Buttkicker Mini LFE Subwoofer for Home Theater

What else can I say this thing kicks but literally. Works great on the P1X sim racing rig. Mounts right to it with your own hardware of course. I have 2; one in the front and one in the back. It’s more than enough to feel Everything you need to feel. Wheel lock, wheel slip, gear-shifting, engine vibration and anything else your sim will put out. Quality product; 3rd one I bought now.

I have one of these screwed directly into the bottom wood under my sim racing rig seat. Give some great feedback but goes from just about enough rumble, to bottoming out and making an awful racked that sounds like it's about to explode. So far no heating problems using ~200 watts, but I have to keep the volume at less than half using SimHub and half on the amplifier to keep from bottoming out on frequencies below 30 hz or so.

I paired this up with a Behringer iNuke NU1000 DSP amplifier, and let me tell ya, this thing packs a punch! I got these two devices to replace my ButtKicker Gamer2, and while expensive, completely worth it. My movie watching experience has gone from "a great experience" to "I feel like I am in an IMAX theater". The sheer power that this transducer is capable of is incredible! The movies I tested were Transformers (2007) and Clover Field. Neither are that great of movies, but they have unrivaled sound design and are perfect for testing BASS. I play a lot of games too, my favorite being the Battlefield franchise. First game I tested the transducer with was Battlefield 1. I played the singleplayer tank missions, and holy moly it felt like I was sitting in a real tank (granted I turned up the power). I could feel the engine rumble, the shaking from the uneven terrain, the impact from every enemy shell smashing into the side of our tank, and the shock from every shell we fired back, all as if I could feel the wave go through my chest. I had a smile on my face for the whole mission. I highly recommend getting this device if your a gamer wanting more immersion, or a movie goer looking for an impactful experience.

Driving it with a 100W amp at 4 ohms, just like you are supposed to. This is way, way below it's rated max power but still it overheats within minutes. About to add a fan to see how that goes but really this is ridiculous given how far below max power I'm driving it. Ug.Update: fan helped but now it's quit working altogether. Junk.

Wish it came with bolts for mounting. If it did, i would have given it a perfect score.

OK, when I first installed a test configuration, I was watching (of all things) Word Girl with a friend. There was a boom, the world shook just a little bit, and my friend said "was that here?" Like surround sound, once you've had a system with well-tuned shakers, you won't want to go back.I didn't want to do the weird "see saw" mounting of the full LFE mounting system, so I directly screwed one of these to the back of the couch. Tested with Pacific Rim. My conclusions are that if you're going to go with Mini LFEs, get two per couch or one per chair. Otherwise they'll bottom out on the really really loud parts.Interestingly, the picture shows screws but the box did not contain any. There was not room under my couch so I mounted on the back. I actually get pretty good results without suspension mounting, as the floor is not a slab (carpet over pressed wood I think) and the couch is pretty flexible. The nicer your furniture is, the more interesting your shaker mounting experiences will be.My biggest criticism with mini Buttkicker shakers in general is that as the volume level decreases, they shake gradually less for a while, then suddenly not at all. There's a point at which the internal puck just sticks. You won't notice this unless you are shaking a fairly light chair with a fairly loose suspension, but it you are, the sudden engagement can be slightly distracting when it interrupts slowly swelling or fading bass sounds.Otherwise, they're great and I need two more. :)

Does not come with any mounting hardware.

With a suspended piston design and over 200 watts max power this little transducer has more then enough punch for an office/sim chair, or even a recliner provided it's situated correctly.In addition to a surprising amount of power for such a little unit, the 'sound' shall we say, as far as response and tone quality is excellent. When using for sim's it really sounds like a well oiled, smooth running engine - at least when it needs to, it can also provided both the rhythmic thump of cannon fire, and the shock of impact. I recommend 10/10