Bass Shakers FTW

[tbm5690]

For anyone looking for a fun addition to a home theater setup for cheap, I recently added bass shakers or "butt kickers" under my couches for some added bass effect. Practical too for when my 8 month old is asleep and I don't want to shake the house with my subs but still "feel" something watching a movie with gunfire, explosions, etc. Anyone else using these?

 

[Quattro Pete]

Anyone else using these?

Not currently, but I've always wanted to try them.

Maybe in our next home...

Which specific ones are you using?

 

[tbm5690]

Not currently, but I've always wanted to try them.

Maybe in our next home...

Which specific ones are you using?

One Aurasound AST-2B-4 per couch...one is a 3 seat recliner and the other is a love seat recliner with center console. I find one per couch adequate if mounted well, these are cheap but pretty responsive and I don't think I would ever feel the need for anything more. Each one is driven off a 100W mini amp that I got off of Amazon for $50 a piece.

 

[BlueOvalFitter]

When I saw the title to this thread I was thinking it was a new wall mounted fish (a bass) shaking on the wall.

 

[DriveHard]

Nope...in the audio world, there is no replacement for displacement. Two 18" Ultimax subs in what my beautiful bride likes to call "the coffins". Nearly 3kW each ;-) My two oldest daughters are out of the house, and my youngest son is nearly 10 and can sleep through a nuclear explosion (much like his father). Getting a buzz in my behind is not the same as really experiencing the sonic impact.

 

[BlueOvalFitter]

Nope...in the audio world, there is no replacement for displacement. Two 18" Ultimax subs in what my beautiful bride likes to call "the coffins". Nearly 3kW each ;-) My two oldest daughters are out of the house, and my youngest son is nearly 10 and can sleep through a nuclear explosion (much like his father). Getting a buzz in my behind is not the same as really experiencing the sonic impact.

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My son used to have 2-10" Juggernaut subs in a box in the trunk of his 96 Corolla. Those things would rattle my houses windows when he played his music in the driveway!

 

[DriveHard]

My son used to have 2-10" Juggernaut subs in a box in the trunk of his 96 Corolla. Those things would rattle my houses windows when he played his music in the driveway!

I can make my 9 year old son fall down if he stands in the middle of the floor on the story above me when I play a test tone (yes I know this is not good for my foundation or structure). I have made my mother "lose her cookies: in my theater room.