Dayton AudioBST-300EX, 300 Watts RMS,Tactile Bass Shaker, 4 Ohms Impedance - Turn Any Surface into a Speaker System - Generates Subwoofer Lows

My goal with this setup was to build a immersive bass system I could use with my Sony V-6 headphones and not bother anybody else in the room.So I purchased the Dayton BST-1 50 Watt and paired it with the Fosi Audio MO4 Sub amp that was rated at 100 watts. It did "ok" but would get unbelievably hot to the point of not being able to even touch it after only playing some good bass music for about 1/2 hour. Amazon was gracious enough to let me send it back. So I was looking for a replacement and walla, this beautiful thing had just been released. And the first reviewer was having the "exact same problem" as I was.I was a bit nervous as I did not know if the Fosi M04 had the beans to push this big boy. So I got to doing some research and found an amazing article that talked about the chip that they used in the Fosi M04 amp and how amazing it was, and if I wanted the most out of it, I needed a good 24v 5amp or better power supply as the one that comes with it is only 19 volts and is a cheapie. So I got to looking and found the Shnitpwer 24v 10amp power supply and ordered that too.Got it all on the same day and went to work bolting it to my "gaming chair" : )To say I was blown away would be an understatement! I simply did not realize how under powered the BST-1 really was until running this for the first time. I could tell immediately, the quality of bass was not only much more powerful, but way more defined. Sub 30hz lows were really lost on the BST-1 but on this bad boy it came out powerful and clear.So I decided to test how many beans this setup really had and found a very nice track, POWER GLOVE @ DIGITAL MIRAGE 3 on Youtube and let it ride. If you like 80's retro techno and like bass, this will be a real treat. This is a hard hitting track that last 30 minutes. I figured, if anything was going to show it's limits, this would do it.30 minutes of intense music later, the BST-300EX was not even fazed and was still cool to the touch.The new 24v 10 amp power supply didn't have any issues at all and the Fosi Amp was cool and happy.If your even considering getting a quality bass shaker for your setup, I would not even look at the BST-1.For the small difference in price, this is simply a no brainer.The Fosi M04 Sub amp was more than enough to run this on my setup, but keep in mind that I'm running a pre-amped ASUS XONAR SE sound card with a boosted output of 64ohms. I think that if I was just running normal outputs, this would not be able to push the BST-300EX to it's potential, as you would need more juice to make it, "or you" happy. Fosi makes a 220 watt amp, the Fosi Audio TP-02 TDA7498E that should do the job quite nicely.Over all, this is a impressive shaker and paired with the above mentioned extra's, it really pounds. I would be hard pressed to go back to just using my headphones by themselves again. The immersiveness that this thing brings to the table is unbelievable. Using this with games like Starwars Jedi Survivor is simply next level, and makes you feel like your really in the game. And all this while my wife sits across the room doing her own thing, and not being bothered by my "going on's" is worth every penny.

I have this Dayton BXT 300EX connected to a 90-watt amp that came with my Gamer 2 Buttkicker.The Buttkicker was always overheating and shutting down and eventually died after using it for a few years (mostly while racing in my rig).I purchased the bass shaker since it is rated at 300 watts.I have now been using this bass shaker for 3 months, and it's working great. I have it mounted on a board that is connected to my desk chair using one of those Stainless Steel Wall wall-mounted ceiling Mount Pipe Supports. I can quickly unscrew it without tools and move it to my Next Level Racing GT Lite foldable racing rig. The whole process takes 2 minutes.Although it states it is rated at 300 watts if I put the volume of my app past 65% or so, the bass shaker will get too hot to the touch, so I never put it over 50%. But that still provides plenty of bass shake.Originally I get these shakers from my racing, but once I discovered a way to attach it to my desk chair, it was a game changer. Being able to feel the gunshots in games, feeling the engine of a spaceship, feeling explosions, or feeling the bass of my music is priceless.I can not see myself playing games again without a bass shaker connected.This is a great product.On a side note, I had 2 Dayton BST-1's connected to a little $30 2 channel 50-watt amp. But they did not produce enough bass and they both eventually blew, due to running them at high volume.

I am very happy with this bass shaker. I used a DSP to add the correct delay (5.5ms to match my subwoofer delay) and equalized the 30hz peak/resonant frequency this is the perfect addition to a home theatre. I can report that after hours of use it doesn't get hot, just warm.This also works well if you want cut out the <50hz frequency from you subwoofer in order to not disturb your neighbours.For the price this is so worth it.Watching movies like The Edge of Tomorrow, Dredd, The Dark Knight, The Creator, Dune Part I & II, Avatar: Way of the Water is a totally different experience.

OMG, I could not be happier with these bass shakers! I have a high end home theatre and my original bass shakers were two Clark Synthesis. Somehow they quit working and the new 329 model shakers were very expensive. I saw these on Amazon and decided to give them a try. I connected them in series giving me 8 ohms and they are connected to a dedicated Parasound amp at 250 watts. These shakers can bounce you right off the furniture! I actually had to turn down the input gain on my amp and control the output to the shakers of my Anthem 1140 receiver. I am very happy with these and only $90 each!

So Iv owned a few of the smaller, Dayton BST-1 shakers for a while (& love them), I decided to try this larger model using a mini amp that output about 100-125watts RMS at 4 ohms and wasn't very impressed. I then added the smaller BST-1 to the same amp, mostly to drop the ohms (to 2ohms) to try to get more power, I tried using channel/s from my main Yamaha home theater receiver and I could feel it but again, for the price wasn't impressed. Iv ran two BST-1 on my SIM rig with a mini amp and they shake like crazy, but once I bit the bullet and got a more powerful amp closer to 300watts RMS it woke the BST-300EX up considerably. Since I have two BST-1 on a MUCH less powerful mini amp I can say I wonder if I could have gotten similar results with two of the smaller BST-1, instead of one BST-300 and without the need for a more powerful amp but I think the 300EX handles the super SUPER low notes better. Its a good product and is clearly rated for 300w RMS so I cant knock it, (BTW If your new to transducers/bass shakers/but kickers I suggest reading how & how NOT to mount them, its usually very simple lol). I have them under my home theater couch and mounted to my sim rig and they're a game changer. Have fun!

works absolutely fantastic on my sim racer setup. adds a ton of immersion!