discgolfer72
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k this is kinda off topic but this would aply really well to a custom mame build or even a arcade game that requires a amp
i went out the other day hunting the fleamarkets for some old crap
and i ended up picking up a verry nice set of vitage speakers for 3.99
well i wanted to hook them up to my shop pc
so i could have awsome sound while playing music in my shop and all my music is on my pc
so i hacked up a old pair of cheap 6$ pc speakers and hooked up the speakers using the amp i gutted from them
well they sucked the shitty 8watt pc speaker amp was not even close to enough to push these nice high quality drivers
so
today i went to 3 diffrent pc stores trying to find a amp made to drive speakes from a pc (no luck at all ) and the best set of pc speakers i could find did 18 watts and were 99$ so that was not a option (im trying to stay chep lol)
so back to the fleamarket's hunting again trying to find a old vintage reciver i could use to amp the speakers
no luck at all 5 diffrent flea markets and goodwill and savl army and all i saw was some old tape decks that had 10watts output
so before i decided to give up i stopped in a local pawn shop to see if they might have an older reciver cheap
bahhhh no luck they wanted 128$ for the cheapest one
buttttt they had a 400 watt car amp for 40$ i talked em down to 20$
got home and went to work
jumperd a a old atx 250w pc power supply so it would always be on (grounded the green wire)
hooked up the ground and +12 v from the atx ps to the amp and nothing the amp would not come on
read a bit on the net and some amps require the remote wire to be hooked up
ran the +5v from the atx to the remote input on the amp boom we have a powerd on car amp
then hooked up my pc to the amp (3.99 for rca 2 mini jack adaptor) and hoked up the
old vintage speakers
fired up the old pc and
holy freaking crap i can play music for the whole naborhood from my workshop in the basment right from my pc
using an old smaller car amp is ideal for a mame rig or a real arcade game that uses an ext amp (i may just have to replace the qsound amp in my cps2 cab and run a sub in that beeatch)
the car amp runs on 12 and 5 v and you can get them dirt cheap at pawn shops
and their output is way higher than a comparable priced amp made for that applaction
my total cost
3.99$ vintage speakers
20$ 400watt car amp
3.99$ for mini jack to rca cable
free old ars atx ps from a pc
so 28$ and i have a set of speakers 4 my pc that rock the hell out of anything i could ever buy in a store
i went out the other day hunting the fleamarkets for some old crap
and i ended up picking up a verry nice set of vitage speakers for 3.99
well i wanted to hook them up to my shop pc
so i could have awsome sound while playing music in my shop and all my music is on my pc
so i hacked up a old pair of cheap 6$ pc speakers and hooked up the speakers using the amp i gutted from them
well they sucked the shitty 8watt pc speaker amp was not even close to enough to push these nice high quality drivers
so
today i went to 3 diffrent pc stores trying to find a amp made to drive speakes from a pc (no luck at all ) and the best set of pc speakers i could find did 18 watts and were 99$ so that was not a option (im trying to stay chep lol)
so back to the fleamarket's hunting again trying to find a old vintage reciver i could use to amp the speakers
no luck at all 5 diffrent flea markets and goodwill and savl army and all i saw was some old tape decks that had 10watts output
so before i decided to give up i stopped in a local pawn shop to see if they might have an older reciver cheap
bahhhh no luck they wanted 128$ for the cheapest one
buttttt they had a 400 watt car amp for 40$ i talked em down to 20$
got home and went to work
jumperd a a old atx 250w pc power supply so it would always be on (grounded the green wire)
hooked up the ground and +12 v from the atx ps to the amp and nothing the amp would not come on
read a bit on the net and some amps require the remote wire to be hooked up
ran the +5v from the atx to the remote input on the amp boom we have a powerd on car amp
then hooked up my pc to the amp (3.99 for rca 2 mini jack adaptor) and hoked up the
old vintage speakers
fired up the old pc and
holy freaking crap i can play music for the whole naborhood from my workshop in the basment right from my pc
using an old smaller car amp is ideal for a mame rig or a real arcade game that uses an ext amp (i may just have to replace the qsound amp in my cps2 cab and run a sub in that beeatch)
the car amp runs on 12 and 5 v and you can get them dirt cheap at pawn shops
and their output is way higher than a comparable priced amp made for that applaction
my total cost
3.99$ vintage speakers
20$ 400watt car amp
3.99$ for mini jack to rca cable
free old ars atx ps from a pc
so 28$ and i have a set of speakers 4 my pc that rock the hell out of anything i could ever buy in a store
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