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Blast City Speaker Replacement

One thing that might work but would take some modification..

When I had my Virtual-On cabinet they used a normal speaker type at the end of a square tube to direct the sound through the small areas beside the monitors. I did not take any pictures nor could I find any to show you what I am talking about. But I think they would fit.
 
I was thinking something similar as well, like the speaker enclosures for Sega Super GT cab that look like this

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Or maybe from a Daytona cab, which improves on the above by enclosing the driver.

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Yep that's them. If I remember correctly they are just held in with straps.

With that said the speaker from the earlier Initial D cabinets and the Nascar cabinets will fit a Blast City also. You will however need to change out the connectors.

The ones like this..
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I know this for sure because without realizing they fit I gave the speakers away .. and then I got a Blast City and realized they would have fit :(
 
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kingcar said:
I found this over at Neo Arcadia, unfortunatly I don't understand french at all. Maybe somebody here could help translating what they found on this topic.
But judging by the pictures somebody did a swap with these here:
http://www.visatonshop.at/en/Single-Drivers-Accessories/Fullrange-Systems/SC-4-9-FL-8-OHM.html

They seem to fit just perfect.

Also founde these here.
https://de.rs-online.com/web/p/einbau-lautsprecher/4318614/
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Yeah that's a very similar model to the ones I linked on page 2. You can buy them from Digikey. I have a couple of the 5.9 OMs on the way.
 
Those seem to come in these enclosures possibly?!
Might add the low end bass everyone seems to want.

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ebzero89 said:
kingcar said:
I found this over at Neo Arcadia, unfortunatly I don't understand french at all. Maybe somebody here could help translating what they found on this topic.
But judging by the pictures somebody did a swap with these here:
http://www.visatonshop.at/en/Single-Drivers-Accessories/Fullrange-Systems/SC-4-9-FL-8-OHM.html

They seem to fit just perfect.

Also founde these here.
https://de.rs-online.com/web/p/einbau-lautsprecher/4318614/
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Yeah that's a very similar model to the ones I linked on page 2. You can buy them from Digikey. I have a couple of the 5.9 OMs on the way.
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Great. I think I'll buy one pair and let you know how it has turned out.
 
lord, can't believe this hasn't been solved since I created https://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Sega_Blast_City_Speakers 5 years ago.... you guys are disappointing me :P

translation from neoarcadia
- the one type of speaker that is pictured isn't known, something someone found on another forum
- the other type works, no shielding isssue, but the bass is weak

So, last we talked to toptone, they wanted a lot of money, because we couldn't buy in bulk. I'm getting to where it might be worth doing so.
 
codecrank said:
lord, can't believe this hasn't been solved since I created https://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Sega_Blast_City_Speakers 5 years ago.... you guys are disappointing me :P

translation from neoarcadia
- the one type of speaker that is pictured isn't known, something someone found on another forum
- the other type works, no shielding isssue, but the bass is weak

So, last we talked to toptone, they wanted a lot of money, because we couldn't buy in bulk. I'm getting to where it might be worth doing so.
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How many would you need a commitment for to move forward?
 
The visaton 5.9 om are both too short and too wide to be a direct drop in replacement but you can bend the enclosure to make it fit snug

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A lot of the drivers are 8 ohm compared to the Toptone which is 4 ohm. Would we just hook them up in parallel instead of in series?
 
codecrank said:
lord, can't believe this hasn't been solved since I created https://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Sega_Blast_City_Speakers 5 years ago.... you guys are disappointing me :P

translation from neoarcadia
- the one type of speaker that is pictured isn't known, something someone found on another forum
- the other type works, no shielding isssue, but the bass is weak

So, last we talked to toptone, they wanted a lot of money, because we couldn't buy in bulk. I'm getting to where it might be worth doing so.
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I would be in for 8pcs.
 
codecrank said:
So, last we talked to toptone, they wanted a lot of money, because we couldn't buy in bulk. I'm getting to where it might be worth doing so.
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Do you remember the specifics?

A few months ago I inquired as a business to buy these in bulk and they didn't even answer me. I fear the MOQ is in thousands.
 
Any updates on trying alternatives?

My blast speakers are destroyed and I don't really want to roll the dice on slightly less destroyed used racing cab speakers.
 
So I bought every speaker on partsexpress that might work.

One actually fits perfectly, but it's unshielded.

It's the Peerless Tymphany TC2X4FB00-08 (another part no is T04-1BX010001).

Since this thing exists it gives me hope that there might be something out there, that's also shielded, that will be a direct fit.

I've reached out to Peerless (and partsexpress) for what it's worth.
 
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you might be able to buy aftermarket shields for it, or steal them off of another speaker.
 
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