Aura bass shakers?

[jnorion]

These look dumb or like a semi-scam but I'm curious if anyone's had any experience with them. For that price it almost seems worth buying just to mess with them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AURA-BASS-SHAKERS-NEW-IN-BOX_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ38655QQitemZ8028976318QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[zerocover]

I like the idea but its nothing an 800 watt bandpass 12" cant beat.

[jnorion]

Oh, I would never use it to try and replace a sub. The idea (in my mind) would be to use them as a supplement to a small subwoofer to get a louder bass feel while still keeping the stereo at low volume. Nice clean bass sound but with a little extra kick. I seriously doubt these would do that for me... the response is probably not quick enough for good music quality.

[blue LEDz]

i can't say i've ever used them. i think rider69 had tried some years ago. i heard it's best to mount the bass shaker to a board, and mount the board to the bottom of your seats.

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=299-027

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=299-028

[jnorion]

I think for that price I'll buy some just to experiment. Any ideas about overpowering them, though? How much power would damage them?

[blue LEDz]

i have no idea their power handling.

[RX7_2ner]

25W bass shakers.

25 watts and im guessing its not nominal wattage, but max watts for that price. i wouldn't even waste the money just to experiment.

[jnorion]

Says 25W RMS 35W max on the page. The reason why I was asking is that I nearly always overpower my speakers to some extent, I know my boundaries on that, but I have no idea if these have the same properties of speakers or even how they function.

[blue LEDz]

i wouldn't think they would benefit from being overpowered. i would imagine that they are a tad more fragile than regular speakers.

["mazdachic"]

I just looked at these i have never seen them before i am also curious about them...you can even use them for your home stereo?......jnorion if you get some let me know how they are....

[jnorion]

i wouldn't think they would benefit from being overpowered. i would imagine that they are a tad more fragile than regular speakers.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking I wanted to necessarily, but just that I don't have extra amps lying around and I was imagining running them on the same circuit as the subs, which would be ~80W each. That's assuming they had their own volume control, though.

[RX7_2ner]

"They vibrate the floor during explosive low frequency viewing moments to add an incredible sense of realism." and "they can produce several times the sensory bass effect of a subwoofer at a reasonable cost. Installs easily with 4 screws to the bottom of wood floors or to car seats." aka, they don't produce sound. That was taken from some home audio website.

I seriously would not buy those.

[blue LEDz]

"They vibrate the floor during explosive low frequency viewing moments to add an incredible sense of realism." and "they can produce several times the sensory bass effect of a subwoofer at a reasonable cost. Installs easily with 4 screws to the bottom of wood floors or to car seats." aka, they don't produce sound. That was taken from some home audio website.

I seriously would not buy those.

if you can't hear low bass, what difference does it make if a sub shakes your seat or if a tactile transducer does?

the only application i can see for the bass shakers would be to supplement subs that cannot play down below 25 hz.

[jnorion]

the only application i can see for the bass shakers would be to supplement subs that cannot play down below 25 hz.

That was part of it... I was also imagining that it would be nice to get a slightly more forceful bass feeling at low volumes without having to mess with the balance of the music. Keep the actual volume low so it doesn't **** with your ears but still feel it in the back of your seat when it hits. But again, this depends on the response time which I doubt would be quick enough.

[RX7_2ner]

if you can't hear low bass, what difference does it make if a sub shakes your seat or if a tactile transducer does?

the only application i can see for the bass shakers would be to supplement subs that cannot play down below 25 hz.

i found another review that said they don't do anything at that frequency. i give up on this. you guys seem dead set on this being the best thing ever.