Xtension arcade sit down cabinet

Tech Talk
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Does anyone have one? I’m thinking of getting one, or an alternative fight stick stand that is suitable for a sit down position. I just need something stable and at the proper height to mimic the Japanese cabs

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I probity can do cheaper with a trip to ikea and a Flat Panel TV mount

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Home Depot has a $20 wire shelf that is the right height. I replaced my computer desk with it, plus two of the 42" hanging tracks for the garage and mounted those on back to mount my computer monitor. Worked out well.

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Or you could get a kraylix for a bit more than the recroommasters one, and have a really great looking vewlix knockoff.

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I happen to have one, I wanted to get the kraylix, but the higher price and it being unfinished turned me off.

I am really happy with it, it’s solid and looks good in person. I am working on building a control panel into it rather than setting sticks on top of it.

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I really don’t like the look of the xtension cabinet. The shelf where you put your sticks on are too high and it looks like really cheap plastic. I heard its pretty sturdy tho. I’ve seen someone mount the controls straight into the panel and it looked a little better. I would just make something from ikea for now and just save up for a kraylix or wait for a classic candy cab to pop up.

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I think they look good, particularly if you route your controls or cut out a section to install a metal panel. May purchase one at some point.

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I believe the Xtension now comes w/ a control panel but its almost double the price of the cab without, which doesn’t make sense. Might as well go w/ Kraylix at that point.

Can you remove your control panel from the cabinet? Im curious how these cabs fit through standard doors.

Any pics of these w/ added metal panel?

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Can’t find it at the moment, but there was someone here who flush mounted two TE panels onto one that way.

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I can post some work in progress pics of my control panel later. As for getting it through doors, it would be need to be taken apart.

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Alright cool look forward to pics, how hard is it to take apart?

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Unless I am completely misreading the site, I think the Control Panel version includes buttons/wiring/PCBs/LEDs (Probably PS360?) so you drop it in and plug in the USB’s

So factor a Clear Sanwa goes for $5 retail x 16 thats $80, LED/button say $2 which brings that to $32, PCB is 40 each so thats another 80 then Sanwa stick is I think $20? so another $40

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They’re not Sanwa parts, no PS360’s either. They specify that you can’t just drop in real Japanese parts either, their panel is to thick the way they’ve set it up.

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Found it. Kraylix Arcade v4 TE With Mad Catz MLG Arcade Fightstick?

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Where is this data being found? Are you talking about the new version with the built in control panel? It’s multi-console. What PCB if not PS360+?

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Looks like they’ve changed the wording to say “official Sanwa balltop joysticks”, whereas before they were clear about the parts being different because of the shaft length needed. Reading the details further down, it says “long neck 8 way joysticks” or something of the sort. They may have changed the design to accommodate customer demand, but I’d email them for clarification before buying. Might just be Sanwa ball tops on Chinese sticks, ala misleading eBay sellers. Also, their pcb’s may be modified PS360’s, but I’m not so sure, given that there’s no ps2 or dc support.

Stock buttons definitely aren’t Sanwa, as they go out of their way to explain that 30mm snap ins will work.

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I guess if all that is added the price isn’t so bad. I still dont like how you cant move it around though.

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That is the exact same way I am doing mine, but instead of using TE panels, I bought some sheet metal and made my own panels. Here is mine so far, I have p1 and p2 panels drilled and wrapped in the red vinyl. I am currently working on the pad hacks for them (PSX pads on each side) I need to get matching buttons, gonna do white for all of them, but I just threw in what I had laying around. I also am making a black insert so you cant see through the cabinet like in the pics.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g61/anti_flag_army/20140426_214107_zpsuvrriuiz.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g61/anti_flag_army/20140427_150455_zpsjtkgeamu.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g61/anti_flag_army/20140427_151230_zpsglyhsgrv.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g61/anti_flag_army/20140430_211326_zps12xiy2do.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g61/anti_flag_army/20140504_171750_zpspht9wtqt.jpg

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Just to add a little more info on the new Xtension Sit-down Cab Pro Controller, I got mine over the weekend, and here are my thoughts/info.

here are some pictures of my setup: http://imgur.com/a/5IWer

I immediately had to swap out the default buttons to sanwa buttons because the default are soooo stiff.
I believe the default buttons are Blue Convex LED Lighted Pushbuttons with a 50 gram micro switch (although I believe upgrading the micro switches to a 20 gram version might make them decent for fighting games).

the default buttons work great for casual games like final fight etc. but they wont cut it for fighting games.

the panel looks beautiful lit up, I hate to have to give up the lights in favor of sanwa buttons. I will try to see if the 20 gram micro switches do the trick.

Sanwa buttons snap in place nicely, but taking them out was a pain, and has to be done with care or slight damage may occur to the buttons/plexiglass area.

the joystick is an official sanwa joystick and I was able to switch out the square gate with an octagonal gate without problem.

the controller comes with two ps360+ units along with 2 usb cables, one extra blue and White LED just in case one goes bad. It also comes with 4 bolts for mounting and a hex tool.

after switching out the buttons and, installing the octagonal gate, the joystick felt nice to play on and felt like a complete arcade unit.

for 299.99 (controller only), the price was worth it to complete my sit-down cabinet. (if you add up all the components you get about $220 worth of parts, and that’s without adding the cost of the plexiglass nor the wood construction).

And it looks like ps4 compatibility is coming soon in the next firmware update which makes it an even better bargain.

-Hope this info helps.

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Thanks for the clarifications, looks very nice. Not a bad deal either.