Aura Pro Bass Shakers

[mmmikkke]

I was thinking of installing a pair of Aura Pro Bass Shakers either in the front seats, or under the front seats, on my 2500HD. I want this because even though I have a subwoofer, I want to be able to feel the bass without having to play it so loud.

 

Anybody already have a setup like this? If so, what do you think about it?

[mmmikkke]

Ok, so now I *am* installing the bass shakers to the bottoms of the front seats. Will let you know how it turns out.

[lerbud]

so how did that turn out? looks kinda cool.

[2004GMC1500CC]

I was thinking of installing a pair of Aura Pro Bass Shakers either in the front seats, or under the front seats, on my 2500HD.  I want this because even though I have a subwoofer, I want to be able to feel the bass without having to play it so loud.

 

Anybody already have a setup like this?  If so, what do you think about it?

 

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I had some in my car. Liked them pretty good. They do make a difference while you are sitting there.

[mmmikkke]

Well, I have finally installed them, but haven't hooked them up yet.

 

Here are a few pics of the install. Mounted them to a 1/2" x 6" x 13" oak panel, and added a 3/4" x 1" oak standoff on each side, to bring them far enough away from the foam so that there was no chance of them interfering with the seat's suspension.

 

Bolted the assembly to the right and left sides of the seat shell, where I hope it will be able to transmit tactile bass to the entire seat frame (not just the bottom).

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll post again when I have them hooked up. 50W max per unit. Should be noticeable.

[mmmikkke]

Ok, now they're hooked up and running.

 

I reworked my 2-channel parametric eq so that I could trim one mono bass signal for the Aura Bass Shakers and the other signal for the Infinity Basslink. I had just enough adjustment to flatten out both signals, and after first running the Bass Shakers a little too strong, I trimmed 'em back just a bit so that now you can't tell that the bass shakers are doing anything (until you turn them off and you notice the difference).

 

I brought my low frequencies up by about 10 db at 60hz and by 20 db at 30hz, on both the Basslink and the Bass Shakers. That approximates what currently passes for normal amoung the boom car generation. I must admit: it can be cool to run this way.

 

The reasons I wanted to *try* this is:

 

1. Windows-down, the bass from the Basslink is very good, all the way down to about 25hz. It doesn't have the power to broadcast to the neighborhood, but the bass is fully capable of causing hearing damage...It'll run 110 db no problem...if I crank it. (Those guys broadcasting to the neighborhood must be somewhere in the 120-130 db range inside their trucks.) But with the windows up, you lose some of the low end because the cabin gain changes. The Bass Shakers compensate for that.

 

2. I don't want to damage my hearing just to "feel" the bass. I decided that "feeling" the bass is what causes these bass broadcasters to run so loud with their windows down. I now know that using the Bass Shakers, I can "feel the bass" now without inviting hearing damage.

 

I'm really pleased with the mounting location I picked. It doesn't cause any rattles in the seat, and when adjusted as they currently are, a guest passenger in the front seat won't be able to pick out that they have a tactile transducer under them. Instead, they'll just "feel the bass" as if 400W of ear-damaging bass was coming from behind them. Except their ears will not be destroyed.

 

If anybody in this forum is interested in any more details, or pics, just ask.