The Official Bass Shaker, Buttkicker, Tactile Transducer Thread

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by MovieFanatic2010

Can someone with a Pro Amp powering there Transducers post a picture of the back of it so i can see how you have it all connected. Thanks

I don't have a picture, but I will try very hard to confuse you as much as possible.

• Insert a sub cable in the LFE output on the back of the receiver.
  
  
• Use a Y adapter (one female, two male) at the other end of the sub cable.
  
  
• Insert the sub cable to the female side of the Y adapter.
  
  
• Insert the two male sides of the Y adapter into the two RCA inputs on the back of the pro amplifier.
  
  
• I believe you have three Bass Shakers and one Buttkicker with an impedance of 4 ohms each.
  
  
• You can connect each pair to one channel of the pro amplifier.
  
  
• If you connect each pair in parallel like the following diagram, the impedance drops to 2 ohm.
  
  
  
  
  
  This connection would give a final impedance of 2 ohms.
  
  
  
• Although the pro amplifier that you have purchased can handle 2 ohm loads, I generally hesitate to recommend connecting a 2-ohm load to an amplifier. A 2-ohm load puts a lot of pressure on the amplifier and may shorten its life.
  
  
• If you connect each pair in series like the following diagram, the impedance will increase to 8 ohms and almost all amplifiers can handle that with ease.
  
  
  
  
  
  This connection would give a final impedance of 8 ohms.
  
  
  
• Alternatively, you can connect all four transducers to one channel of the amplifier and use the other channel to drive another subwoofer.
  
  
• If you decide to connect all four to one channel of the amplifier, you must connect them in series-parallel configuration like the following diagram.
  
  
  
  
  
  This connection would give a final impedance of 4 ohms.
  
  
  
• The following diagram is exactly the same as the previous diagram. It is another way of looking at the arrangement of the four transducers.