Anyone have bass shakers?

[kaidomac]

I've been using 4 bass shakers in my couch for the past year or so and really love them. Unfortunately I didn't have room for the couch in my new place, but I took my equipment out before I got rid of it. I got the brilliant idea to plug a couple of them into my chair for some PC gaming. Here's where the problem comes in: the fabric outer coat dampens the vibration a tad too much for my liking. With my couch, the interior was made of wood and I just screwed the shakers into the wooden frame and it worked beautifully. Now the shaking is kind of mushy because of the padding. Here's a picture of one of the shakers mounted underneath my chair:

<A HREF="http://www.wiredbynature.org/temp/au...air_bottom.JPG">http://www.wiredbynature.org/temp/au...air_bottom.JPG</A>

The one in the chair backing does pretty much nothing. What should I do to enhance the effect of the bass shakers? I was thinking of running a couple strips of wood along the bottom and back and then screwing the bass shakers into that, but the wood would still have to be screwed into the padding, so that would probably lessen the effect even more. Maybe there's some way to mount them to the metal frame. Any ideas?

btw PE has a pretty good bass shaker page now too:

<A HREF="http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage....WebPage_ID=222">http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage....WebPage_ID=222</A>

[Pete Schumacher ®]

You should be screwing them directly into your A$$ for maximum effect!!!!

**** seriously . . .

Why aren't you connecting them directly to that structural steel in some way?

> I've been using 4 bass shakers in my couch
> for the past year or so and really love
> them. Unfortunately I didn't have room for
> the couch in my new place, but I took my
> equipment out before I got rid of it. I got
> the brilliant idea to plug a couple of them
> into my chair for some PC gaming. Here's
> where the problem comes in: the fabric outer
> coat dampens the vibration a tad too much
> for my liking. With my couch, the interior
> was made of wood and I just screwed the
> shakers into the wooden frame and it worked
> beautifully. Now the shaking is kind of
> mushy because of the padding. Here's a
> picture of one of the shakers mounted
> underneath my chair:

>
> <A HREF="http://www.wiredbynature.org/temp/au...air_bottom.JPG">http://www.wiredbynature.org/temp/au...air_bottom.JPG</A>
> The one in the chair backing does pretty
> much nothing. What should I do to enhance
> the effect of the bass shakers? I was
> thinking of running a couple strips of wood
> along the bottom and back and then screwing
> the bass shakers into that, but the wood
> would still have to be screwed into the
> padding, so that would probably lessen the
> effect even more. Maybe there's some way to
> mount them to the metal frame. Any ideas?

> btw PE has a pretty good bass shaker page
> now too:

>
> <A HREF="http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage....WebPage_ID=222">http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage....WebPage_ID=222</A>

[bogie]

I screwed a 1x6 to the frame of my sofa, and mounted four of 'em on it. As long as everything is solid, it works.

> I've been using 4 bass shakers in my couch
> for the past year or so and really love
> them. Unfortunately I didn't have room for
> the couch in my new place, but I took my
> equipment out before I got rid of it. I got
> the brilliant idea to plug a couple of them
> into my chair for some PC gaming. Here's
> where the problem comes in: the fabric outer
> coat dampens the vibration a tad too much
> for my liking. With my couch, the interior
> was made of wood and I just screwed the
> shakers into the wooden frame and it worked
> beautifully. Now the shaking is kind of
> mushy because of the padding. Here's a
> picture of one of the shakers mounted
> underneath my chair:

>
> <A HREF="http://www.wiredbynature.org/temp/au...air_bottom.JPG">http://www.wiredbynature.org/temp/au...air_bottom.JPG</A>
> The one in the chair backing does pretty
> much nothing. What should I do to enhance
> the effect of the bass shakers? I was
> thinking of running a couple strips of wood
> along the bottom and back and then screwing
> the bass shakers into that, but the wood
> would still have to be screwed into the
> padding, so that would probably lessen the
> effect even more. Maybe there's some way to
> mount them to the metal frame. Any ideas?

> btw PE has a pretty good bass shaker page
> now too:

>
> <A HREF="http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage....WebPage_ID=222">http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage....WebPage_ID=222</A>

[xluben]

How bout this:

Cut squares out of the padding. Put in some staples along the edge of the fabric around the hole you just made (to give it a finished look and stop it from fraying), and then screw the bass shakers directly to the wood. And if you're not using t-nuts already use them and tighten it down real good.

[kaidomac]

> Why aren't you connecting them directly to
> that structural steel in some way?

That's what I want to know how to do!

[bogie]

Get thee to an autoparts store, and buy some JB Weld.

[xluben]

At least in all the chairs I've seen the metal parts of the frame are eventually connected to the same wooden seat bottom that you have the bass shaker attached to now, so the only way to increase the vibrations is to make a better connection with the wood (remove the padding under the chair).

[unknownuser]

I've always thought it would be neat to attach a set of bass shakers to the bottom of a bed then play a bunch of layered sine tones, for a back massage similar to the old "Magic Fingers" massage beds they used to have in hotels.


(Originally posted by: Chris7)