I'm ready to add a shaker to my home theatre, and have done a fair amount of research, but am having trouble concluding much.
My capabilities and limitations are:
The Buttkicker seems best thought-of, but the cost gets rather high and the power requirements are right out of the park; their amp is a power fiend.
Other units might work well with the subwoofer amp at Parts Express . For example, the Crowson TES 100 uses 50-500 watts. But this is an under-chair mount; does it shake the floor at all for people not on the couch? The Aura Bass Shakers are well-known but regularly accused of being ineffective, unresponsive and indelicate. Certainly they're cheap. Do they do the job? And aesthetically I prefer the Clark Synthesis models but they don't seem widely known here. Would they work well for my application? And which one? I note that the price seems to linearly increase the force-per-watt .
So my question is, given those priorities (not too much power, price is a factor but could go to $800 if pushed, prefer under-floor mount and need sufficient shaking for that application), which would you do? Several Auras? One of the Clarks? Or can the Buttkicker fit into the power profile?
My capabilities and limitations are:
- Prefer to mount under-floor so everyone can feel it, not just those on the couch
- For aesthetic reasons, if it's not under-floor, the Crowson would be best, but again I prefer under-floor.
- Willing to spend about $800 total, though less is good
- Plan to use just for LFE off the subwoofer channel
- The power circuit already has a powered sub, Denon receiver, Plasma TV, panamax, dish and DVD on it, so 250 Watts would be okay but 400 Watts may be over my limit
- For same reason, efficiency is highly prized.
The Buttkicker seems best thought-of, but the cost gets rather high and the power requirements are right out of the park; their amp is a power fiend.
Other units might work well with the subwoofer amp at Parts Express . For example, the Crowson TES 100 uses 50-500 watts. But this is an under-chair mount; does it shake the floor at all for people not on the couch? The Aura Bass Shakers are well-known but regularly accused of being ineffective, unresponsive and indelicate. Certainly they're cheap. Do they do the job? And aesthetically I prefer the Clark Synthesis models but they don't seem widely known here. Would they work well for my application? And which one? I note that the price seems to linearly increase the force-per-watt .
So my question is, given those priorities (not too much power, price is a factor but could go to $800 if pushed, prefer under-floor mount and need sufficient shaking for that application), which would you do? Several Auras? One of the Clarks? Or can the Buttkicker fit into the power profile?