"...The ButtKicker delivers prodigious amounts of slam and thrust, and has a quick, tight response..."
Maryellen Oswald, Marketing Manager, Widescreen Review

"...The minute you experience the movie with the ButtKicker, you’re taken to another level. It was an experience very suitable to those who are thrill-seekers, such as those who are daring to ride the fastest, tallest, scariest rollercoaster around....the ButtKicker brings to you deep, heart-pounding, head-shaking impacts which makes the intensity of the scene grip every nerve of your body. If you like to feel your movie, the ButtKicker certainly meets that need!" - Nate Fowler, Special Projects Contributing Editor, Widescreen Review

"...the ButtKicker excelled with its intensity..."
Jim Bertz, Webzine Designer/Art Director, Widescreen Review

"...the next thing to fire up a completely different part of your cerebral cortex"
John E. Johnson, Jr. - Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity

"In the future, home and professional recording studios, movie theaters, simulators, and live concert performances all could benefit from wise application of the ButtKicker" - Martin A. Santos - EQ Online

"The ButtKicker is an audiophile's dream machine" - MIKE BERMAN, Scripps Howard News Service

Home Theater Magazine Review - excerpts from the May 01' review

"Worth noting here was how clean each response was, accentuated and in perfect synch with the onscreen action..."

"Musically, I found the ButtKicker to render very accurate percussion, particularly the jolt I felt in my chest at the thump-thump-thump of a good bass drum. This level of involvement works well with live tracks, and could also turn your best studio recordings into a private concert."

"Even as is, though, the ButtKicker is extremely spouse-friendly… You can and probably should turn down the subwoofer, to create a more balanced sound-field with no perceived loss of bass response, and cohabitants outside the room will scarcely hear a thing. For these reasons it is also a viable component for apartment dwellers (rubber isolation feet are another encouraged option)."

Highlights

• Fast, precise "shaking" action adds an entirely new dimension to movie watching at home

• Extreme low end sensitivity and wide frequency response range deliver plenty of bass effects, including some you've never heard

The ButtKicker Rocks, Rolls And Kicks Butt!
By Perry Sun

The World Of Tactile Sound
In home theatre, or in real life, for that matter, there's two kinds of sounds that we experience. Audible sound is what our hearing system detects, and of course is what our speakers deliver to our ears when we experience movies or music. Tactile sound, on the other hand, is sound that we don't necessarily just pick up with our ears, but can also feel, either as air shaking and/or vibrations through the ground, the floor, the walls etc., caused by the mass movement of air. Subwoofers add immeasurably to the experience of a film, and movie soundtracks are produced with content targeted for subwoofers because of the realism and visceral effect that is possible with them.

A tactile transducer is a device which is something like a speaker. The difference is that rather than driving a cone diaphragm to transduce input electrical signals to sound, an electromagnetic source, usually a voice coil, drives a substantial mass, which in turn imparts inertia on the outer enclosure, causing it to "shake." When this device is mounted against a fixture, such as a couch or the floor, you feel vibrations in concert with the low frequencies that have been channeled through the transducer. The result, in many cases, is a convincing feeling of realism and an emotional jolt with explosions, earthquakes, tornadoes and whatever else you can think of that can be felt.

Overall, the ButtKicker seems to be a great way to experience big sound action adventure, thriller and horror flicks. Sorry Woody Allen fans, but this is not the home theatre enhancement for you.

Danny Richelieu,
DVD-ROM Review Editor

The ButtKicker does kick some major butt! I enjoyed this piece of hardware immensely. Of course, I am one of those people that love feeling my bass, especially in movies where the bass is added for just that purpose. With every step on the ground and every slam of the door, I felt like I was right there in the action. I will definitely be waiting in line to try this out again, this time watching Jurassic Park and feeling the vibrations I see while that cup of water ripples before the Tyrannosaurus Rex attacks. This is an addition I will surely be adding to my home theatre system very soon.

The ButtKicker rocked my derriere during our testing with The Haunting. The sound was non-directional, which made the experience more intense than ever, bringing me into the movie. When the doors slammed, you felt the walls shudder with the impact. Everything moved when the bass was there. The timing on the bass was also very fast and distinct when I played different music videos of Filter, Crystal Method and Rage Against The Machine....it's fun!

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