Just ordered the PB2

Duffman
Duffman Posts: 51
edited October 2003 in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
Hello, my name is Duffman and I'm an audioholic. It's been, er, 6 minutes since my last A/V purchase.

<group> "Hello, Duffman"

Just pulled the trigger on the SVS PB2. Had my questions answered pretty quick by Erik at SVS and decided to just go for it. Now the explanation to the wife goes something like this:

"Honey it's really just a 45 day trial after which we can send it back if we decide we don't like it..."

Notice the discrete use of the word "we". Think I might also do a preemptive flower bouquet strike while I'm thinking about it.
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  • Grimster74
    Grimster74 Posts: 2,573
    edited October 2003
    Congrats Duffman, well I promise ya this much, you won't be able to hide it. By the way, did ya get the ISD or the Plus. Either way you will not be disappointed.
    Money Talks, Mine says Goodbye Rob!!!!
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited October 2003
    After 45 days, you will be sleeping next to it with a 12 gauge shotgun to fend off would be returners.

    We SVS owners tend to get that way........a little on the rabid side.
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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  • Duffman
    Duffman Posts: 51
    edited October 2003
    Originally posted by Grimster74
    Congrats Duffman, well I promise ya this much, you won't be able to hide it. By the way, did ya get the ISD or the Plus. Either way you will not be disappointed.

    It's the ISD. The plus would have been (even more) insane.
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  • gatemplin
    gatemplin Posts: 1,595
    edited October 2003
    Congratulations Duffman. Great name by the way. The wait will be incredibly painful I'm sure. That is if your wife doesn't kill you first.
    Graham
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited October 2003
    Duffman,

    Congrats. I cant wait till i post my "Just ordered the SVS" thread.

    PS. I love Duffman on the Simpsons if thats where you got the name from.
    Life without music would♭
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  • Duffman
    Duffman Posts: 51
    edited October 2003
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2003
    Great purchase Duffman :D
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited October 2003
    Naturally we can expect some review posts right? I will likely be doing the subwoofer thing next as well, so your, and anyone elses, posts will be very valuable.
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,490
    edited October 2003
    Congratulations Duffman and I like the image above. You may want to get two dozen flowers for your wife. The PB2s don't exactly blend into a room, although mine is starting to look smaller than when I first got it. The PB2-ISD is one very impressive subwoofer and quickly becomes the centerpiece of a home theater setup. I haven't tried the Plus version, but I can say the ISD more than exceeded my expectations for only $950 delivered. Anything comparable from another store-bought company would have been at least twice the price.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2003
    i know this isn't cool to hijack another guys thread... but does anyone know if SVS sells stock in it's company? Is it publicily held? :D
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited October 2003
    I severely doubt that they sell stock. No need to do that. Tom and Ron have got the business started and are running things their way. I can not imagine them wanting to open themselves up to outside direction from shareholders.

    Now saying that, you can invest by buying their speakers...
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Duffman
    Duffman Posts: 51
    edited October 2003
    No worries on the hijack. From what I can gather SVS is a privately held company.

    For that matter, the website offers *very* little info about them. I gather they're somewhere in the East (based on the EST time reference on the website).

    Doc, do you know where they are physically located? One of my net purchase golden rules is never buy from a online vendor that doesn't state it's location. Based on all the + references I trust these guys are for real but it's still curious.....
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  • Grimster74
    Grimster74 Posts: 2,573
    edited October 2003
    I'm pretty sure thet are some where in Ohio, BUT, I may be wrong.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited October 2003
    Originally posted by Duffman
    I trust these guys are for real but it's still curious.....

    Alittle late for comments like that:D after 900 + dollars spent..
    Nah, their for real.. i and many others on the board received the SVS's packed like a tank and in perfect time. I bought a color so mine was shipped asap and got in 1 week.. great company...
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    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited October 2003
    The SVS R&D and manufacturing facility is located in Ohio.

    The partners and board members live in different parts of the US. Not a real limitation at all in this virtual world of video conferencing, email, and telephone.

    All SVS components are sourced in North America and everything is built in /near Ohio. The BASH amps are sourced from Indigo in Canada, and the drivers are sourced from TC Sounds in California. All enclosure building and finishing is sourced locally near Ohio.

    About the only thing not from North America is the Samson amps they offer for the passive subwoofers. They are built in Korea and imported into the US. The Crown amps they offer are US made.

    If you scour the website hard enough, you'll find most of the above in one place or another.

    The company was founded by Tom and Ron, but there is a board with investors, just like any privately owned company. They are not publicly owned, they do not sell stock, and if they ever go with an IPO, I'll be first in line to buy a shitload of it.
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited October 2003
    I believe that both Tom and Ron live in Colorado Springs, or at least that is according to their AVS ID's
    There is no genuine justice in any scheme of feeding and coddling the loafer whose only ponderable energies are devoted wholly to reproduction. Nine-tenths of the rights he bellows for are really privileges and he does nothing to deserve them. We not only acquired a vast population of morons, we have inculcated all morons, old or young, with the doctrine that the decent and industrious people of the country are bound to support them for all time.-Menkin
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited October 2003
    AVS moniker aside, I'm almost positive Tom works at the R&D and manufacturing facility in Ohio. He often posts details about testing, shipping, receiving, and production related issues that really could only be gleaned by someone who was actually there.
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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