). My dilema, is it possible to put 2 speakers in this without cutting additional holes?  Do I even need 2 speakers or will 1 big one be suffecient.  I think I'd prefer the stero effect for newer games.  Any ideas about the best way to go about this?  Any suggestions would be great.  Thanks
Title: Re:1 Speaker or 2
Post by: eightbit on January 14, 2004, 06:56:37 pm
In one cab I have a slot like that and put 2 small computer speakers side by side over the hole and zip tied them down.
Title: Re:1 Speaker or 2
Post by: bluGill on January 14, 2004, 07:13:09 pm
Not if you want stereo sound.  If you just want two speakers though, it won't matter.

Most arcade games don't have particularly good sound, so I don't think you'd be too disa pointed in trying it.  However there might be one or two newer stereo games that make use of stereo for a game effect, and you would be disapointed.  I don't know of any though.

I say try it, odds are you won't notice any problems.   Audio freaks won't like it, but they wouldn't like any speaker system you could physically fit in one cabinet.  
Title: Re:1 Speaker or 2
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on January 14, 2004, 07:16:46 pm
If you do go for one speaker, make sure to get a stereo-to-mono adapter for it.
If you don't you'll only hear one channel on games that use stereo.
Title: Re:1 Speaker or 2
Post by: greywolf22 on January 15, 2004, 10:45:34 am
Thanks guys  :D,

I think I will try the two small side-by-side computer speaker setup and see how it sounds.  Thanks for all the great feedback.