A while back I bought 4 bass shakers for my Elite gaming platform.
They're 100W 4Ohm with a frequency range of 28 to 55 Hz (or so they claim). Although being budget models these still weigh 0.7 Kg a piece. Not too bad IMHO. In fact, if you open up an Aurasound bass shaker you'll see it's the same unit. Great value as they cost me only 11 euro a piece + 24 euro shipping, brand new. Search eBay.de for "bodyshaker" to find them.
Anyway, I tested them last night by temporarily attaching them to an office chair. Played Elite and damn... that was great! Totally adding to immersion
Stuff you see in the picture:
Temporary attachment did not give the best experience but as a test it still worked great. Can't wait till I finish my hacked up ghetto carseat Elite gaming platform
The platform I'm building is just a bunch of wood I scavenged, an old carseat some unknown person left at my garage, a few wheels and the controllers I already had. Controllers being the CH Pro Rudder Pedals and HOTAS Warthog
Platform looks like crap at the moment but hey, who cares when you're in VR! For looks I'll probably paint it black sometime.
All in all the platform, while being a hack job, will have a great experience for a relatively low budget. I'm sure it can be done a lot cheaper if you opt for a less expensive HOTAS, cheaper rudder pedals and use an old amp from a garage sale or something like that.
They're 100W 4Ohm with a frequency range of 28 to 55 Hz (or so they claim). Although being budget models these still weigh 0.7 Kg a piece. Not too bad IMHO. In fact, if you open up an Aurasound bass shaker you'll see it's the same unit. Great value as they cost me only 11 euro a piece + 24 euro shipping, brand new. Search eBay.de for "bodyshaker" to find them.
Anyway, I tested them last night by temporarily attaching them to an office chair. Played Elite and damn... that was great! Totally adding to immersion
Stuff you see in the picture:
- 2 bass shakers
- 600 Watt 6 channel amp from Sure Electronics (dirt cheap from eBay)
- 500 Watt boost converter (12v to 36v, because the amp gives more oomph at 36v, also from Sure)
- 675 Watt Power supply from a server (converted to regular power supply, got it for free from a dumped server)
Temporary attachment did not give the best experience but as a test it still worked great. Can't wait till I finish my hacked up ghetto carseat Elite gaming platform
The platform I'm building is just a bunch of wood I scavenged, an old carseat some unknown person left at my garage, a few wheels and the controllers I already had. Controllers being the CH Pro Rudder Pedals and HOTAS Warthog
Platform looks like crap at the moment but hey, who cares when you're in VR! For looks I'll probably paint it black sometime.
All in all the platform, while being a hack job, will have a great experience for a relatively low budget. I'm sure it can be done a lot cheaper if you opt for a less expensive HOTAS, cheaper rudder pedals and use an old amp from a garage sale or something like that.
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