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ButtKicker BK-LFEKit Low Frequency Effect Kit with Amplifier for Home Theater
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MONEY WELL SPENT
(5 out of 5) by Ken on Sep 10, 2008 (CA)I love this thing. Get yourself a good HD tv, a good speaker system, and the Butt Kicker. You would swear that you are actually there. Music concerts are unreal. It's like you are sitting right on the stage. Makes watching movies so much more realistic. I never thought home entertainment could get to this level. The Butt Kicker is the cherry on top. Do yourself a favor, and get one now! I was hesitant to buy b/c of many reasons. Don't worry, the system is complete, and well designed. I even waited a while to install once I received it. I thought it would take hours, but it only took 20 minutes to install. Really easy!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
All movies are not created equal
(4 out of 5) by K. voegele on Mar 26, 2007 (MN, USA)When a movie has a good surround track with adequate LFE you will feel the tremors. Most movies do not have adequate surround tracks, or worse, the levels vary from movie to movie. You will find yourself adjusting the gain up or down or the cutoff up or down to get more or less out of the shaker system. I have had some movies bottom out the shakers and with the same setting the next movie has little to no LFE unless the gain is cranked.
I wish there was an auto tune or some other setup signal (done automatically) on the intro of each movie such that your surround system and shakers could be set appropriately.
The effect you get is mild shaking. Some movies have it just for explosions, others for elephants or large animals walking. I have seen 2 movies where the shaking is continous when the scene is inside a space ship or helicoptor ... when you hear the engine noise, you can feel it as if you were inside.
I wish there was an auto tune or some other setup signal (done automatically) on the intro of each movie such that your surround system and shakers could be set appropriately.
The effect you get is mild shaking. Some movies have it just for explosions, others for elephants or large animals walking. I have seen 2 movies where the shaking is continous when the scene is inside a space ship or helicoptor ... when you hear the engine noise, you can feel it as if you were inside.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
System Complete
(5 out of 5) by James W. Hoskins on May 28, 2009 (Lockhart, Texas USA)We thought that our 7.1 system was complete until we read an article on the ButtKicker LFE Kit...we ordered and installed the kit. WOW..AWESOME! We now feel what we've been missing. The real life in-scene sensation of a ButtKicker installed in one of our Lane theater seats encouraged us to purchase another ButtKicker for the other end of our theater seating group. What an amazing invention and addition to a home theater system. I strongly recommend the ButtKicker LFE Kit to complete your home theater system.
ButtKicker BK-LFEKit Low Frequency Effect Kit with Amplifier for Home Theater
ButtKicker BK-LFEKit Low Frequency Effect Kit with Amplifier for Home Theater
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Works best with an actual subwoofer assisting it
(4 out of 5) by R. Cappo on Mar 14, 2009The biggest thing missing is a remote control. It would benefit from this, but I just set it and leave it now and it works ok. It takes a little while to figure out what setting to use, and the music settings are a little different from movies.
The next thing is that the movie studios should come out with 5.2, 6.2 or 7.2 soundtracks. Instead of just working on sounds under 50Hz, it would be nice if the special effects guys could work with this and add that functionality to the Buttkicker.
The last thing, is that when using this with no subwoofer, you may think something is missing. You will feel the bass, but not hear it. I only could use it for 2 months before I built a 18" subwoofer and hooked it up to the Buttkicker amp. Now, everything is great. The shaker makes it seem like the bass is louder than it really is. My problem is that I think the neighbors can hear the stereo, but when I get out of my chair, it isn't as loud as I thought.
I haven't played any video games with it yet, but I think it would work (as long as the bass notes are in the right places)
The next thing is that the movie studios should come out with 5.2, 6.2 or 7.2 soundtracks. Instead of just working on sounds under 50Hz, it would be nice if the special effects guys could work with this and add that functionality to the Buttkicker.
The last thing, is that when using this with no subwoofer, you may think something is missing. You will feel the bass, but not hear it. I only could use it for 2 months before I built a 18" subwoofer and hooked it up to the Buttkicker amp. Now, everything is great. The shaker makes it seem like the bass is louder than it really is. My problem is that I think the neighbors can hear the stereo, but when I get out of my chair, it isn't as loud as I thought.
I haven't played any video games with it yet, but I think it would work (as long as the bass notes are in the right places)
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Make your home theater stand out
(5 out of 5) by F. Eyzaguirre on Jun 13, 2009 (New Orleans, La)I have left this item on my wishlist for about 2 years just because I didn't know anyone else who had this if I had any problems. If you can operate your subwoofer then you can use this. I love the fact the "shaker" is almost virtually indestructible, it lets me know I can be rest assured if I want to demo things on the spot. Be the one person on your home theater block to have this. This is a home theater owners wet dream!!!