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Bass sensation like a loud car system in home?

I know this is a bit of a silly question but bear with me here:

What options are there for getting that feeling of a powerful subwoofer vibrating through your body in your home?  I know the easiest option would be to just put a capable subwoofer next to your seating and let it hit as hard as it can.  I'm also not trying to make all of my neighbors hate me so I'm looking for some creative solutions to pulling it off at reasonable residential volumes.

I'm thinking that some combination of tactile transducers in the couch and a subwoofer next to or also installed inside of the couch would get pretty close.  Being right under your body I wonder what kind of decibels would actually be required to get a bass massage going.  Without the sensation of the high volume bass it also might just seem silly and be a complete waste of time aside from watching movies.

Thoughts?
yukispier
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oldhvymec
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Headphone SUBS. Work perfect. I can see them on YOUR head not mine.. :-)  Heavy notes, your tongue pops out, eyes bulge if you have a hemorrhoids, you figure it out.. LOL

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chayro
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There are products that you can put in your chair that vibrate your ass to make you feel like there is more bass.  Drummers use them in loud environments to feel the kick drum.  Sometimes called "thumpers".  
Not exactly audiophile approved, but I think we should encourage more music listening no matter how it's done.  Enjoy yourself. 

fiesta75
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I can't understand why anyone would want "car sound" in a home... The home system SQ is SO far above any car system I've heard. I started bi-amping my car systems in 1976, but none can come close to what the home system sounds like. Good home subs are so much better than any car subs I've heard.
james633
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You really just need big subs.  The air volume of a car is very small and they use 12” subs or more so the ratio is crazy compared to a room. 
There are a number of mechanical bass shaper devices you hook up to an amp and you could bolt them to your chairs. Somewhat common in the home theater world but would drive me crazy for music. 
I run two JL audio E112s and don’t get anywhere near the car type of bass for music. If it turned them all the way up they would tap out before it got there. 
Maybe something like the SVS PB16-ultra. They move a lot of air, sound ok. They sound best with all the ports open. The one port closed extended mode causes some chuffing. 

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