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Title: Opinions on which speakers/grilles to get?
Post by: shawnzilla on October 25, 2006, 09:09:22 am

I was thinking of ordering these from Bob Roberts:
http://homearcade.org/BBBB/spkr1.jpg

But, they are unshielded. Will this cause me grief with my monitor? Any opinions on the best speaker/grille combo out there? I'm not looking to go expensive.

Title: Re: Opinions on which speakers/grilles to get?
Post by: divemaster127 on October 25, 2006, 10:17:15 am

You will want shielded speakers, happ sells some for under $10.00 i like the creative 2.1 hack but its really how much money you want to spend.
dm

Title: Re: Opinions on which speakers/grilles to get?
Post by: ahofle on October 25, 2006, 11:27:02 am

I went with some plat panel Monsoon speakers, but they are pretty hard to find now.  I would search for flat panel speakers with an external volume control personally.

Something like >these< (http://bizrate.lycos.com/computerspeakers/maxell-flat-panel-190022-speaker-system--pid414887896/compareprices__keyword--flat+panel.html)

Title: Re: Opinions on which speakers/grilles to get?
Post by: divemaster127 on October 25, 2006, 11:30:30 am

i agree big time, the external speaker setting is nice, with the creative 2.1 hack i also have that & i just hid the volume control on my cab
dm

Title: Re: Opinions on which speakers/grilles to get?
Post by: FrizzleFried on October 25, 2006, 02:59:22 pm

I went to radio shack,  picked up these speakers for $15.00:

(http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/5392/soundsystem4cg9.jpg)

Busted them all to hell...

(http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/4163/soundsystem6ff4.jpg)

Installed the drivers here (the speaker grills push on and pull off as they did on on the original speaker enclosures):

(http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/3360/soundsystem3qn9.jpg)

And installed the entire faceplate with on/off switch,  volume and as a bonus,  a headphones socket,  to the top of my cabinet:

(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4802/soundsystem2nd0.jpg)

I am going to paint it black shortly.

It works nicely...the sound is easily better than stock (I have a single mono speaker JAMMA cabinet)...and the headphones socket is a bonus!

Title: Re: Opinions on which speakers/grilles to get?
Post by: shawnzilla on October 26, 2006, 09:08:44 am

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I think I'm going to do what I did for my first cab and go with Bob Roberts shielded speakers & grilles. I didn't use his grilles last time, because Wicos grilles were more appealing to me, but since I can't order from Wico anymore....

Title: Re: Opinions on which speakers/grilles to get?
Post by: RayB on October 26, 2006, 09:14:13 am

I used Bob's shielded speakers, with some cheap plastic grills I bought at a surplus store (like 75cents each) + hacked some PC speakers for the amp.