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18 Reviews
Reviewed by James L.
Verified Buyer
I recommend this product
Rated 4 out of 5
Review posted

Happy addition after some tweaks

I'm so glad I worked through the various issues I had integrating this into my system. It works very well and adds to the experience in my 5.1.4 setup. Everyone i demo this for loves it. I find myself smiling when I watch movies. Last night I watched Ford vrs Ferrari and that inspired me to leave this review.

Some things to consider... The amp is set at 100hz which is way too high for movies. I ended up buying a 50hz FMOD RCA crossover and that smoothed things out.

The couch kit didn't work for me. This thing hits so hard it was lifting my LoveSac couch which resulted in some intense (almost scary) flapping on the floor. I would have returned it for this reason. Instead, I drilled some holes and mounted it directly to the couch base. Problem solved!

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Reviewed by Clarence G. s.
Verified Buyer
I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5
Review posted

Couch kit

Came as described. The mounts help with the rattle on the floor. Easy to put kicker on mount plate. Rounds out surround system completley.

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Reviewed by Blake G.
Verified Buyer
I recommend this product
Rated 4 out of 5
Review posted

Almost Perfect

Much better performance than I expected. Installed this on a 3 seat couch, used just the iso feet and the buttkicker under one leg. It kicks much harder than expected, and all the included pcs worked out of the box. I like how extra iso feet were included just in case you have a larger couch.

The buttkicker advance is capable of some very subtle effects similar to how the PS5 controller haptics work. It required very little setup from me, I thought I was going to have to time align it, set a low pass filter to blend with my subwoofers.... I didn't have to do any of that, I just the intensity to where I want it and leave it alone. I especially like that the amp wakes up when sent an LFE channel and doesn't require me to get up and turn it on, this feature is not advertised but was a nice surprise.

I like the effect to be rather subtle for films, I keep the intensity around 20 and use movie mode to filter the output. In video games, I set it to game mode and run it nearly flat out at 40 or 45 on the intensity dial. The haptic feedback for this like gunshots in FPS games is very immersive.

2 things that keep this from being 5 stars:

1) The included screws are extremely soft and I stripped 2 of them putting the iso feet on, go grab some real wood screws to avoid this.

2) The included amp has no way to dim or turn the front panel off and it is extremely bright. Also the intensity scale is 0-50 rather than 0-100 which seems like a weird choice to me, not a dealbreaker…

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Reviewed by Jim B.
Verified Buyer
Rated 3 out of 5
Review posted

Needs a **crossover** and a dimmer

I can't believe the kit didn't include a crossover! If someone, like me, is piggybacking on the subwoofer out port, you get undesirable vibrations in your seating. I purchased a passive crossover for ~$15 from Amazon, and was able to eliminate the higher bass frequencies that were not supposed to be tactile. That suggests to me that the amp you sell was not purpose-built for this use. I am very disappointed that I had to troubleshoot and fix a problem that shouldn't have existed in the first place.

Also, you really need a dimmer on the amp! The LED display is way too bright! Who wants a bunch of Red, green, and I believe yellow lights glaring from a device in their nice, dark home theater room?

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Reviewed by BRIAN D.
Verified Buyer
I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5
Review posted

Another level to enjoy 🎶 & more!

I bought 2 butt kicker couch kits & it’s added another fun dimension to the experience when listening to music. I imagine it would give a “wow factor” for movies & games too. Nice product. Thanks!

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