daymn, i have to try to return the filters. just ordered some crossover boxes..i have to hack up a PSU like you...

Why not upload some images of your crossover boxes , amplifier and speakers that you will convert to shakes ? Sometimes a photo is much better than a hundred of words...

these are the main compoents i will use for the DIY shaker...

what i plan to return..

What a beauties...even the filters jaja !

u should make youtube video of your shaker!

Ok...go ahead and good lock making your shakers !

hey so i am using two 8" car subwoofers...
do u think i should have went with home subwoofers?

I use to convert 10 " or 12 " size sub's no less . And 1.5 " as minimum voice coil size...You can use home or car speakers...May the shaker be with you !

My previous chair-shaker photos...

so my amp came in, felt under powered, decided to return it.
it was a technical pro AX5000. my sony bookshelf system drove the sub better than the power amplifier.

what amp are you using, the spec?
what am i doing wrong? :/

Ok...but wait ! Did you make the conversion of the Sub to Shaker ??? If so...upload a photo of your set up and where do you installed it ?... Mine is an old Sansui power amp/ 150W per channel /8Ohm output and it works fine...and is driven by a LPF Crossover like the one in the photos

my speakers are fosgate punch 8" DVC with 2 ohms on each coil (i wired the DVC in series to achieve 4 ohms)

I did not make the conversion yet, so far i am just testing the amps, im also waiting for the epoxy to come (ebay loctite hysol)
my crossovers just came in today, i have to find PC power supplies.
so basically i have two subwoofers, each wired to 4 ohms each, they handle 250watts each. what ampliifer should i get?
im thinkin about the pyle 5000watt or the bergeringr 5000 watt. or maybe the crown 1500 watt...
what do you think?

Woww ! I had a Crown 1000 watt...these are a very heavily and powered amps...I never used Pyle or Berge...I don´t know about these !

i just ordered a crown xls 1500... wish me luck!

Good lock...go ahead ! When it arrives give us a photo !

crown XLS 1500 is worth the money.
unfortunately the DIY shaker did not meet my expectations.
after putting 95% power to the two DIY shakers using a 50Hz test tone, i started to smell plastic burning.
i shut the amp off, and saved the DIY shakers.
DIY shakers still intact.

I decided at that point, NO DIY shaker in my custom wood chair because:
a) i dont want to build something that might get burnt out.
b) DIY shakers required extensive modification to my chair in order to make a solid mount between the chair frame and DIY shakers. (didnt want to have 16 bolts to fasten the two shakers)

ultimately i choose Buttkicker LFE and Crown XLS 1500. they both have thermal protection and good quality. and the butt kicker mounted to my chair with some effort..


DIY Shaker WIP

My sim chair with buttkicker and amp.

at moment, i am waiting for a DAC (digital-to-analog converter) to come in (ordered behringer UCA202) because the amp requires a RCA line-level input. i hope to test on wed, with Euro Truck Simulator!

my tactile transducer project completed with the following components.

Buttkicker LFE transducer
Crown XLS 1500 amplifier
Behringer UAC202 audio interface
Sound Stream SX210 crossover
Buttkicker RI-K28 rubber isolators

i hope to catch the second set come back friday