November 12, 20178 yr Following a recent sim rebuild, I decided to install a body shaker. I found a 100w transducer and have wired it up to a Yamaha amp that was originally driving a full 5.1 surround system with subwoofer. While it works reasonably well, connected to the orbital speaker outputs, this is hardly ideal, as it is not receiving the lower frequencies normally driven by the subwoofer outlet. Unfortunately, if I connect directly from the subwoofer outlet on the amp, I get nothing. I understand that there needs to be a separate amp driving the subwoofer? This is where I fall down.I'm unsure what It is I need. Can anyone offer any advice. thanks fellas. HowardMSI Mag B650 Tomahawk MB, Ryzen7-7800X3D CPU@5ghz, Arctic AIO II 360 cooler, Nvidia RTX4090 GPU, 32gb DDR5@6000Mhz, SSD/2Tb+SSD/500Gb+OS, Corsair 1000W PSU, LG Ultragear 48"4K, MFG Crosswinds, TQ6 Throttle, Fulcrum One YokeMy FlightSim YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@skyhigh776
November 13, 20178 yr Those body shaker transducers need to be powered from an amp just like any other sort of passive (i.e. non-powered) speaker element. Seems that the sub output from your home theater amp outputs a line level output for its sub channel, which is probably meant to drive a powered sub. If you are lucky maybe your amp can be configured to drive that sub out at speaker level (i.e. to drive a passive sub). Otherwise you'll need to get a sub amp to drive that body shaker, or cannibalize the amp from the sub that goes with your amp. CPU: AMD 9800X3D PBO MB +200 CO -25| Motherboard: MSI MAG X870e Tomahawk WiFi | GPU: MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC | RAM: G.Skill 2x32GB DDR5 6000 cas 30 | M.2 SSDs: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2T, WD Black SN750 M.2 1T | Hard Drive: WD Black HDD 6T 7200 | Optical Drive: LG Bluray writer, internal | Cooling: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO | Case: Fractal Design Focus G | PSU: NZXT C1200 1200W Win 11 Pro 64|HP Reverb G2 revised VR HMD|Asus 25" IPS 2K 60Hz monitor|Saitek X52 Pro & Peddles|TIR 5 (now retired)
November 14, 20178 yr Author 22 hours ago, TheFamilyMan said: Those body shaker transducers need to be powered from an amp just like any other sort of passive (i.e. non-powered) speaker element. Seems that the sub output from your home theater amp outputs a line level output for its sub channel, which is probably meant to drive a powered sub. If you are lucky maybe your amp can be configured to drive that sub out at speaker level (i.e. to drive a passive sub). Otherwise you'll need to get a sub amp to drive that body shaker, or cannibalize the amp from the sub that goes with your amp. Thanks for the advice, appreciated. HowardMSI Mag B650 Tomahawk MB, Ryzen7-7800X3D CPU@5ghz, Arctic AIO II 360 cooler, Nvidia RTX4090 GPU, 32gb DDR5@6000Mhz, SSD/2Tb+SSD/500Gb+OS, Corsair 1000W PSU, LG Ultragear 48"4K, MFG Crosswinds, TQ6 Throttle, Fulcrum One YokeMy FlightSim YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@skyhigh776
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