ButtKicker BK-GR Gamer
by Buttkicker
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Customers in the UK,
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for British Pounds
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Customer Review: Best support ever
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoy the BK gamer but the electronics fried after a few months. It was a pleasure dealing with the folks at Guittamer, the support that this company has is incredible! Great company to deal with.Customer Review: It's great and kicks *ss!
Summary: 5 Stars
Easy to hook up and works as advertised, now I can feel the music and live the movies! Splitter is included so you can connect subwoofer/speakers. Well worth the money.Customer Review: Buttkicker is a great product and great company!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am so pleased with the Buttkicker gamer! It makes my Forza 2 racing on the XBOX360 seem so real! It is easy to setup and easy to adjust. Quality product.Customer Review: Buttkicker 2...Increase the realism
Summary: 5 Stars
The Buttkicker Gamer 2 is an amazing product that took my flight simming to an all time high. This is a must have...Simply awesome.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