This was a very cheap way for me to add some depth to my home theater system. I moved my subwoofer to another stereo in the house because the fronts on my surround system can reach pretty low and I didn't think I'd miss it. But then I missed it. I could still hear a good amount of bass in general but some of the feel of it was gone. Movies and music got a little more remote. I don't care for a carnival ride of rumbling for every deep note in a movie or music but I like it to be hyper-realistic and immersive.
I realized I had an old receiver sitting in a closet and I could run one of these bass shakers with it through the subwoofer out on my ht receiver. And it works great. For a while I had it bolted to the bottom of the couch. At times it just seems like the sounds you're hearing are also shaking the room and it really gives the impression of being louder without actually being louder. Immersive. Cool.
But other times it's just a simple thing like a character closing a door and the thing wiggles your butt. Pretty distracting and dumb.
So I attached it to a big plywood panel on a bar that is right behind the couch. The couch is pushed right up against the bar. So what happens is the plywood is acting as an exciter speaker to some degree and you can actually hear the bass the shaker is producing. And it shakes the couch in a more passive, subtle way that is very realistic. It was just lucky that I have this bar behind the couch and this works so well but the upshot is that I made my system sound better and feel better for only 16 bucks. And it was fun experimenting with different placements.
Now I'm getting ideas for using a large, suspended panel of plywood to try to create a free-standing subwoofer in the room. Just for kicks.
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This Item  Dayton Audio TT25-8 Puck Tactile Transducer Mini Bass Shaker 8 Ohm |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Price | $19.99 | $49.98 | -12% $34.36 List: $38.99 | $35.27 | $19.90 | -11% $55.56 Typical: $62.28 |
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| Sold By | kjdElectronics | BrandCentric | Trent Merchandise | Trent Merchandise | HUASHENG INDUSTRIES LIMITED | Trent Merchandise |
| speaker size | 3.5 inches | — | 5.16 inches | — | 2 inches | 8 inches |
| power source | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric |
| connectivity tech | Wired | wired | Wired | — | RCA | wired |
| speaker type | Surround Sound | Surround Sound | Subwoofer | Surround | Vibration Speaker | Subwoofer |
| mounting type | Tabletop, Floor Standing | Flush Mount | Tabletop | Portable | — | Floor Mount |
| weight | 0.75 pounds | 3 pounds | 1.18 kilograms | 0.35 pounds | 0.5 pounds | — |
| control method | — | voice | voice | application | — | touch |
| model name | TT25-8 | — | BST 2 | DAEX25 | R50-F11 | — |
| surround channels | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
| impedance | 8 ohm | — | — | 8 ohm | 4 ohm | — |
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Good transducers at a great price
These transducers are great! They add another dimension to my home theater and really make my subwoofer sound more powerful without shaking the whole house. I have one attached to each of the four chairs in my sectional. They have no low pass filtering, so they will produce whatever noise is thrown at them, albeit in very low quality for the higher tones. As a result, you need to use the subwoofer output from your receiver, or add a low pass filter before it gets to the device. The wires coming out of the transducer are somewhat thin and the leads are very short. Quality control can be hit-or-miss. I purchased 4, but had to send back 2 in the process. The defective ones made strange noises when driven with a low frequency sine wave, but only when placed vertically. Clearly something was loose inside. Amazon was painless in making the exchange.While seeming simple, they weren’t the easiest to set up. The first thing I noticed when I received one was that the instructions tell you to install it in the mounting bracket, separately purchased of course. I made my own mounts. Using 1 inch mdf, I cut out a circle with a hole saw for the base of the transducer. I cut an additional hole to allow the wires to move freely without being pinched. After mounting the transducer to the home-made plate, I mounted the plate to the base of each chair.I used crimp connectors to attach the wires to some standard speaker wire, which I then ran to the amp. The amp I used was the DROK Micro TDA7377 DC12V Digital Audio Power Amplifier. It’s very cheap and 35 watts/channel. It doesn’t come with a housing or power supply, but I figure that gives me more options. I simply mounted it to a board I had laying around and powered it with the Chanzon 12V 5A 60W AC DC Power Supply. Looking back, I probably would have gone with a 6A supply to cover the full power of the amp, but I don’t think I’ve ever maxed them out, and haven’t noticed any ill effects. When I expanded from 2 to 4 transducers, I added a second amp and power supply.Edit (10 month update): I have these transducers tuned so they hit at just the right time with the sub. If they are tuned too high, it feels unnatural. I've noticed that they seem to resonate stronger at a small frequency range (I haven't determined the exact frequency). It's possible that my chairs are the cause of the resonance, but my guess is the transducers. When you don't think about it, it's not an issue, but I would have liked a wider plateau in the frequency response.
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