Anyone have any experience with bass shakers?
I've been poking around and reading about bass shakers and tactile transducers (like the Aura AST-2B-4 Pro Bass Shaker and the Butt Kicker).
Anyone have any experience with these? If so, how do you have them set-up?
Anyone have any experience with these? If so, how do you have them set-up?
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I've Installed them and they can be very cool. They work off LFE out.Dan
My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time. -
I'm running a Buttkicker off a spare channel of my Samson 1000 amp. I have mine on the couch kit so it isn't bolted directly to the couch, and it works really well. I have it dialed back so it is more subtle than you'd expect, but in conjunction with my sub, it makes it feel like I'm on wood flooring instead of carpet-on-concrete. Definitely cool.Equipment list:
Onkyo TX-NR3010 9.2 AVR
Emotiva XPA-3 amp
Polk RTi70 mains, CSi40 center, RTi38 surrounds, RTi28 rears and heights
SVS 20-39CS+ subwoofer powered by Crown XLS1500
Oppo BDP-93 Blu-ray player
DarbeeVision DVP5000 video processor
Epson 8500UB 1080p projector
Elite Screens Sable 120" CineWhite screen -
The Aura AST-2B-4 Pro Bass Shaker's are less expensive... looks like an external - secondary - amp is needed?
I'm assuming if you have several chairs, you need a unit for each... -
The Aura AST-2B-4 Pro Bass Shaker's are less expensive... looks like an external - secondary - amp is needed?
I'm assuming if you have several chairs, you need a unit for each...
....and a seperate amp channel for each. As Dan said, they run off the LFE but also need to be amped. You could get away with one for a couch though. I believe they attache to the wood frame underneath so may not be so wife friendly when she see's you turning the couch over.HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
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Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
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tonyb -
Forgive me for my ignorance... could you look at this link for the install of the bass shakers:
http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/8249p.pdf
If I read this correctly... I would run a line from my primary AVR's sub-out to a secondary external amplifier. Correct?
Then, I would run a series connection from the amp to the bass shakers.
They only show 2 bass shakers. Do you think I could run a series connection between three??? -
tonyb -
Forgive me for my ignorance... could you look at this link for the install of the bass shakers:
http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/8249p.pdf
If I read this correctly... I would run a line from my primary AVR's sub-out to a secondary external amplifier. Correct?
Then, I would run a series connection from the amp to the bass shakers.
They only show 2 bass shakers. Do you think I could run a series connection between three???
if you series them you just add up the impedance (4+4+4) what will happen is you will cut down the rated power of the amplifier , I wouldnt go higher than 12 ohms most amps dont like that , there is a formula that is more exact for impedance and be surprised if they are exactlly 4 ohms each . -
Yes youu are correct the LFE out goes to a externall amp and than wire the shakers to that amp , I have seen people use subwoofer plate amps , those oly need 50 watts each , what I would is something like a audiosource amp wire one shaker to each side of the amp , if you want more buy one more shaker and run 2 per side/channel (4 total), but if you will run 2 per side make sure you have enough amp to drive them .tonyb -
Forgive me for my ignorance... could you look at this link for the install of the bass shakers:
http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/8249p.pdf
If I read this correctly... I would run a line from my primary AVR's sub-out to a secondary external amplifier. Correct?
Then, I would run a series connection from the amp to the bass shakers.
They only show 2 bass shakers. Do you think I could run a series connection between three??? -
FYI, I picked up an AudioSource Amp100 from PE since it's on sale, as soon as I plugged it into the wall sparks shot out of it and it made a loud pop! I would look elsewhere.Yes youu are correct the LFE out goes to a externall amp and than wire the shakers to that amp , I have seen people use subwoofer plate amps , those oly need 50 watts each , what I would is something like a audiosource amp wire one shaker to each side of the amp , if you want more buy one more shaker and run 2 per side/channel (4 total), but if you will run 2 per side make sure you have enough amp to drive them ."He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche -
I was wondering about that audiosource amp. Seemed like one of those too good to be true scenarios. I haven't wired the shakers yet, but I'm going to run them, two per channel wired in series (for 8 ohms) off of an old pioneer vsx1019 that runs at 120 watts per channel @8 ohms.
Just need a bit of time to get them wired up!!!!
