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Forums » General Discussion » Home Theater » Help. Brain dead this morning. Bass Shaker wiring
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#353502 - 08/23/11 10:11 AM
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![]() axiomite Registered: 09/16/04 Posts: 5382 Loc: Marion, IA |
OK. I am sure it can be done but my parallel and series modeling brain functions are shut down this morning.
Anyway, I am continuing to purchase more and more pieces for my home theater build, and I need to get a plate amp to run 8 of the original (non-pro) Aura Bass Shakers for my theater seating. Anyway, they are 4 ohms and 25 watts each... If I group them into pairs wired in series, I end up with four pairs at 8 ohms, I then wire those into parallel pairs, and end up with 4 ohms, and lastly I take those two remaining 4 ohm segments and wire them in series and get 8 ohms... Or I do vice versa (2 ohm pairs -> 4 ohm -> 8 ohm)... Anyway, most plate amps I am looking at (PartExpress) are rated at 70% of their maximum when going from 4 ohm loads to 8 ohm. Makes sense, less resistance, etc... Is there any way to wire up these eight 4ohm shakers into some combination to get back to 4 ohms in the end? If one of the plate amps was "stereo" I would just make 2 connections at the point in which I had 2 segments of 4 ohms, but they are all mono (since they are sub amps). In particular, I was just looking at one of the 240 watt plate amps, but that drops to 170 watts with 8 ohms. Maybe that is plenty...
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#353655 - 08/26/11 10:43 PM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 01/29/04 Posts: 13635 Loc: Iowa |
can't help ya, but might be interested in bass shakers in the PorterPlex V3.
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#353658 - 08/27/11 01:11 AM
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![]() axiomite Registered: 09/16/04 Posts: 5382 Loc: Marion, IA |
I have them in V1.0 and people really got a kick out of them, and I think that they do add some extra "feel" without having to force massive LFE bass output. Mind you that they are there to *supplement* not to be a bass replacement. I always kept mine on a low volume setting again to add something without being distracting.
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