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Review: SVS PB-1000 subwoofer

A true 18 Hz subwoofer for just $499
- By Brent Butterworth
- Posted April 19, 2013
- 5
Speakers are like karate. Subwoofers are like weightlifting. The quality of a speaker is determined by subtleties: well-chosen drivers, just-right crossover points and slopes, and a perfectly tuned, solidly constructed enclosure. The quality of a subwoofer is determined mostly by its muscle: the size of the enclosure, the displacement of its driver, and the power of its amplifier.

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Test Report: SVS PC-13 Ultra Subwoofer

Sheer bass muscle meets advanced DSP.
- By Brent Butterworth
- Posted October 16, 2012
- 12
Tube-shaped subs are popular with DIY-ers because they’re easy to construct. Just grab a cylindrical concrete form at Home Depot, slap some ends on it, and you’ve got a nice subwoofer enclosure. But SVS features tube-shaped subs in its line not because they’re easy to build; it’s because the form factor makes them perfect for certain rooms. At 16.6 inches in diameter, the company’s PC-13 Ultra takes up less than half the floor space of its comparable box-shaped sub, the PB-13 Ultra. A PC-13 Ultra can slip almost unnoticed into a corner, while the PB-13 Ultra can slip unnoticed into... well, maybe an aircraft hangar.

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Subwoofers: Separating the Best From the Rest

The easy way to tell who’s serious about building subs
- By Brent Butterworth
- Posted June 8, 2012
- 2
I was testing some subwoofers the other day when something wonderful dawned on me. I realized that at long last, we have an easy way to separate the serious subwoofer manufacturers from the not-so-serious.

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Bass Week Wrap: Six Substantial Subs

Whatever your budget or needs, we've got a subwoofer for you
- By Michael Berk
- Posted November 11, 2011
Over the course of this past week, our reviewers Brent Butterworth and Michael Trei examined six current subwoofer offerings, ranging from the simple to the feature packed, from Monoprice's $84 MSUB-A122 to Wisdom Audio's genre-defying $4,000 SCS, with entries from sub mainstays Velodyne, Cadence, SVS, and Sunfire along the way.

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Review: SVS PB12-NSD Subwoofer

A true reference-grade sub at a super-affordable price.
- By Brent Butterworth
- Posted November 7, 2011
- 8
One could argue that it’s silly to make a subwoofer look nice. Most subs get shoved into out-of-the-way places where even the most exotic wenge veneer, doused in seven coats of hand-rubbed lacquer and applied to gracefully arcing side panels, won’t really look any better than the cheapest black vinyl wrap glued over a plain rectangular box.
Those who find ugliness a virtue in subwoofers will love SVS’ new $769 PB12-NSD, which is about as plain as subwoofers get.

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Review: SVS SB13-Plus Subwoofer

Massive wattage and slick control in a compact package
- By Brent Butterworth
- Posted June 16, 2011
- 1
I would never do what SVS did with its new subwoofer, the SB13-Plus. The company originally sent me a review sample last fall, but despite the fact that it sounded (and measured) great, SVS asked me to hold the review while its engineers tweaked the sub’s Sledge STA-1000D amplifier. It took months for the new amplifier to arrive.

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S&V Road Trip: SVS
- By sandv blog
- Posted June 30, 2008
Gasoline may be expensive as hell, but summer’s arrival means road trips (just ask AAA).

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