Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Forum => Topic started by: Zobeid on July 24, 2009, 11:25:27 pm
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Let's assume for a moment that I build a MAME cabinet based on something like this:
http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=CABMWCT
Most of the components, I have a pretty good idea about. But for audio I really don't know. I see that it comes with a 6x9 speaker hole. What if want "okay" mono sound similar to an original coin-op machine? What if I want better sound quality, what are my options? I'm just not sure what would be the right way to approach this.
I don't have a cabinet yet. Building one from a kit and cutting my own speaker hole (or holes) is also an option. I'm pretty sure I don't want to put in a powered subwoofer, but anything short of that is open for consideration.
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You have to decide mono or stereo first off.
You will already have stereo output from the PC if you decide to go that route.
Either way you will need a small single (mono) or dual (stereo) channel amp to drive the speaker as the PC alone will not drive anything remotely close to a 6X9 worth a hoot.
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Right, I should have mentioned that. . . My only interest is in playing the real oldies, so very few of them produce stereo sound. The only one with stereo that I can think of that I'd be likely to run is Gyruss, and that's no big deal really.