DeafPaul
Standard Member
Over the years I have struggled with my 4x Aura Bass shakers, losing heart each time and then they'd collect dust in storage for a period of time. Then I'd get inspired to try again only to give up again.
I decided to start over last week.
I picked up a new receiver from Costco last week that cost me a pretty penny. I made sure it had subwoofer ouputs. TSR-5810 AV Receiver.
I also picked up a Dayton SA 100 amplifier.
TV is a Samsung UN65KS8000FXZA
I think I have it all correctly hooked up. Optical audio from TV box to Receiver. Sub outputs to inputs on the amp. Two built in wires from the front of the amp to the shakers. The shakers shake when there's sound on the TV and are solidly screwed into the frame of my couch.
I played with various settings (gain and frequency on the amp, turning on and off "extra bass" with the receiver but I still feel that they do not come anywhere near representing what vibrations/sounds feel like to me as a individual who has never heard in his life. I rely on vibrations. I feel them when a gunshot goes off. When somebody screams. When a motorcycle goes by. At the dragstrip. Firecrackers. You get the idea.
During movies, the shakers don't make the same vibrations. Not even close. I had my hearing girlfriend help yesterday evening to confirm that 1) They aren't making vibrations that reflect what things hear like to hearing people. 2) That the shakers aren't even correctly reflecting the sounds that the TV is making.
Why is this such a daunting task. When somebody shoots an AK-47 machine gun, I expect my shakers to go "pop, pop, pop, pop!" Not to go "hummmmmmmm". When a car explodes during a MadMax chase scene, I expect for there to be a distinct explosion vibration felt through the humming (car motor sounds I assume). But there's barely a change in the vibrations when something explodes. Then when there are things that aren't loud enough to cause reasonably felt vibrations happening on the TV, the shakers vibrate a bit. Annoying. Maddening.
What gives?
Sincerely,
Frustrated with Sound Technology
I decided to start over last week.
I picked up a new receiver from Costco last week that cost me a pretty penny. I made sure it had subwoofer ouputs. TSR-5810 AV Receiver.
I also picked up a Dayton SA 100 amplifier.
TV is a Samsung UN65KS8000FXZA
I think I have it all correctly hooked up. Optical audio from TV box to Receiver. Sub outputs to inputs on the amp. Two built in wires from the front of the amp to the shakers. The shakers shake when there's sound on the TV and are solidly screwed into the frame of my couch.
I played with various settings (gain and frequency on the amp, turning on and off "extra bass" with the receiver but I still feel that they do not come anywhere near representing what vibrations/sounds feel like to me as a individual who has never heard in his life. I rely on vibrations. I feel them when a gunshot goes off. When somebody screams. When a motorcycle goes by. At the dragstrip. Firecrackers. You get the idea.
During movies, the shakers don't make the same vibrations. Not even close. I had my hearing girlfriend help yesterday evening to confirm that 1) They aren't making vibrations that reflect what things hear like to hearing people. 2) That the shakers aren't even correctly reflecting the sounds that the TV is making.
Why is this such a daunting task. When somebody shoots an AK-47 machine gun, I expect my shakers to go "pop, pop, pop, pop!" Not to go "hummmmmmmm". When a car explodes during a MadMax chase scene, I expect for there to be a distinct explosion vibration felt through the humming (car motor sounds I assume). But there's barely a change in the vibrations when something explodes. Then when there are things that aren't loud enough to cause reasonably felt vibrations happening on the TV, the shakers vibrate a bit. Annoying. Maddening.
What gives?
Sincerely,
Frustrated with Sound Technology