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Your cart is empty.Turn even large, rigid surfaces into speakers with the Dayton Audio DAEX32EP-4 Thruster exciter! Highlights * Robust, heavy-duty design with a 32 mm voice coil attached to a steel spider * Pre-applied 3M? VHB? adhesive for quick, secure installation * Rare-earth neodymium motor and a proprietary two-layer voice coil * 4-ohm impedance for use with small, Class D amplifiers * 40 watt RMS power handling for high output Product Details Dayton Audio DAEX32EP-4 Thruster 32mm Exciter 40W 4 Ohm Dayton Audio's DAEX32EP-4 Thruster exciter is built to turn large, thick, rigid surfaces into speakers. The 32 mm voice coil is attached to a steel spider for maximum restoring force when large amounts of power are applied, making it perfect for large glass panes, furniture, and surfaces that would normally resist the effects of an exciter. A neodymium magnet is employed to create maximum magnetic flux around the proprietary voice coil for increased sensitivity when compared to similar sized exciters. In turn, this reduces power requirements and makes it possible to use very small Class D audio amplifiers, without sacrificing total output. To ensure maximum acoustic energy transfer between the transducer and the surface to which it is attached, 3M VHB (Very High Bond) adhesive is pre-applied to the main body ... just peel and stick! Two male spade quick-disconnect terminals are built onto the main body for quick electrical connection. Note: An exciter's frequency response and sensitivity are completely dependent on the exciter's designated surface. Thinner, smaller materials will tend to be louder and create a mid/tweeter response. Thicker, larger materials (with multiple exciters) will be slightly quieter but result in a more full-range sound. To learn more about Dayton Audio Exciters, and for help on which Exciter is right for you, check out Understanding & Using Dayton Audio Exciters
Richard Priddy
2025-08-29 16:31:18
I bought 7 of these for a complete surround sound system. Yes, i got the idea from Tech Ingredients on YouTube! I was initially not even remotely happy with them. I tried using them with the 24" x 24" foam panels you can get from the big box stores. The sound was really hollow. Even paired with a good quality subwoofer, there were a lot of frequencies missing.However, i realized two things - first, it was partly my fault for how i was mounting them. And second, they work way better with the acoustic ceiling tiles.In the picture, you can see the front five speakers - mains, center channel, and the "height" speakers for atmos. I also have another pair of them for the rear surround, mounted on the ceiling above the couch that viewers will be using. Everything sounds amazing, given the price. I love the way they look, and although the sound is not quite perfect, it's plenty good for my setup as a second media room.I bought these things on sale, paying $20 something for each. The ceiling tiles are $20 for a set of three. I made some mounts out of plywood with a little accent strip of scrap purpleheart. The tiles are hanging on some cheap black monofilament. So the entire 7 speaker setup was only about $200 dollars. Maybe $250 if you include the speaker wire and the paint i used.This was a very satisfying project, and was absurdly easy. The speakers sound good, and really fill the room with nondirectional sound. The frequency response is not perfect, but there are lots of things you can do to improve that - specifically by adding additional panels of different sizes and shapes down the road.If you want a weekend project to make some great conversation starting speakers that sound pretty great, buy these right away. I don't think you will regret it.
Michael G.
2025-08-06 11:20:01
I will just say that I have owned many speakers over the years. Ranging from JBL Studio Drivers to Bose 901's....to Cerwin Vegas...to Klipsch, Polk....etc, etc. (For anybody wondering....yes, I am that old)When I saw the Youtube videos online, I had to try it. I had to see it work at all.Maybe I had been conditioned by my many years of speakers.....but to get any sound at all sounded a little far-fetched. I wondered if building speakers with these was akin to building that radio using one of these kits that kids can do. OK, you got some radio. Not ready to replace my home system with it though.And to get good sound? Voodoo.....Sorcery...I am here to tell you....it works. I used two of these with 1" thick foam board 2frx2ft.And the quality of the sound? OMG!!!!! This has left me re-thinking everything that I thought I knew in over 40 years of playing with speakers. Now to be fair, you can expect a pretty steep drop-off at approx the 200Hz range. There is no base...at all. But after building these speakers..(And a child can do it, in fact, I had my 10y/o child help me as a project), I paired them with a cheap little amp that had Bluetooth and a sub out with power....... along with an old car sub that I had laying around.The sound is fantastic.It is a very natural sound...a little bright, but not overly emphasized at any level. The stage is fantastic. The separation is equally so. I prefer a little warmer but it was easy to adjust that.I am not prepared to say that these are the best speakers that I have ever heard. BUT HOLY CRAP!!!!To get better...you are going to have to really step up your game and be prepared to easily spend north of a $1,000.I wondered if it would be a good sound like a little Bluetooth speaker is a great sound. Tiny, not much to it. OH NO....this is room-filling sound. This has volume. These are VERY efficient.While you can tell a difference if you standing in front of them, vs off to the side, they are far better than many speakers and much less noticeable.I will caution you....if you make these and hang them, do not use metal on metal contacts anywhere in the mounting. I had metal hooks connected to metal cotter pins and I had terrible noise, to the point that I wondered if I blew something. As soon as tied fishing line to the cotter pins and removed the hooks, the noise totally went away.
Jacob Reid
2025-07-15 13:32:11
It’s a lot of fun to mess with and can be very versatile. I tried making one of the pink foam floating speaker panels and ended up not being impressed. I followed all the directions and tips to make it sound as good as I could and it still sounded like a tin can. I changed it to a 4x8 sheet of foam and that helped a lot but the sound quality isn’t anything really impressive. I personally thought it sounded best on the bottom side of our wood table.
Monster Parts RC
2025-06-04 09:42:55
I took a pair of these and paired them to a 2.1 channel Bluetooth amp that was advertised on Amazon (50 x 50 x 100 with bass and treble, sub-out volume and frequency) and I accidentally laid the driver on our leather sectional while setting up for testing... OMG.. even the sofa sounded great... there was bass and clarity and it was way more than I expected... I began placing the driver all over the house on different surfaces... even on my wife... and out of all the things I had on hand to put the drivers on, a 19 x 9 x 9 shipping box that I had flattened out (it's new) sounded the best! there was decent low-frequency extension, to the point that adding a subwoofer would be redundant unless you want to hit the really low frequencies (which I do and plan on adding) I can't wait to try these on acoustic ceiling tiles for the real test!!
Diogenes
2025-05-21 09:24:02
I bought these to 'build' a pair of DMLoudspeakers. More than impressed.I will be buying more in the near future to build an line-array system for my workshop.
CraigC
2025-05-10 15:18:55
Yes, it works and your sound is mid-range to high.
Sven Witke
2025-04-15 17:30:33
Hab das Teil als ABS Feedbackgeber an meinem Pedal.Funktioniert einwandfrei und gibt den Effekt gut wieder .
Chris Chapman
2025-03-25 14:37:42
It's amazing that you could turn anything into a speaker , found these after watching a YouTube video
aoran
2025-03-14 14:09:36
So I bought four of these (two from Amazon, two, elsewhere). Thanks to YouTube, I made a pair of foamboard speakers with two of these exciters per speaker (connected in series). It works. A neat project (imo) and inexpensive; the sound quality is good enough but not "world's best" as suggested on YouTube. But that is not the exciter's fault.
ManoloV
2025-02-26 14:12:14
Transductor adquirido para experimentar diferentes posibilidades de montaje.El sonido que se puede lograr es impresionante.
Marko Haapala
2024-11-20 18:51:21
Bought these for building a multi-room speaker setup. Matched my expectations 100%. Superb high/mid-range delivery. For bass you'll need an external subwoofer, but that was expected.
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