Kicking butt! - the couch shaker thing

[Rubycon]

Anyone use these?

How well do they work?

Can an array of say four or more be mounted on a gimballed platform with seating?

 

[Umberger]

where's yoyo when you need him? i seem to remember him having something like this in his pictures.


edit: that's not creepy that i know that, is it yoyo?

 

[dawnbug]

Originally posted by: Umberger
where's yoyo when you need him? i seem to remember him having something like this in his pictures.


edit: that's not creepy that i know that, is it yoyo?

Aww, Yoyo's doing school stuff right now, but I can kind of answer this one for him. This looks like essentially the same thing that Yoyo got, but it's much more expensive. He got bass shakers that people generally (I believe) use in their cars, I think for $20-$40 a pair. Then he bought a used receiver to power them. I believe that altogether, it ran just over $100 for 4 bass shakers and the used receiver.

We've got ours connected to the bottom of our seating stuff. I believe they can attach directly to the bottom of a couch (to any wooden part on the bottom) or for our futon, Yoyo attached a board to the futon and attached the bass shakers to that, and it didn't seem to dampen the effect at all, so it would seem that you could attach them to almost anything wooden that's attached to seating and still get the effect.

Bass shakers are quite awesome. I thought the idea was really weird when Yoyo started talking about it, but now when I go to the theatres I find myself missing the rumbling.

 

[Rubycon]

Yes it relies on direct transmission or conduction of infrasonic energies so they say.

Bolting one under the master's table would be a riot. Popcorn shrimp becomes onomatopoeic at this point.

 

[Tiamat]

if you are in an environment where you cannot get real bass (ala subwoofer) then these kits give you the effect. They work, but nothing can beat the real stuff.

I would be tempted to install some of those to cover 1hz-10hz effects and have the subwoofer do 10-40hz bass (with the main speakers doing the rest) - I just dont have the know-how to make an active crossover :/

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
if you are in an environment where you cannot get real bass (ala subwoofer) then these kits give you the effect. They work, but nothing can beat the real stuff.

I would be tempted to install some of those to cover 1hz-10hz effects and have the subwoofer do 10-40hz bass (with the main speakers doing the rest) - I just dont have the know-how to make an active crossover :/

The Ocean is flat to 1/4 Hz.

Oh the pain in saying that. :Q

 

[BigPoppa]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
if you are in an environment where you cannot get real bass (ala subwoofer) then these kits give you the effect. They work, but nothing can beat the real stuff.

I would be tempted to install some of those to cover 1hz-10hz effects and have the subwoofer do 10-40hz bass (with the main speakers doing the rest) - I just dont have the know-how to make an active crossover :/

Make an active? Just buy one. I can't imagine what kind of pain in the ass it would be to make an active crossover. Now a passive crossover is definately much easier to build.

 

[Apex]

D-Box Odyssee > Clark Synthesis Bass Shaker > Buttkicker Shaker > Aura Bass Shaker

There's a pretty big difference between the different models too.

 

[myusername]

Hm. One of these and a porno with a rhythmic bass soundtrack ...

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Thanks ladybuggy :heart:

Yeah, I just have 4 Aura Bass shakers hooked up to our seating and I really like the effect.

My own are set up in two sets in series giving an 8ohm load to the L and R channels of a 50watt sherwood stereo receiver.

Turned up even 1/4 of the way is too much for us.

If you're looking for a light to moderate vibrating effect, one of these per seat is plenty if you ask me.
When these have plenty of headroom for us I don't see the need to get anything with more "kick".
When I turn them up more than a low level, it just feels like too much and too gimmicky than anything. I find them most enjoyable when they're just giving a little edge to the sub output.
How many seats are you looking at?

Unless you have an actual theater going it might be nice to give each seat it own shaker?
Depending on how you set it up you could probably even give each person control over the shaker level if you wanted to.
I can do that with ours by changing the balance level between R and L output with one pair attached to one seating area and the other half on the other seating.

I have some pics of them here
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughlin/web/5%20AURA%20Bass%20Shakers/

There's a movie in there I took of them just sitting on the ground vibrating away.

If you have any questions about my own setup, let me know. I think it was a fun addition for a little over $100.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Thanks ladybuggy :heart:

Yeah, I just have 4 Aura Bass shakers hooked up to our seating and I really like the effect.

