Buttkicker BK-LFEKit Low Frequency Effect Kit with Amplifier for Home Theater

by Buttkicker

Product Features

• Complete home theater installation kit for ButtKicker LFE "silent subwoofer"
• Simulates the feeling of heavy bass through the furniture without the excessive volume
• Includes ButtKicker LFE, 2,100-watt amplifier, wiring cables, and furniture kit
• Furniture mounts sit under chair or couch legs to create tactile experience
• ButtKicker measures 5.5 inches wide (oval) and 5.375 inches tall; 2-year warranty

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006FK42S
• Product Dimensions: 25 x 16.5 x 9.5 inches ; 41.9 pounds
• Media: Electronics
• Release Date: May 1, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,238 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Ideal for movies, music, and gaming, the ButtKicker LFE "silent subwoofer" lets users experience realistic special effects and concert-quality music without waking the kids or disturbing the neighbors. Rather than emitting loud rumbling sounds during each explosion or heavy bass passage, the ButtKicker simulates the "feeling" of the effect through your couch, chairs, and other furnishings, letting you sense the low without the excessive volume. The device accurately mimics the sensation of many natural and manmade sounds, such as earthquakes, thunderstorms, rocket launches, waves, explosions, tornadoes, volcanoes, dinosaurs, sound effects, and all styles of music.

The Buttkicker installs easily, including under chair or couch mounting to create a tactile experience.

The ButtKicker LFE (low frequency effects) functions similar to a loudspeaker, but instead of moving a cone and transferring sound waves through the air, it uses a patented magnetic suspension system to attach to seats and floors, thus sending the low frequency sound directly into the listener's body. Listeners can decrease the sound pressure level from the subwoofer to where the kids upstairs can't hear it, yet still feel all the bass they want. And as compared to other shakers or tactile transducers that use voice coil technology, the ButtKicker is more powerful and more musical (linear), with a true low frequency response of 9 Hz and a range of 5 to 200 Hz.

To make it easy to connect your ButtKicker, the company included several other items to this LFE bundle, including a 2,100-watt amplifier that connects to your receiver's subwoofer out, a cable package, and a chair/couch mounting accessory kit. Simply place the mounting plate under one leg of a piece of furniture and attach the ButtKicker to the other side. The kit also includes rubber isolators that sit under the furniture's other legs. Listeners can even install the ButtKicker under the floor to enjoy a full-room tactile experience.

To top it off, the ButtKicker LFE is virtually indestructible and maintenance-free. It's so reliable, in fact, that dozens of theme park owners, specialty theaters, virtual reality operators, and arcade owners are using a commercial version of the ButtKicker to boost their bottom line. So if you're looking to delight and electrify your guests with an affordable and easy-to-use full-body experience, it's time to incorporate the ButtKicker into your home theater system.

What's in the Box

ButtKicker LFE, BKA 1000-4 amplifier, ButtKicker LFE cable kit (with 20 feet of 14-gauge speaker wire, RCA cable, RCA "Y" adapter, and speaker level interface adapter), chair/couch mounting accessory kit (with mounting plate, 5 rubber isolators, 4 carriage bolts, 4 star washers, 4 locking nuts, 5 #10 screws, and 1 wrench), user's manual.

Product Description

1 BK-LFE, 1 BKA-1000-4A, 1 BK-CMAK and wiring kit. 120V version, for North American use only.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of Breed, October 8, 2005

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-TMcN- (Snohomish, WA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ButtKicker BK-LFEKit Low Frequency Effect Kit with Amplifier for Home Theater (Electronics)

The Buttkicker is a "tactile transducer", meaning it turns sound into shaking. It's just one of four players in that niche; the others are Clark Synthesis, Aura Bass Shaker and Crowson. But the Buttkicker is the best; the Clarks are less intense and less concentrated in the low frequencies, the Auras are $20 units with all that entails (such as lack of shake and lack of finess) and the Crowsons are purely under-couch devices.

The Buttkicker adds a bit of shake to your home theatre. It doesn't replace the subwoofer, but sort-of turns the floor into a lower subwoofer. And I love it. But there are some things you should know.

