butt kickers overkill?
Sept 26, 2005 19:02:56 GMT -7
Post by serendip on Sept 26, 2005 19:02:56 GMT -7
Hi, all. Long time lurker, first time poster.
I jumped on the deal to buy four Atlas 15" drivers a few months ago in anticipation of installing an IB in my basement HT room, which is currently a odd-shaped central room opening into four other spaces (I'm guessing about 2000 cubic ft). The back side of the wall under the FP screen is my workshop, with plenty of room to vent the drivers.
It does, however, create a sort of problem in that both rooms are located underneath living areas. My long-suffering wife does not care for movies as much as I, and certainly not the bass-heavy war, sci-fi, action types that I generally watch alone. Meaning that she is upstairs hearing the low-frequency sounds that my wimpy current sub creates. One can only imagine how the IB effects will penetrate the floor.
Which leads me to the meat of this rambling post. I am about to order three Berkline 090 seats, which is all I can really fit in the odd configuration that I have available. I can get buttkickers (not bass shakers) thrown in for a relatively cheap $175 each. My theory is that I can dial in the BKs to tone down the sub and help contain the racket to the movie room.
I sense that many of the forum members feel that BKs are unnecessary, even, dare I say, tacky. Come on, guys, what do you really think of the idea in my situation?
One more quick note. As an electronics guy, I make a pretty good criminal justice college teacher. In other words, kind of shaky. If I do go with the BKs, how about if I use a Behringer 2500 amp to power both the 4 Atlas's and the three Bks, without buying a separate amp just for them? The price for the 1000 W BK amp is about what the Behringer is alone.
Thanks for any advice.
I jumped on the deal to buy four Atlas 15" drivers a few months ago in anticipation of installing an IB in my basement HT room, which is currently a odd-shaped central room opening into four other spaces (I'm guessing about 2000 cubic ft). The back side of the wall under the FP screen is my workshop, with plenty of room to vent the drivers.
It does, however, create a sort of problem in that both rooms are located underneath living areas. My long-suffering wife does not care for movies as much as I, and certainly not the bass-heavy war, sci-fi, action types that I generally watch alone. Meaning that she is upstairs hearing the low-frequency sounds that my wimpy current sub creates. One can only imagine how the IB effects will penetrate the floor.
Which leads me to the meat of this rambling post. I am about to order three Berkline 090 seats, which is all I can really fit in the odd configuration that I have available. I can get buttkickers (not bass shakers) thrown in for a relatively cheap $175 each. My theory is that I can dial in the BKs to tone down the sub and help contain the racket to the movie room.
I sense that many of the forum members feel that BKs are unnecessary, even, dare I say, tacky. Come on, guys, what do you really think of the idea in my situation?
One more quick note. As an electronics guy, I make a pretty good criminal justice college teacher. In other words, kind of shaky. If I do go with the BKs, how about if I use a Behringer 2500 amp to power both the 4 Atlas's and the three Bks, without buying a separate amp just for them? The price for the 1000 W BK amp is about what the Behringer is alone.
Thanks for any advice.
