Blast City Club

[thestreetzking]

just want to say thanks, you guys kick ass! very helpful! Love this blast city, and loving that I can finally play my hyper street fighter 2

 

[Justomania]

codecrank: I thought of your banner/tag!

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/vgm/4125362094.html

ill do you one even better lol http://westernmass.craigslist.org/vgm/3979514141.html

 

[Lemony Vengeance]

ill do you one even better lol http://westernmass.craigslist.org/vgm/3979514141.html

Please post this in the horrible MAME cabs thread.

 

[codecrank]

i always play SF with a MK layout controller...

 

[Jack Burton]

These should work:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPEAKER-ASS...843?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ec3fb870b

So, these showed up at my house yesterday (replacement speakers). Had to put them in last night. Night and day. The ones I bought are in perfect condition. Thanks Lemony for pointing them out. I only had to cut up some wires because these used a different molex connector. They sound great now (and LOUD!!!!). I could use a bit more bass. I might look into putting a small sub inside of the cab. We'll see. The old speakers were really bad (the foam that attached the speaker cone to the metal casing was all rotted away).

 

[Lemony Vengeance]

So, these showed up at my house yesterday (replacement speakers). Had to put them in last night. Night and day. The ones I bought are in perfect condition. Thanks Lemony for pointing them out. I only had to cut up some wires because these used a different molex connector. They sound great now (and LOUD!!!!). I could use a bit more bass. I might look into putting a small sub inside of the cab. We'll see. The old speakers were really bad (the foam that attached the speaker cone to the metal casing was all rotted away).

Good to hear that they worked!

 

[Chempop]

Great news Jack! Nice to see blast owners looking our for each other. Sounds like Salvio also needs some speaker replacements, just throwing that out there in case another pair turn up.

Justomania, you are in Springfield MA huh? You know about the arcade in Hadley opening soon?

 

[Jack Burton]

Great news Jack! Nice to see blast owners looking our for each other. Sounds like Salvio also needs some speaker replacements, just throwing that out there in case another pair turn up.

Yeah, we figured that out while fine-tuning the picture on his blast. I'll keep an eye out.

 

[jambitboom]

Hey guys,

I was just looking at this thread and realized that it had hit over 2000 replies! It got me thinking about why people post here, and how it could be made better. What does everyone think of this being organized into a forum instead of a thread? I ask because I know a lot of people post here, or in the tech support forum, asking questions that other people have already had resolved somewhere in the 80+ pages of posts in this thread. Would it be better to have a tech thread, with breakdowns for problems that people have commonly(or not so commonly) faced? A thread to show off your new art work and CP layouts? Restorations? The welcome page for new blast city owners?

Just an idea guys, what do you think?

 

[Lemony Vengeance]

It IS the largest cab club thread..

 

[codecrank]

oh if we wouldn't be so lazy and go document the stuff of the OA wiki after we figure it out, this thread wouldn't be so heavy lol

I have so much I need to put on there... but I do add stuff every once in a while.

 

[Justomania]

Great news Jack! Nice to see blast owners looking our for each other. Sounds like Salvio also needs some speaker replacements, just throwing that out there in case another pair turn up.

Justomania, you are in Springfield MA huh? You know about the arcade in Hadley opening soon?

yeah "The Quarters" I believe it called it looks pretty cool I know im going to support it when it opens.

 

[Salvio007]

Originally Posted by Chempop
Great news Jack! Nice to see blast owners looking our for each other. Sounds like Salvio also needs some speaker replacements, just throwing that out there in case another pair turn up.

Yeah, we figured that out while fine-tuning the picture on his blast. I'll keep an eye out.

Thanks fellas I feel the love.
My speakers crackle pretty bad so I keep em low

Lemony, let me know if you see that same deal again brother.
I'll try to check every day.

Oh and thanks for swinging through to help me with the cab the other day Jack!

 

[codecrank]

My speakers crackle pretty bad so I keep em low

I got my replacement speakers from segaarcade.com , call angela, ask for part 130-5156

here is what my old ones looked like VS new ones !

 

[daskrabs]

How much shipped?

I got my replacement speakers from segaarcade.com , call angela, ask for part 130-5156

here is what my old ones looked like VS new ones !

 

[Kid Panda]

I got my replacement speakers from segaarcade.com , call angela, ask for part 130-5156

here is what my old ones looked like VS new ones !

I emailed her and she told me that she wouldn't sell to individuals. I about threw a fit.

 

[wataru330]

I emailed her and she told me that she wouldn't sell to individuals. I about threw a fit.

Groooooooooop Buuuuuuuuuy time!

d/b/a Bamboo Audio Institute. I don't even have a Blast yet, and I'd be good for 2.

 

[Lemony Vengeance]

Eff that.

 

[codecrank]

I emailed her and she told me that she wouldn't sell to individuals. I about threw a fit.

ugh, that's f'n weak. She sold me tons of shit already....

 

[shadows]

You smooth talker, you.

 

[ahcmetal]

ugh, that's f'n weak. She sold me tons of shit already....

Same problem, I emailed her last week about some Net City castors, but got an auto reply saying she was out of town. I called them up and got directed to her number two guy, this putz had no idea what a Sega "Net City" was, wasn't familiar with the term candy cab, insisted I had a "knock off bootleg cabinet" that wasn't from Sega...then back peddled and vaguely recalled the name "Blast Cabinet" and said that must actually be what I have. Then he asked if I lived on the west coast because that's where a lot of these "knock off" cabinets are and that they don't sell parts for those. Yikes.

Angela did email me back a few days later and said that they have never stocked any parts like that...seemed odd since every Universal/Net City/NNC has exactly 4 of them screwed directly to the bottom of the cabinet... Not very impressed with these guys... Glad you got your speakers though, I think I'll take mine apart and try replacing just the speakers with something similar...

 

[mr_b]

Whenever I called Sega for parts, as they used to be like 10 minutes from my apt. You gotta give them part numbers otherwise they have no damn clue what you are talking about. Granted part #'s are different in the Japan manuals to the US manuals. If you can give them a part number they have a better chance. Also when dealing with a blast city in the US you gotta call it a bass fishing cab.

 

[SePh1r0tH]

Hey guys, I recently picked up a Blast City as part of the group buy for the East Coast. Having a "Blast" with it but have a maybe dumb question. Is it dangerous to power on the machine without a pcb plugged into jamma? (If i'm playing Dreamcast for example). I have a pad hack on the way which will be plugged in but should I keep another pcb plugged in the meantime?

Thanks,
Dave

 

[Kid Panda]

I would suggest at least leaving a dummy load on the edge.

 

[codecrank]

Hey guys, I recently picked up a Blast City as part of the group buy for the East Coast. Having a "Blast" with it but have a maybe dumb question. Is it dangerous to power on the machine without a pcb plugged into jamma? (If i'm playing Dreamcast for example). I have a pad hack on the way which will be plugged in but should I keep another pcb plugged in the meantime?

Thanks,
Dave

I've used blast city cabs for years with no loads on the jamma edge. mame, pad hacks. etc. PSUs still work like champs.

But, it can't hurt to place a dummy load.