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Bass Shaker Questions
DrakeTungsten:
I recently bought <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002ZPTBI/ref=pe_385040_30332200_pe_309540_26725410_item">this Aura bass Shaker</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dayton-Audio-SA70-Subwoofer-Amplifier/dp/B0002TUDKG/ref=pd_sim_e_2">this 70 watt amp</a> for my cockpit cabinet. Knowing nothing of speakers and audio equipment, I paired these two because virtually everybody recommended this setup as your best bang for the buck. Now that I'm ready to hook this up, I'm running across information saying that I shouldn't have an amp with more wattage than the subwoofer (or bass shaker) is rated for. My shaker is rated for 50 watts. It seems most people were actually powering two shakers with this amp, which I didn't realize as I was doing my pre-purchase research. Do I risk damaging my equipment if I use this amp with this shaker? Does it matter that the amp has a gain control which I can dial back?
Also, I have no idea how to hook the amp to the shaker. It's obvious enough that the amp has cables which attach to the shaker, but the shaker has these spring-loaded binding posts which do not at all look possible to use with the spade connections on the end of the wires coming from the amp. The spades are five times the size of the holes on the posts, and even if they fit in the holes, it wouldn't make any sense to me. The spades wouldn't be slipped over anything, they'd just be stuck in the empty space of the post.
paigeoliver:
If you are also powering a 50 watt subwoofer then you will be fine.
Anyway, you will probably kill the hard drive in your machines computer from the vibration long before you damage the bass shaker.
DrakeTungsten:
Thank you, but just to be sure... You said "also" like maybe you read that amp has the same wattage the bass shaker is rated for. Perhaps my ugly HTML insertion made it difficult to tell, but the bass shaker is rated for 50 watts and the amp is 70 watts.
stinkyrob:
As far as I know, it's best to have more power in the amp than the speakers can handle. That way when the bass really hits (when it's requiring the most power) it has enough juice to draw from and the sound quality doesn't suffer.
rCadeGaming:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on October 05, 2013, 11:24:52 pm ---you will probably kill the hard drive in your machines computer from the vibration
--- End quote ---
This can be avoided by using a solid-state drive, which may also help the PC boot faster.
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