The whole installation process took me less than ten minutes to perform. Now that the install was completed, all that was left to do was perform level calibration. I turned up the volume on the receiver to an SPL level used for action type movies. Sitting down in my chair, I began adjusting the level on the BK Amplifier until I felt the vibration. I wanted just enough sensation for the right effect but not enough to be distracting.
The LFE Shakers can be adjusted to any level; in fact at one point I had them literally shaking the whole chair. A high level such as this took away from the experience. I found a lower intensity level more satisfying. The next adjustment I made was to the variable crossover on the ButtKicker Amp.
I found the 60HzHz setting on the variable crossover to be the best for my installation. As the depth charges began to explode around the submarine's hull, my chair shook to each and every concussion.
This sensation coupled with my subwoofer made the scene more realistic and really drew me into the scene. I was very surprised that this kit performed just as well as the actuators that I had installed in the chair frames. The really cool thing is that this kit can be used with just about all reclining chairs. This is a near impossibility with some chair mechanisms. It drew me into the scene. The amplifier driving your ButtKicker transducer s needs to have a signal source, we recommend using your AV Receiver's "Subwoofer Output" which will include the.
The Speaker Level Interface Adapter connects to the subwoofer output at one end with speaker wire and leads into an RCA "male" jack at the opposite end.
In this case ensure that low frequency sound is being sent through the selected channel so that the ButtKicker transducer receives signal. In this case please contact the manufacturer for suggestions on connecting external audio devices. Turn up this output to get more audio signal to the ButtKicker Power Amplifier. This may require you to turn down the volume of your subwoofer so that it is balanced with the rest of your system.
The following are considerations when using a ButtKicker low frequency audio transducer with your kit. The ButtKicker Concert series is recommended for use by bass players, drummers and other musicians. When mounted directly to the throne seat, the ButtKicker Concert will of course deliver the most direct kick, but some thrones' seats are too small for direct mounting of the ButtKicker unit. A small platform isolated from the floor with rubber feet can be constructed on which the ButtKicker unit is mounted and the throne is set.
A large factor on the signal is kick drum head tuning loose vs. You do not change your playing habits or drum tuning in order to advantage of the ButtKicker transducer. A tap off the kick drum mic signal used by the sound system can be taken for the ButtKicker transducers's feed. The pickup's position on the head is a large factor on both the level and frequency content of the output signal.
A pre-fader aux send can be used to send a signal to the ButtKicker Concert. This allows a mix of whatever drum mics you want to feel, though most other drums may have little usable program content within the ButtKicker Concert's range. No signal processing is necessary to energize the ButtKicker Concert, but some circumstances may warrant extra measures. If the signal contains a lot of "garbage" between beats from other picked up stage noises, you may want to gate the signal. Compliments of Jeff Kathan, drummer for the Paul Rodgers band.
Your kick drum signal could easily include infrasonic below the hearing range signals which are not relevant to your need and could cause excessive excursion within the ButtKicker Concert. This is not damaging, but it could result in lack of control, and the possible missing of complete beats.
These infrasonic signals are influenced by head tuning, other sound sources in close proximity, etc. Eliminate the infrasonic signals by passing them through a Hi-Pass filter. The isolators will not only maximize the effect of your ButtKicker transducer s , they are also important to support and level your couch and to make sure that the effect is contained within the couch.
Your home theater system has developed a "Ground Loop" which is caused by having more than one ground connection in the system. Most likely, your cable TV combined with the ground of the ButtKicker power amplifier power cord is causing interference in the audio system. Any other electronic device with a grounded power plug might cause the problem as well.
A recall was issued a number of years ago for the BKA amplifier for this serial number range:. After hearing a lot of different opinions about bass transducers for home theatre, I finally decided to experiment them for myself by order a set of Buttkicker Mini LFEs.
To set this up, you install the transducers on your seats by fixing them directly to the seat structure and connect them with speaker wire to the provided amplifier. The advantage of that is that the amplifier comes with a wired sadly!
You could of course order separate amplifiers so that each seat can actually be controlled. This allow you to decide which spectrum to send to the transducer, helping control when your seats will react to sound. As stated above, the unit comes with a wired remote control.
I would strongly prefer having the amplifiers in my AV equipment rack, but this would mean no more at seat remote control. Note that in my room, I have six seats and I have decided to go with three kits and thus 3 amplifiers. I love the fact of having control on each pair of seats, but there is also a different option, which is using a larger subwoofer amplifier and wiring all seats together.
The important question of course is the effect the transducers add to movie watching. The first thing I have to say is that I usually watch my movies around 15db below reference level.
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