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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?
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arcticdeth
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Make room for a cerwin vega earthquake box. 
They will rattle windows n everything else.
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mijostyn
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@phusis , I would feel free in saying the vast majority of us do not have the room for subwoofer horns. In my case it would not work anyway. I have to form a line source with them which means 4 or more drivers in most situations. If you put the subs in corners and in a wall floor intersection you do increase their efficiency requiring about 1/4th the power to get the same volume. In this case as a line source 4 12" drivers can do a lot of damage in your typical room. My own system will shortly have 8 12" drivers in 4 sealed cylindrical balanced force enclosures.
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phusis
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@mijostyn --

I would feel free in saying the vast majority of us do not have the room for subwoofer horns.

Maybe so. And yet; if you have the allocated space anyway it seems to me the sheer will to do it is the predominant factor, unless the horn cabinet volume itself turns out to be acoustically obstructive, something I haven't faced even when they've taken up a combined 100 cf. in moderate spacings. 

They are bandwidth restricted in their upper range, certainly tapped horns like mine, so you have to know what you're dealing with in how to best suit your specific needs. I take it you're fully aware of that.

... In my case it would not work anyway. I have to form a line source with them which means 4 or more drivers in most situations. If you put the subs in corners and in a wall floor intersection you do increase their efficiency requiring about 1/4th the power to get the same volume. In this case as a line source 4 12" drivers can do a lot of damage in your typical room. My own system will shortly have 8 12" drivers in 4 sealed cylindrical balanced force enclosures.

I've wondered myself why your setup didn't comprise line source bass towers when your main speakers are configured this way, but that seems to be underway now. It should make for an interesting, dare I say significant upgrade even. Please keep us informed. 
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kellyp
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For subsonic measure in Richter scale.  Sub-sub system flat to 4 Hz. Therefore dba meter pegged and not useful.  Car audio limited vs larger room volumes.
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16hzlover
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Most all these answers will never give you what you want. You just need one subwoofer from Stereo Integrity and it is 24 inches in diameter and will handle 5000 W and has an 85 pound magnet on it and it will move 5 inches peak to peak travel and has audiophile quality sound.  It will change your whole reference for what subwoofers can do . Believe me you need to FEEL the bass.
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