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Title: how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: nikfaulkner on April 04, 2004, 01:48:27 pm

i'm getting to the point where i'm going to be wiring up the speakers in my new cab

(here's my cabs progress) http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=17849

and i'm probably going to go for 4 speakers as well as a base bin, i know most  games "back in the day" were mono but i'm trying to future proof my cab. i intend to be running some pc games, mp3 software and maybe a psx emulator.

just curious about what's the most common sound setup


thanks


nik

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: bioart on April 04, 2004, 02:22:53 pm

I have a 4.1 setup.  Two speakers on the top (below the marquee) and two speakers on the back corners of the cab (near the base).  They are meant to sound as dissipated surround... The sub is inside the cab of course :)

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: hulkster on April 04, 2004, 02:36:45 pm

well i asked this question a few months back, and the general opinion was that 2 speakers were plenty.  the volume level will be fine with 2 speakers and im making a showcase cab! its up to you though, as to how loud you want it, cuz no games that im aware of (mame) use surround sound.

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: Stingray on April 05, 2004, 01:22:52 pm

Two, and they're tiny (maybe 2x3) computer speakers. Plenty of sound for MAME.

-S

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: spauldingd on April 05, 2004, 01:27:17 pm

I went with 3 speakers (2.1).  I wanted that extra bass for explosions and such.  Remember in "Star Castle" when you would blow up the center ship and the cab would practically shake (at least that is how I remember it).

Dave

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: Chris on April 05, 2004, 01:36:31 pm

I have a 2.1, but it's one of those lousy CA speaker systems.  I chose it because the sub would fit under the coin vault (barely), but I still can hardly hear or feel it...

--Chris

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: paigeoliver on April 05, 2004, 02:04:21 pm

A lot of my games have one speaker.

Several have two.

Turbo has 3.

My Star Wars has either 4, or possibly 6.

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: Santoro on April 05, 2004, 02:37:39 pm

I have Creative T2900  2.1 speakers.  They produce more than enough quality sound.  They also have an external volume/bass control:

(http://www.mamenation.com/soundcontrol.gif)

which is icing on the cake. 8)

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: SpamMe on April 05, 2004, 02:44:40 pm

2 3" pc speakers that came free with a 9600 baud mac modem. :)

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: Sephroth57 on April 05, 2004, 03:16:02 pm

i have 4 speakers and a subwoofer, they blast out some nice sound and they were only like 40$ on pricewatch.com  I love blasting a good fighting game or metal slug 3 and getting into it. also when i work on my car in the garage i use my machine as a jukebox too

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: Minwah on April 05, 2004, 06:44:55 pm

I like a good sound system (sometimes sub) for consoles but for my cab just a stereo setup, no sub.  Sounds just perfect for the stuff I wanna play...

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: kahlid74 on April 06, 2004, 08:59:48 am

I am using the two speakers that came with the cabinet for right now.  It is more than powerfull enough for mame and any games like that, but for mp3's or pc games a sub and more speakers would be a nice addition.

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: hyiu on April 06, 2004, 11:48:02 am

I have a 2.1 on my cab...
2 speakers and a subwoofer...

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: patrickl on April 06, 2004, 01:04:28 pm

Like you, I'm gonna use it to play MP3's too. So I would like to mount more speakers than 2. At least, I really doubt 2 speakers will be enough for listening to some music. I'm wondering where the speakers should go though.

Form some proper audio freaks you should check out the Sound Mamey winners (http://www.mameworld.net/massive/Awards/Sound/body_sound.html)

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: fredster on April 06, 2004, 01:40:30 pm

I used the 4.1 surround speakers too.  I use the machine for a jukebox too.  I had to cut holes in the bottom with speaker grills.  I put the sub in the back with a hole cut.

Sounds great.  The Sub makes for nice explosions!

Title: Re:how many speakers are in your cab?
Post by: Ghoward on April 06, 2004, 03:58:39 pm

I have 6 in my cab my sound system is the Z-680 5.1 THX Speaker System from Logitech.

I have 2 above the monitor
2 in the back door
The center speaker mounted inside the back of it.
The sub mounted in the bottom of the cab.

I have this system for mp3's and I have to tell you that sound system has an amazing sound to it. The bass is incredible.

Gary