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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 19:31 [#01106992]
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"The ButtKicker is a small, linear motor, which reacts to an audio signal sent by an amplifier. It is similar to a loudspeaker, but instead of moving a cone, and transferring sound waves through the air, it attaches to seats and floors, and sends low frequency sound directly into the listener's body. The effect is amazing."
So... anyone got one? I want one!
see:
http://www.thebuttkicker.com/
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drummond
from coffee, ahh, a burger, ahh on 2004-03-13 19:33 [#01106994]
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more anal references, very interesting. are you a latent homosexual perhaps?
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 19:35 [#01106998]
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what? What are you talking about? Don't you want to "feel what you've been missing"?
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-03-13 19:37 [#01107003]
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Wouldn't it make more sense for the output signal to be attached to a large mechanical leg with a big boot on the end?
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 19:39 [#01107007]
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"Using tactile (feeling) energy instead of "audio" The ButtKicker® Shaker convincingly enhances and reproduces everything from earthquakes, gunfire, engine rumblings, car chases, space battles, UFO scenes, large animal rumblings, bass in soundtracks and low-rumbling bass."
see link for a pic of a buttkicker.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 19:40 [#01107008]
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Buttkicker =
An extremely efficient, powerful and true linear (musical) low frequency transducer and bass shaker, capable of accurately reproducing the "feeling" range of sound, (true 5-200Hz).
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-03-13 19:41 [#01107012]
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that would be awesome when playing combat games, quake 3 or doom would be a lot better!
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 19:49 [#01107020]
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yeah! It adds nothing to the sound, and if you put it under a chair or sofa or couch, it feels like it kicks you in the butt.
If I had more money I'd buy it instantly. Also, it has a very little range it works within, it can shake 3 seats - but no more. If you stand a bit away,
you won't even feel it. And that's great. I mean if you live in appartments with really tiny walls of paper (sortof like I do, I live in a student dorm)...
http://www.realelectronics.com/buttkicker_low_frequency_s...
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-03-13 19:51 [#01107021]
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have you looked on ebay for a cheaper one?
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 19:54 [#01107025]
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I haven't checked... But you also need a special amplifier (or if you already have a 400 -1500W amplifier. that's why I can't buy it, yet.
The amplifier costs more than the actual Buttkicker I think.
Atleast in Sweden. Also, the buttkickers are (as most, if not all home electronics) cheaper in the US - but then I'd need a converter if it is at all possible to use it in Sweden (it's almost twice as much in some shops).
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-03-13 19:56 [#01107026]
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can't you just pay a small child by the hour to shake your chair while you listen to music? It would be a lot cheaper.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 19:57 [#01107027]
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error. This is how it was suppose to be:
The amplifier costs more than the actual Buttkicker I think (it's almost twice as much in some shops). Atleast in Sweden. "Also, the buttkickers are (as most, if not all home electronics) cheaper in the US - but then I'd need a converter if it is at all possible to use it in Sweden." What I meant is... if I'd buy one in the US then I'd need a power adaptor...
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 19:59 [#01107028]
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that's what I do now. But it just won't do. I have a sub aswell. But if I turn it up too high my neighbour will complain...
Also I think the buttkicker feels very different from a sub.
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-03-13 20:01 [#01107029]
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Have you ever felt this sort of experience before or is it just something you think you would like to feel? I would imaging it would be something like going to a cinema with huge speakers (the ones that you can feel in your chest).
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 20:07 [#01107031]
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Never felt a buttkicker. I am just imagening what it might be like, from what I have previously experienced in massive soundsystems (like you mentioned the speakers in cinemas, and such)...
I like the fact that it will just add feeling, and from what I understand, no sound whatsoever.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 20:13 [#01107038]
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it's soo small!
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-03-13 20:14 [#01107041]
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Yeh, must be like sticking a vibrator up your ass or something :p
I wonder if this is a spin of from that technology that the Army developed, the sound gun, I think it has been posted here a few times over the last 8 months. The use of very low frequency waves to make people sick, urinate, defecate, and possibly stop their heart.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 20:16 [#01107044]
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Here's one at e-bay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=308398...
it costs US $539.99 which is around 4000 SEK. Which is really CHEAP, comparing to what they cost in Sweden.
This is for bouth the Buttkick + the amplifier.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 20:18 [#01107047]
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yeah I read some posts about that one.
I would really like to try a buttkicker, to see what kind of impact they have, and if it's worth the cash.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 20:22 [#01107050]
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though this "dude" (or "dudette") only ships to 48 American states.
And I don't live in any of them.
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-03-13 20:26 [#01107055]
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Maybe some kind soul here will buy it on behalf of you, and then ship to you. I would if I lived in the US and you gave me the cash.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 20:28 [#01107058]
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yeah. that'd work. but then I'd have to be sure that it works here, and that I can get a decent power adapter. But I'd like to try one out first, so I know what I am getting. I don't think I'll be able to get a hold of a buttkicker in Skövde, so it'll be a thing for the future (spring) or something. I hope spring is here soon.
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-03-13 20:33 [#01107062]
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Spring? looks like the middle of winter here at the moment, i think it is safe to say that we have fucked up this planet good and proper.
It would be nice to try one before you buy, it is a shame there are no offices for the company near you.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-03-13 20:36 [#01107065]
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yeah it snowed here today.. But it's getting brigther every day, and that's good.
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-03-13 20:37 [#01107068]
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true, the sun rises closer to the East now and earlier. But it is hard to fully appreciate it when the sky is full of grey rain clouds.
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