It needs a LOT of power, so this LFE Kit (with Amp) is probably the best choice to start with because you can't drive it from your receiver.

Second, one LFE Kit will do a sofa nicely, but if you, like me, mount it under your floor, you're gonna need two. Possibly more, but probably two. Because that's a LOT more mass to shake, and otherwise they'll be maxxing out and making a loud knocking noise. (You can drive up to four Buttkickers with a single Buttkicker Amp.)

Third, it's not like riding a rollercoaster. You'll feel the floor shake from loud sound effects, bombs, etc., but don't expect magic. It makes the movie more real, but it doesn't toss you around.

All that said, it's a great addition. If you can afford the cost-of-entry, you'll be amazed how shallow the system feels with it off.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A real kick in the pants!, May 26, 2006

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Roomba (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ButtKicker BK-LFEKit Low Frequency Effect Kit with Amplifier for Home Theater (Electronics)

I'm a gadget guy with a decent home theater set up, so when I learned about the buttkicker, I figured "why not"? and ordered the kit with the wireless connection unit.
The equipment is of good quality and easy to set up. The "buttkicking" effect is awesome and syncs perfectly with sub (the bass signal is simply split between the sub and buttkicker amp).
You'll be amazed at how much more in tune you'll be with a movie's bass signal. Occasionally, you'll feel some bass that doesn't quite feel right because you don't hear it in the movie, but it is there. You'll quickly become addicted to the buttkicker. I have two rows of seating in my theater set up and only the second row has the buttkicker installed. We never sit in the 1st row any more!
If you really want to give the buttkicker a test run, I highly recommend any of the Matrix movies- insane amounts of bass!
My only complaint is with the wireless unit. Be forewarned if you go that route that the wireless RF unit can pick up noise fairly easily. The end result is that the buttkicker will jump and jerk when it isn't supposed to. It took me some time to tweak the wireless unit to work properly. It's nice not to have to run a wire the whole way back to your seating, but you may find more frustration in trying to use the wireless connection.

In conclusion, this is a great product and a must buy to complete a home theater set up.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Added The Missing Link To My Home Theater, April 19, 2007

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Theater Jedi Knight "Movie Fan 7" (Okland Hills, MI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ButtKicker BK-LFEKit Low Frequency Effect Kit with Amplifier for Home Theater (Electronics)

Where to begin? Should I start about how this thing litterally kicks butt, or the excellent build quality? The LFE Buttkicker kit is now easily my favorite piece of home theater equipment, as the title of the review says it added the missing link to it. Everythings packaged extremely well, with the amp receiving some extra padding due to its weight. Now for me this wasn't a plug-n play install, it took me over probably 5 or 6 hours over the course of 2 days to get the thing installed properly. Don't get me wrong, you can have the kit ready to go in 15-20 minutes, I did, but the effects were only ok. One always needs to tinker with new electronics before they find that sweat spot, and this is the case with the Buttkicker LFE kit. At first I mounted it under my couch using the mounting kit, this installation worked pretty well, except that one end was rattling off my hard basement floor. Therefore I put a rug under the couch, this reduced the rattling but it was still present. I then mounted it under a T junction under the couch, and the rattling was pretty much gone. I still had to tighten some bolts, and even remove a bracket underneath for the kicker to have enough room. The effects were now pretty good, although I thought they could be even better. I therefore made my own mounting plate out of wood, and attached it across these two metal supports on my theater couch (with bolts of course). After doing this I noticed a substantial change in vibration, it was over my entire body more so. I concluded that the best effect will be given when the unit is somehow attached directly to your couch, that way the couch and the Buttkicker almost as one piece.
The build quality is outstanding, probably 90% of the parts are made of metal, which is really nice considering a lot of things are being made out of plastic today.The Buttkicker LFE kit will give you a better movie experience, just don't expect to much, it doesn't toss you around. You may also want to check your receivers LFE settings, mine was set to "0", I changed this to -10db, the result was a much deeper response from the Buttkicker, very nice indeed.
Overall I'm extremely impressed, I plan on getting another LFE unit for my other couch.

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