I have 6 Aura Pro Shakers on order, planning on wiring 4 of them for now.
I have a Sony STR-DE545 receiver to power them, it does 100w per channel, and has a remote to control the shaking level for each movie, and to turn off during music.

From my searches on here, I have gotten some conflicting information about how to wire these bad boys up, so a critique of my plan is greatly appreciated.

First, I have 2 large couches, I am hoping to get away with 2 shakers on each couch, instead of 3. That way I can save the other two for upstairs later. Any experience here would be great.

My plan right now is to split my sub-out from my main receiver, then split it again to go into the L&R DVD RCA plugs on the Sony receiver.
Then I was going to wire a set of two shakers in series from the L speaker output, and the other set of shakers in series from the R speaker output.

This should give 8ohms of load on each of the two channels because the shakers are 4ohms each. I will set the Sony receiver to 8ohms.

Sound good?

Everything sounds great. It should work well.

I run two of these in each of my sections as well. I am even running two inside of a sleeper sofa and get plenty of tactile response.

The great thing about them is that they are cheap and easy to install/remove. So, it is not a tragedy if you need more.

I have 4 sections and originally when with 1 per. Then I decided I wanted to even out the back vs. butt shaking so I put two in each section.

What do you mean by "sections", and what did you do to even out the back vs. butt shaking, this is a concern for me too. I want it to be even throughout the seating area, and not obvious or localized.

What do you mean by "sections", and what did you do to even out the back vs. butt shaking, this is a concern for me too. I want it to be even throughout the seating area, and not obvious or localized.

My seating arrangement is a sectional corner L arrangment. It has a long sleeper sofa then a small corner piece, then a small section and finally a love seat. So, there are a total of 7-8 seating positions in total.

The solid wood runs in a perimeter frame on the bottom and uprights on each side. The seating cools attach to the perimeter and the back coils to the uprights. So, I mounted one shaker to the bottom perimeter and one on an upright. This helped tremendously to distribute the sensations more evenly. I am very happy with the results.

I guess I have to take the cloth off the bottom of my couches to see how they are made and go from there. Hopefully one shaker on each side can be positioned so it shakes both the bottom and back of the couch fairly evenly.

If not, maybe two on the bottom and one on the back of each couch will be necessary.

I guess I have to take the cloth off the bottom of my couches to see how they are made and go from there. Hopefully one shaker on each side can be positioned so it shakes both the bottom and back of the couch fairly evenly.

If not, maybe two on the bottom and one on the back of each couch will be necessary.

Yes, you have to remove (or at least partially remove) the dust cover to really get in there. If you experiment with them, you can find a good balance. They can be quite potent, two shake my whole love seat with serious authority when cranked up.

The best thing you can do is get an inexpensive sub amp. I am using one out of a polk audio sub (which I picked up on sale for 100 dollars). You get the adjustable crossover point and volume control for the shakers. I found it was the best solution for my setup, especially when I moved the amp close enough that it can be adjusted during a movie. Mine is running eight shakers.

I have 6 Aura Pro Shakers on order, planning on wiring 4 of them for now.
I have a Sony STR-DE545 receiver to power them, it does 100w per channel, and has a remote to control the shaking level for each movie, and to turn off during music.

From my searches on here, I have gotten some conflicting information about how to wire these bad boys up, so a critique of my plan is greatly appreciated.

First, I have 2 large couches, I am hoping to get away with 2 shakers on each couch, instead of 3. That way I can save the other two for upstairs later. Any experience here would be great.

My plan right now is to split my sub-out from my main receiver, then split it again to go into the L&R DVD RCA plugs on the Sony receiver.
Then I was going to wire a set of two shakers in series from the L speaker output, and the other set of shakers in series from the R speaker output.

This should give 8ohms of load on each of the two channels because the shakers are 4ohms each. I will set the Sony receiver to 8ohms.

Sound good?

David, I know that is a viable alternative but the reason I went with a receiver is for the adjustable volume with a remote control.

I forgot to mention I also bought a 70hz fmod to filter out the high end so that partially makes up for the lack of adjustable crossover.

I would rather have remote control volume and power.
And I paid $100 Canadian for the sony receiver used, and it can power lots of shakers if I want.