ButtKicker BK-GR Gamer
by Buttkicker
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Our Price: $149.98 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: CE See more product details |
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Customer Review: Did not work right out of the box
Summary: 1 Stars
I ordered the "Gamer to use as a sub for my drum monitor. When it arrived I opened the box and hooked it up and it was a dud. The lights didn't even come on.Nada, nothing !!! I have emailed the manufacturer since that is who warrants the product. I will see how good their customer service is I guess.I will post the results of how they handle this problem.Customer Review: The Buttkicker does just that!
Summary: 5 Stars
What a great product. I actually was thinking about a way I could do what this does when I came across this gadget. It is well-designed, well made, and it works great. The key seems to be to keep it subtle. You can get it to rattle loose you fillings if you want but that is not the point. Keep it subtle and it will help bring about that immersion we all look for in gaming.Customer Review: Awesome (when working)
Summary: 5 Stars
Where has this product been all my life? I could never let a subwoofer rip without disturbing everyone around me. Now I can get the same effect without risk of hearing loss (and disturbing the peace). Excellent!
Pros:
* Movies
* Music
* FPS Games: Tried in Counter-Strike:Source, BF2142, and HL2:EmpiresMod
Cons:
* RTS Games: Supreme Commander and Earth2160 are better without it IMO
* Requires sound card with bass boost (such as X-Fi gamer) for best results (albeit it works surprisingly well off a crappy laptop headphone output)
UPDATE: Bought this less than a year ago, and it has now died. The "signal" and "clip" leds are not lighting up at all, although the power led and fan turn on. Prior to failure, I was getting erratic behavior from the unit (would rumble periodically with no input). I used this unit almost purely for gaming and turned it off when not using it.
Customer Review: Buttkicker kicks some serious butt!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this solely to attach to my Playseat Evolution for my XBOX360 and WOW is all I can say. What a difference this makes to the overall game play. I highly recommend this product because it does what is says and does it for not a lot of money. Customer Review: Great addition to my home theater -- Attached it to my metal futon
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently brought this item in view of adding it to my existing home theatre system. Before this, I had researched the item through the company website and other reviews.
Since my existing home theatre was good in delivering bass, but I wanted to add a little extra kick(esp the lower end and some vibrations) to the whole thing. I have a metal futon and so finding a suitable metal post for adding the buttkicker module was not difficult. The only surprise that I had was that I was hoping the amplifier to look as small as a modem, but infact it is as large as a cornflakes box and has a very irritating cooling fan which is as noisy as a small table fan.
As the product mentions that this buttkicker gamer is only meant for chairs that have a metal post to attach the buttkicker module, I decided to take the risk of purchasing this item(only $50 after the MIR) because I already have a metal futon to attach the module.
Here is what I did to synchronize the buttkicker gamer with my Home theatre system -- I took a audio line out from my home theatre with a long RCA cable to all the way to my futon bottom where the actual buttkicker amp was located. The amp had to be kept under the futon so that I can have easy access to the on/off switch and the controls. The buttkicker module was fixed to my futon frame. Initally the settings of the amp were un-tuned, and as a result of this I felt high vibrations on my futon which were very un-pleasant. After experiencing this and the noise of the cooling fan, I wanted to return the buttkicker back to amazon. But then after playing around for a while with the controls I fine tuned it, to provide the vibrations only at very low frequencies that my subwoofer had missed. This way, I was able to enjoy the movie and 'wow' my buddies. The 100 watt amplifier is more than enough power to shake the futon. I had the volume position set to around 30% only and it was terrific - Watching movies was never the same, I could feel all the vibrations and action on my futon itself, so there is no neccesity for purchasing the costlier model that is available from buttkicker.
My suggestion is to not avoid the subwoofer completely and add this buttkicker, for the reason being that if you do that then you may not be able to wow your buddies because they may be curious to know how the futon vibrates without the subwoofer. Hence having the subwoofer and fooling them by saying that ther subwoofer is causing the rattle would lower their suspicion levels and your folks will not be curious to peep under the futon. Another word of caution is that not to leave the amp in the ON position throughout the day/night as even if by any chance there is a small spark or something from these electronic items, the futon bed can catch a fire -- This is just a precaution for all general electrical devices and not to mention that the buttkicker would neccesarily produce a spark/fire etc..
Bottom line is:
Pros:
Nice vibrations are induced making it more realistic when watching movies
Excellent addition to a home theater
100 watts amp power is definetly more than enough power
Cheap subwoofer alternative($50 after MIR)
Cons:
Big size amplifer
Noisy cooling fan
No remote for the amp
Not sure about the performance of the buttkicker module on wooden sofa's or wooden futon's because of the requirement of metal post for hooking the buttkicker module