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CoryBee:
I used these for a 4-player build that focused on N64 gaming and fighter games of the 90's+ and they worked out splendid. I agree that there is a difference when it relates to older consoles and later arcade games.

You can find more like it and more expensive, but these are nice and have a richer sound to them then the 2.0 ones I linked before. There is also a huge difference when I play games on my main rig which has a quite expensive 7.1 setup, but that is the nature of things when you pay for more.

ideacipher:
I'm also in the planing stages for sound. The hard part for me is the cab isn't built yet so it is difficult to know what they will sound like until mounted in the cab. My current plan is to use an amp from an older Boston BA635. This kit is much better than the creative set I tried taking apart before. I'm not sure on the Watts but it sounds good in test and I hope it will sound even better when finished. I like adding the sub just a little to fill in the lows plus you can feel the rumble. I have the Boston sub and tweeter and my main speaker is an aged Rockford FRC1206.

Terr1:
Will 2 6x9 car speakers be sufficient,  or will a dedicated sub be better?

j.fitzenr:
Caveat: I'm a total noob (actually, I'm whatever the step before noob is.  I'm only planning my first foray into building this stuff!) but I'm a professional musician so I've given this plenty of thought for my own project.  (Also, because I was a huge beatmania fan back in the day, so I think I'm going to need at least reasonably decent audio on my cab!)

Mounting and wiring issues aside, I do believe the best option for cheap, decent audio would be one of the common PC 2.1 setups... I'm going to go with something like that myself. 

I know that for authenticity's sake, a lot of older cabinets didn't have a sub, etc.  but the way I look at it is that older games *probably* won't sound ridiculous since there probably isn't much going on in those low frequencies.. but for 90s and later games... I mean there is a certain glory to hearing CPS1 music completely jamming while every cross-up fierce kick makes your balls shake.   I still actually remember the first time I got to play SF2 on a showcase cab with the audio cranked through a big system at our local skating rink.  So.  Awesome.  Even a mediocre 2.1 system with a sub is going to sound more 'powerful' than cheap car 6x9s ('better,' maybe not, but definitely more 'powerful')

To OP: If you're that concerned about size and weight I personally would say that switching to a lighter smaller 2.1 setup would be the way to go. 

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