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I bought this used for about 100 off the street price of new ones. I bought four from the same source. I've attached them to two drum thrones in my drum teaching studio. I am able to turn the eDrums down lower, because a lot of what people look for from drums--unconsciously--is vibration. When my studio was accoustic we had a lot of vibration, bashing away on the drums in a small space with ear protection on. However, the ear protection, while the best, (33 NRR headphones combined with 34 NRR foam earplugs), didn't stop me from having hearing loss because we'd be at it up to 9 hours a day. Finally, I decided that risking my teaching practice was worth not risking further hearing loss. So, I'm trying to build a studio with quiet drums, but a thrilling experience similar to what was going on before. So, the tactile transducers are the vibration component of this studio. I find out this week if my students like them as much as I do. I've run into problems. For instance, a lot of my students are little and I can't lower the stools far enough for them now that they have transducers mounted underneath. I tried attaching vertically which it turned out is not supported for this model. No matter, it transmitted very little vibration. The kids knock over stools all the time by accident. These transducers' documentation says that they'll break if the stool is tipped over. I've already had one tip over. It landed right on the transducer but it's still working. The kids love to spin their stool so, that's over because of the cord. It's going to be interesting, but much better than constant damage to my hearing. I have the drums down very low, playing out of a Bag End AF1 18" 12" and tweeter monitor. It's very gentle on the ears compared to what I tried first: JBL Cabaret two ways, followed by Bose L1 Model 2. These transducers seem to be running fine. I watch for clipping and don't see any instances. The power amp I'm using is a Crest 901. It's about 250 W per channel. I'm using Clark Synthesis' recommendation for how to run two speakers of a single channel mono amp. Except, I'm running two of each channel of my stereo amp. E drums are mono so the same output content comes from both channels in the Crest. So, there is no right or left. I'm going to use the second channel for the parents' couch or chairs. Two transducers there, too. I can crank this way up without it clipping. The problem is that I have to turn it up louder to get them rocking, and then the drums are too loud. So, I'm cranking the Crest all the way up, and then setting the drum speakers volume where it's comfy and letting that be enough for the transducers. However, I'm seriously considering putting an additional preamp between the Crest and my audio interface so the volume of the Bag End, and the transducers is a separate volume. UPDATE 1/2023 These worked well, but were physically problematic and unmanageable for the students. However, the worked great for me, and the worked great in the parent's couch and chairs in my studio. Really fun. And yes, they made it so we could turn down the drums' sound level. Yes, I was able to manage the volumes from my bag end, and the transducers. Read full review
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I have a 2001 Porsche Boxster S with almost no room for bass speakers. I have one in the front trunk that doesn't translate well through the two firewalls leading into the cabin. I wanted to feel the bass and this thing does the trick. There was one small well under the passenger seat with only about 2.3" of clearance before interfering with the motors and wiring under the seat. This thing is very short and fit perfectly for a very impactful effect. I totally recommend this tactile transducer for anyone wanting a more dramatic bass presence without having the space needed for a large sub.
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