m4rky_m4rk
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It looks a bit terrifying to have such a powerful beast attached to one little chair
I had the butt kickers and you do really need an amp designed for them so you can tweak the levels and crossovers. Even the proper amp is quite sensitive on the adjustment so takes a bit to get it right. I sold mine to get twin subs and now going to go back to 1 decent sub (twin 14") and haven't really missed the butt kickers.
I had looked at those as well. Roughly the same price as the other two I have been looking at so might be another option if I don't DIY.Arendal Sub 2 - a new company from L sound so they know their stuff and look awesome to replace my MK X10 and Sunfire 12"
www.arendalsound.eu
Butt kickers are good if you have neighbours and enjoyed mine but have no neighbours so an run at high volumes.
Where do you have it installed?
I tried installing three mini quakes to my chair frame and found it very unresponsive except for certain frequencies. I don't have a platform so can't shake that but attached mine to the underside of the chair where the metal supporting wires are. This shakes the seat of the chair mostly and some of the back too. I only need about 30w of power to produce a good effect. Also, the frequency response is fairly even from 8hz upwards although I have eqd it slightly to remove a peak around 30hz or so
Was watching Interstellar last night and my sofa nearly left the floor! I have a pair of the older 50W Aura bass shakers bolted to the metal frame of the outer 2 seats and the effect is amazing.
Got them tuned to go up to about 25Hz, where my 10" long excursion sub takes over. Both are EQ'd using a Behringer Feedback destroyer Pro, set up using REW and a MIDI cable. Amp wise, I have a Behringer A500 convection cooled unit with one channel driving the sub and the other the bass shakers. It will hit THX reference levels and is capable of a brown note with ease!!
I was hoping some of the experts here could advise me on my recent Buttkicker purchase.
I have got the Wireless kit which comes with the 300w amp and the Advance transducer.
The problem I am having is that it is 'all or nothing', meaning that on normal settings the transducer is bottoming out all the time and as soon as I turn it down enough to stop that, I get no perceptible output from it at all.
Can't say i know that amp, i have the 1000w one and that has a volume level and a cutoff. You need some control in there, at the very least a volume!!! I see there's a remote which mentions EQ for 3 types is there not some control there?
BTW I found I needed to use a Behringer EX1200 which generally created a much more distinct sub bass track, though even then I needed to tweak ocasionally as some movies have in your face bass and others are oddly lacking at times!
I think that will depend entirely on frequency. If your experience is anything like mine, some frequencies will not be able to move the chair whilst other excite natural resonances.
Try doing a frequency sweep using REW on your BK and I imagine you'll find a very variable response. I found that by attaching it directly to the softer areas of the seat, the response was much more even and required much less power to achieve good results. Is there any soft area on the back cushion area you could try mounting to?