Oh WOW!!! What a great little find. I just tried the Boombox driver on the side of the cab and it worked really well. The problem was that it was too directional and didn’t sound right coming from the side.
I tried the base and it was a little better, but then the light went on in my head…. Put it under the locking plate!
My cab has a wooden (pine) locking plate (as it is used to mount MAME controllers as well) and it seems to provide just the right amount of “mechanical” sound… ie the sound is not to “gamie” …it sounds more like real mechanicals. Being that the locking plate is attached to the cab, the rest of the cab is also partially acting as a speaker and this helps spread from where the sound is coming from a little.
The “great find” part of this is the feel however.
Being that the thing you are holding on to, is the same thing creating the sound, the vibration is perfect! I can feel the ball rolling down the wire ramps and feel the clunk as it drops into the side channel. I feel the flippers move and the ball hit things. It’s really very cool and I now consider it a permanent part of the cab.
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