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Title: YES YOU CAN! - Can I use the existing speaker in my arcade cab with pc?
Post by: Wyluli on May 30, 2005, 08:50:39 pm

Hey all,
I'm almost finished with my mame cab and I'm about to start on the "sound system" part of it.

Title: Re: Can I use the existing speaker in my arcade cab with pc?
Post by: pointdablame on May 30, 2005, 09:18:01 pm

Get the cheapest amplified PC speakers you can find, hack them apart, and hook up the cab's speaker to the amp.

Title: Re: Can I use the existing speaker in my arcade cab with pc?
Post by: SirPeale on May 30, 2005, 09:55:58 pm

I bought a 1/8" DIN jack from Radio Shack  and soldered wires to it.  These wires I then attached to the speaker in my cab.  Works quite well.  I've done it with three cabs now.

Title: Re: Can I use the existing speaker in my arcade cab with pc?
Post by: spriggy on May 30, 2005, 10:36:35 pm

Quote from: pointdablame on May 30, 2005, 09:18:01 pm

Get the cheapest amplified PC speakers you can find, hack them apart, and hook up the cab's speaker to the amp.

..further to this...you should find a small step-down transformer in one of the speaker casings which converts your 110v(or 220v or 240v depending where you are in the world) from the wall down to usually around 5v-12v for cheapies (8v was my last set of cheapies.

Title: Re: Can I use the existing speaker in my arcade cab with pc?
Post by: krick on May 30, 2005, 11:42:21 pm

Check out these threads.  They should give you some ideas...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,16381.0.html

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,20839.0.html

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,20398.0.html

Title: Re: Can I use the existing speaker in my arcade cab with pc?
Post by: Wyluli on May 31, 2005, 12:28:53 pm

Thank you for the info! I'm ready to get started now.