Dayton AudioBST-300EX, 300 Watts RMS,Tactile Bass Shaker, 4 Ohms Impedance - Turn Any Surface into a Speaker System - Generates Subwoofer Lows

My goal with this setup was to build a immersive bass system I could use with my Sony V-6 headphones and not bother anybody else in the room.So I purchased the Dayton BST-1 50 Watt and paired it with the Fosi Audio MO4 Sub amp that was rated at 100 watts. It did "ok" but would get unbelievably hot to the point of not being able to even touch it after only playing some good bass music for about 1/2 hour. Amazon was gracious enough to let me send it back. So I was looking for a replacement and walla, this beautiful thing had just been released. And the first reviewer was having the "exact same problem" as I was.I was a bit nervous as I did not know if the Fosi M04 had the beans to push this big boy. So I got to doing some research and found an amazing article that talked about the chip that they used in the Fosi M04 amp and how amazing it was, and if I wanted the most out of it, I needed a good 24v 5amp or better power supply as the one that comes with it is only 19 volts and is a cheapie. So I got to looking and found the Shnitpwer 24v 10amp power supply and ordered that too.Got it all on the same day and went to work bolting it to my "gaming chair" : )To say I was blown away would be an understatement! I simply did not realize how under powered the BST-1 really was until running this for the first time. I could tell immediately, the quality of bass was not only much more powerful, but way more defined. Sub 30hz lows were really lost on the BST-1 but on this bad boy it came out powerful and clear.So I decided to test how many beans this setup really had and found a very nice track, POWER GLOVE @ DIGITAL MIRAGE 3 on Youtube and let it ride. If you like 80's retro techno and like bass, this will be a real treat. This is a hard hitting track that last 30 minutes. I figured, if anything was going to show it's limits, this would do it.30 minutes of intense music later, the BST-300EX was not even fazed and was still cool to the touch.The new 24v 10 amp power supply didn't have any issues at all and the Fosi Amp was cool and happy.If your even considering getting a quality bass shaker for your setup, I would not even look at the BST-1.For the small difference in price, this is simply a no brainer.The Fosi M04 Sub amp was more than enough to run this on my setup, but keep in mind that I'm running a pre-amped ASUS XONAR SE sound card with a boosted output of 64ohms. I think that if I was just running normal outputs, this would not be able to push the BST-300EX to it's potential, as you would need more juice to make it, "or you" happy. Fosi makes a 220 watt amp, the Fosi Audio TP-02 TDA7498E that should do the job quite nicely.Over all, this is a impressive shaker and paired with the above mentioned extra's, it really pounds. I would be hard pressed to go back to just using my headphones by themselves again. The immersiveness that this thing brings to the table is unbelievable. Using this with games like Starwars Jedi Survivor is simply next level, and makes you feel like your really in the game. And all this while my wife sits across the room doing her own thing, and not being bothered by my "going on's" is worth every penny.

I have both and the 300 is just plain better in every way over the 50 watt. I welded up a mount for the back of my computer chair and the 50 watt barely did anything. Where as the 300 watt rattles my teeth. The immersion I get from it with gaming is something I'm surprised more people aren't talking about. I know they use them a lot with racing sims but they have a far greater appeal than that.

I didn't want a huge investment or anything complicated. Booty shaker was too expensive. Two of these plus the 600w amp was around $350 all in. Not bad for the added realism.I route my PSVR2 to a small 2-channel mixer then back to the attached earphones (PS channel 1, Bluetooth audio channel 2) so I can jam Spotify like a radio through my phone when playing games and adjust the volume of either input. I took a 3.5mm to RCA to feed the 600w amp, and output to two of these with banana plugs attached to the chair.I tested these with a snare drum stand. Liked the results so I hooked two of these up to my sim racing chair with nano tape and velcro. One to the back and one to the butt. These things make games a million times more immersive and will shake you to kingdom come. I power them both with the Fosi 600w amp.Another reviewer said he can't play games without this. I can totally understand why. Wow wow wow just be warned, there's no going back after you experience this. You've been warned.Update: These have changed my life. I daydream at work all day about getting home. Immersive is an understatement. I've added two 50W shakers under the pedals. I run these through a mixer and split the signal between the PSVR2 and the shakers independently. All 4 shakers (two 50W and two 300W) receive signal from a 600w amp and are distributed through a 4-way switch with amp in. Since there's 4 pairs of outputs that can all be used simultaneously, I plan to add another pair of 300w shakers and maybe some speakers for added realism.

So Iv owned a few of the smaller, Dayton BST-1 shakers for a while (& love them), I decided to try this larger model using a mini amp that output about 100-125watts RMS at 4 ohms and wasn't very impressed. I then added the smaller BST-1 to the same amp, mostly to drop the ohms (to 2ohms) to try to get more power, I tried using channel/s from my main Yamaha home theater receiver and I could feel it but again, for the price wasn't impressed. Iv ran two BST-1 on my SIM rig with a mini amp and they shake like crazy, but once I bit the bullet and got a more powerful amp closer to 300watts RMS it woke the BST-300EX up considerably. Since I have two BST-1 on a MUCH less powerful mini amp I can say I wonder if I could have gotten similar results with two of the smaller BST-1, instead of one BST-300 and without the need for a more powerful amp but I think the 300EX handles the super SUPER low notes better. Its a good product and is clearly rated for 300w RMS so I cant knock it, (BTW If your new to transducers/bass shakers/but kickers I suggest reading how & how NOT to mount them, its usually very simple lol). I have them under my home theater couch and mounted to my sim rig and they're a game changer. Have fun!

I am simply running it straight out of the subwoofer output. I thought about putting a band-pass crossover on it, as many people have suggested, but didn't like what I could purchase pre-made. I figured I try it without the crossover since I'm not running a subwoofer loudspeaker and am happy with the result. It works as I intended by allowing me to keep the volume down, get some real bass and not disturb others in the house. This is mainly due to the fact that I have a concrete floor so the vibrations are not transferred into the floor and wood frame of the house.It takes a little getting use to if you have a traditional subwoofer as the lows don't hit you in the chest like a traditional subwoofer but it the trade off is well worth the effort in getting and installing it.