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Originally Posted by Ruined
No, what I did was put the amp in my amp rack (connected to LFE output of DTC-9.8 via Y cable) and ran a 45ft white-jacketed 10-gauge Belden 5000 speaker cable from the amp along the path of my surround speaker cables around the room and down to behind the couch. I then spliced three 10-gauge speaker wires (amp to splice, and splice to each buttkicker) for each lead together using Ideal Twister Model 342 Wire-Nuts in order to wire the two Buttkickers in parallel. As a result, it works well, can plug into my primary surge strips/automation devices and does not require an amp to be sitting near my couch. If you use the "wireless" route then you have to put the amp next to the seating area which isn't as functional and doesn't look as nice IMO; and on top of that, its not truly wireless because you still need to have a cable going from the amp to an AC outlet near your couch.
I have found setting the Buttkicker amp's volume to one notch to the left of center with the LFE cutoff set to only respond to 40hz and below is the ideal compliment to my subwoofer.
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Since I am getting the wireless kit, I think I'm going to try that method first. I'm either going to love the way it works or hate it. If I love it, then naturally I will continue to use the wireless option. If however it doesn't work the way I want, then I will most likely go the same route you did with yours.
The whole reason I was liking going wireless was because of the convenience factor. Of course like you said I will need to have the amp next to the HT seats, so I will see how that goes. This is all new to me with using bass transducers, but it should be pretty straight forward.
Question, I know that the Buttkickers have different x-over settings, does one just set it like the rest of the speakers? And do the ButtKickers have a sensitivity adjustment for how much bass effect you get?
Seth