You got a Bass shaker?

[Kizbot]

Hi everyone, I recently bought a bass shaker to attach to my chair but im not sure whats the best way to fit it. It's a standard desk chair.

Having looked about the net, I've seen different methods of attaching it. The butt kicker seems to have a sort of 'arm' attachment that clamps to the central compression cylinder and vibrates the chair while being held some 5 or 6 inches away from its contact point with the chair. Other products seem to be just screwed to the underside of the seat and only about 10mm away from its contact point with the seat.

Does this distance and method of attachment make a big difference to its performance?

I get the gist that some gap is crucial for it to work but is the effect proportional to the distance?

Anyone fancy sharing pictures of how and where they have attached their bass shakers?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Snarfbuckle]

Hi everyone, I recently bought a bass shaker to attach to my chair but im not sure whats the best way to fit it. It's a standard desk chair.

Having looked about the net, I've seen different methods of attaching it. The butt kicker seems to have a sort of 'arm' attachment that clamps to the central compression cylinder and vibrates the chair while being held some 5 or 6 inches away from its contact point with the chair. Other products seem to be just screwed to the underside of the seat and only about 10mm away from its contact point with the seat.

Does this distance and method of attachment make a big difference to its performance?

I get the gist that some gap is crucial for it to work but is the effect proportional to the distance?

Anyone fancy sharing pictures of how and where they have attached their bass shakers?

Thanks for any advice.

Dunno, I got a sturdy office chair and attached one on each side with a pair of screws each.

Combined with VR the vibrations from engines and ship machinery really adds to the immersion.

 

[Kizbot]

Dunno, I got a sturdy office chair and attached one on each side with a pair of screws each.

Combined with VR the vibrations from engines and ship machinery really adds to the immersion.

You mean on the side of the seat or the arm rests? Does it feel like the vibration is coming from the whole chair or can you sort of tell where they are resonating from?

 

[dogbite]

Screwed my two to the wood in the chair. One on the back and one under the seat. I was going to add 2 more transducers but found the 2x50 watts were plenty of ommph.

 

[Kizbot]

Screwed my two to the wood in the chair. One on the back and one under the seat. I was going to add 2 more transducers but found the 2x50 watts were plenty of ommph.

Good to hear, this was going to be the easiest solution for me. I'll probably have to get a second one as well as I only got a cheapy £20 100w body shaker from Amazon.

 

[TorTorden_VR]

No an airgap is actually the last thing you want for transducers, it will just result in rattling and things shaking apart.

If you look at the arm on the buttkicker gamer you see it's shaped especially to conduct vibrations and the transducer I am sure attaches securely to the arm and the arm to the chair.
If there is any slack you get rattling and this would negate most of the effect from the transducer, and said rattling leading to breakage.

What you want is as firm a fit as possible, and only a minimal amount of cushioning between you and the transducer. Any cushioning and especially springs will absorb vibrations and negate the effect of the buttkicker/transducer.

From what I can see with the attachment for the buttkicker gamer is it's a common denominator attachment, and require the least amount of tools to affix, most other solutions might require a power drill and some wood screws.
That is of course not saying it might be a handy thing, say you switch chairs etc down the line you can easily transfer it.

 

[Kizbot]

No an airgap is actually the last thing you want for transducers, it will just result in rattling and things shaking apart.

If you look at the arm on the buttkicker gamer you see it's shaped especially to conduct vibrations and the transducer I am sure attaches securely to the arm and the arm to the chair.
If there is any slack you get rattling and this would negate most of the effect from the transducer, and said rattling leading to breakage.

What you want is as firm a fit as possible, and only a minimal amount of cushioning between you and the transducer. Any cushioning and especially springs will absorb vibrations and negate the effect of the buttkicker/transducer.

Do you think just a washer or 2 will be enough of a gap then if I screw it to the bottom of the seat?

 

[TorTorden_VR]

When I set mine up I just directly screwed my two transducers in with some wood screws.
No washers or anything.

Only reason to have an airgap would be heat dissipation but should really not be a large issue.

That said, a washer is never a bad idea.

 

[VR Mr Teatime]

I bolted mine directly to the bottom of my seat using nyloc locking nuts - luckily the seat padding is removable so drilling holes was easy enough.