There is a lot of useful information included in the write-up. It’s more personal journey, than review, but either way well worth a read if you want to learn more about subwoofers in general and the SVS lineup in particular. For as many changes as I’ve made to my home theater over the past couple years, I always manage to […]
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Not everyone will agree, but I think there is a compelling argument to be made that audio is the most important aspect of creating an immersive home theater experience. Yes, video matters, a lot, but what really draws you into the experience? Better contrast, or when you can hear the shell casings hit the ground behind you to the right? […]
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SVS is best known for subwoofers that provide outstanding value for money, but today we are going to look at, er… listen to their $1550/£1300 Prime Tower Surround home theater speaker package. Two Prime Towers ($1000/£819), two Prime Satellites ($270/£219), and one Prime Center ($350/£289) are included in the kit. This shaves around $120/£27 off the à la carte price. […]
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Speakers work by moving air. For a subwoofer to be any good, it needs to move a lot of air, right? With this in mind, I was pretty skeptical about how well a 7.5x8x9″ sub could do anything more than tickle. But like a lot of things, how well something works depends significantly on how you plan to use it, […]
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A solid, well performing subwoofer is a critical aspect of a good home theater, or audio system. Especially if you use an AVR with LFE filtering enabled (you should be in most cases). The Sunfire XTEQ12 is a bit outside my price range, but it might hit the mark for you. The Sunfire XTEQ12 brings back a fond memory for […]
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Now SVS is a speaker company, specializing in subwoofers, so you might to take their guidance with a grain of salt. That said the write-up seems pretty balanced, and concludes with a solid “it depends” which is always a good sign. Which subwoofer type is better – sealed or ported? An evergreen discussion topic on the forums and blogs, there […]
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Much to my wife’s displeasure (especially as we’ve house hunting lately) I refuse to live in a place where we can’t center the main room around the home theater install. For those with a less permissive spouse, Atlantic Technology’s new down-firing might be just the thing to get good room shaking bass into a compromised space – trust me, your […]
Read moreMy house was built in the 1920’s so like the reviewer at HTR I often get unwanted vibration transferred from the sub and have often thought about trying to find something to isolate it from the floor. $60 is a little outside my impulse buy range, but the given the glowing results I might have to attempt a repro. The […]
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