My own are set up in two sets in series giving an 8ohm load to the L and R channels of a 50watt sherwood stereo receiver.

Turned up even 1/4 of the way is too much for us.

If you're looking for a light to moderate vibrating effect, one of these per seat is plenty if you ask me.
When these have plenty of headroom for us I don't see the need to get anything with more "kick".
When I turn them up more than a low level, it just feels like too much and too gimmicky than anything. I find them most enjoyable when they're just giving a little edge to the sub output.
How many seats are you looking at?

Unless you have an actual theater going it might be nice to give each seat it own shaker?
Depending on how you set it up you could probably even give each person control over the shaker level if you wanted to.
I can do that with ours by changing the balance level between R and L output with one pair attached to one seating area and the other half on the other seating.

I have some pics of them here
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughlin/web/5%20AURA%20Bass%20Shakers/">https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughlin/web/5%20AURA%20Bass%20Shakers/</a>

There's a movie in there I took of them just sitting on the ground vibrating away.

If you have any questions about my own setup, let me know. I think it was a fun addition for a little over $100.

Yes actual theater and design would be for each row of seats to have its own motor. In front of each seat will be a water sprayer for special effects as well.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: C6FT7

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Thanks ladybuggy :heart:

Yeah, I just have 4 Aura Bass shakers hooked up to our seating and I really like the effect.

My own are set up in two sets in series giving an 8ohm load to the L and R channels of a 50watt sherwood stereo receiver.

Turned up even 1/4 of the way is too much for us.

If you're looking for a light to moderate vibrating effect, one of these per seat is plenty if you ask me.
When these have plenty of headroom for us I don't see the need to get anything with more "kick".
When I turn them up more than a low level, it just feels like too much and too gimmicky than anything. I find them most enjoyable when they're just giving a little edge to the sub output.
How many seats are you looking at?

Unless you have an actual theater going it might be nice to give each seat it own shaker?
Depending on how you set it up you could probably even give each person control over the shaker level if you wanted to.
I can do that with ours by changing the balance level between R and L output with one pair attached to one seating area and the other half on the other seating.

I have some pics of them here
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughlin/web/5%20AURA%20Bass%20Shakers/"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughlin/web/5%20AURA%20Bass%20Shakers/">https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/spmclaughlin/web/5%20AURA%20Bass%20Shakers/</a></a>

There's a movie in there I took of them just sitting on the ground vibrating away.

If you have any questions about my own setup, let me know. I think it was a fun addition for a little over $100.

Yes actual theater and design would be for each row of seats to have its own motor. In front of each seat will be a water sprayer for special effects as well.

lol, like a mister or a super soaker?

Are you going to control the spray, or how is that going to work?
I know there are some titles that have a track with cues for a motion system, but is there something similar for water effects? I had no idea.

On my budget I'd probably just have to sit in front of the seating area with a mister bottle.

How many seats are you talking about here?

 

[Rubycon]

1088 seats.

The mist is controlled with a computer. (MIDI) Now duh who would've thunk it? It's possible to SOAK but that will never happen unless the unthinkable happens which is NOT part of the show! :Q

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: C6FT7
1088 seats.

The mist is controlled with a computer. (MIDI) Now duh who would've thunk it? It's possible to SOAK but that will never happen unless the unthinkable happens which is NOT part of the show! :Q

You're designing a theater with 1088 seats and you're asking anandtech for advice on projects we might have done that would be relevant to your usage? :Q

Is this for like a commercial movie theater or what? (I sure hope so unless whoever is having this built has 1087 friends )

 

[Rubycon]

LOL calm down there.

What actually happened is I was looking up information on the motion simulators and came across this "buttkicker" contraption that was very inexpensive compared to the other solutions.

Sooo with this in mind, I was wondering if anyone in ATOT-land had used them. 1.1 kW is > 1hp and having something like this chained to a sofa could do a whole lotta shakin' if you know what I mean!

Mounting one under the slate of a billiard table would be nice too. Much cheaper than getting ferrous balls and having the table rigged with coils, etc.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

So you're not building a theater?

 

[Minerva]

Haha having fun while Storm is on hiatus I see!