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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,454
    The SVS SB1000/2000 are very nice subs. the 2000 has a bigger driver and more power which = more bass.

    I like the HSU offerings under a grand more than I do the SVS. It's the 3000 series and up where the SVS shine the most. If dual SB2000 are in the budget I's look at HSU ULS15 http://hsuresearch.com/subwoofers.htmlor a single SVS PC4000 https://www.svsound.com/collections/4000-series/products/pc-4000

    For about $1200 to the door a HSU VTF2 dual drive setup would be nice

    The PC4000 is a 47" high cylinder that doesn't take up that much floor space, might meet WAF
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
    Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
    Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
    Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music
  • jdavid
    jdavid Posts: 46
    Will look but reason for selecting the Svs sb models is the need for smaller sealed subwoofer for space and WAF reasons.
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,704
    jdavid wrote: »
    Will look but reason for selecting the Svs sb models is the need for smaller sealed subwoofer for space and WAF reasons.

    There's a fantastic Velodyne Optimum 8 for sale in the classifieds here by me.
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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,454
    jdavid wrote: »
    Will look but reason for selecting the Svs sb models is the need for smaller sealed subwoofer for space and WAF reasons.

    I hear you there, took my wife some time to get use to the BIG VTF3. When a movie sounds better at home than a theater the wife accepted it.

    The SB2000 would be your way to go then. A 14" cube sub for the most part. The HSU ULS-15 is a little bigger @ 18".

    I'd wait till Thanksgiving. SVS has had a NSD sub come out around that time the last few years. It's a middle of the road sub between the 1000 & 2000. Last year a pair of SB12NSD I think was right around a grand.
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
    Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
    Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
    Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,704
    edited November 2019
    The Velodyne Optimum 8 sealed subwoofer is 11h x 10.5w x 14d and has a digital display, 4 pre-sets for easy switching from HT to music via the remote, -3dB is 26Hz/overall 16Hz, comes with a calibration mic and a high gloss black piano finish.

    The SB2000 is 14.6h x 14.2w x 17.1d. No display, no remote, no pre-sets, no calibration mic. Piano black costs extra. However, it does have a lower -3dB point.

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  • jdavid
    jdavid Posts: 46
    Thanks, but planning on two Sb2000s.
  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,454
    jdavid wrote: »
    Thanks, but planning on two Sb2000s.

    If you have time wait to see if the NSD subs come out this year. way better than SB1000 and almost as good as the SB2000
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
    Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
    Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
    Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music
  • jdavid
    jdavid Posts: 46
    Thanks. Not familiar with this model— any reason to favor it over Sb2000?
    How does it compare ?
  • jdavid
    jdavid Posts: 46
    Should note will be used for only movies .
  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,454
    jdavid wrote: »
    Thanks. Not familiar with this model— any reason to favor it over Sb2000?
    How does it compare ?

    $$$$$

    Last few years SVS has sold a special model called PB or SB 12NSD starting in mid November or so. These are in between the 1000 and 2000 in specs and price. They are very nice subs.

    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
    Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
    Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
    Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,704
    jdavid wrote: »
    Should note will be used for only movies .

    Ah, in that case you're making the right choice going with SVS. The Velodyne would have been wasted.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,704
    mrloren wrote: »
    jdavid wrote: »
    Thanks. Not familiar with this model— any reason to favor it over Sb2000?
    How does it compare ?

    $$$$$

    Last few years SVS has sold a special model called PB or SB 12NSD starting in mid November or so. These are in between the 1000 and 2000 in specs and price. They are very nice subs.

    I bought my brother the SB12NSD for Christmas last year much to his wife's dismay....lol
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • jdavid
    jdavid Posts: 46
    Thanks guys will watch for the 12nsd.

    mrloren- what is the preferable distance for how far the S20s should be out from the wall behind them (due to the power port design primarily I assume) for best sound since I will be using them in a small room as front speakers for home theatre only. Appreciate the good advice I am receiving on the forum.
  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    Talk to the SVS guys.... they might think that 1 big sub might be better than duals...
    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

    Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |

    ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4

    Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |

    Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |

    Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |

    Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's

    Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's |
  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,454
    jdavid wrote: »
    Thanks guys will watch for the 12nsd.

    mrloren- what is the preferable distance for how far the S20s should be out from the wall behind them (due to the power port design primarily I assume) for best sound since I will be using them in a small room as front speakers for home theatre only. Appreciate the good advice I am receiving on the forum.

    I'd start at a foot. Great thing about stands is you can move them a bit
    Talk to the SVS guys.... they might think that 1 big sub might be better than duals...

    Due to WAF he has to get two smaller subs. I agree a VTF3 or PB3000 would be a lot better for HT.
    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
    Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
    Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
    Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music
  • jdavid
    jdavid Posts: 46
    Well I can work on WAF for stands ( not for two larger ported subwoofers so need to stick with two sealed but room is small and corners should help).
    Any particular (WAF pleasing ) good stands people have used for S20s?
    Thanks as always to all.
  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    Just don't make the mistake of settling for something that isn't going to satisfy and then have to take a loss later... 2 x sb2000's might look nice. SB3000's or 2 sb4000's would be great.... Not going ported for the HT is another compromise... Go big and deep... Is it the height of the ported subs that is an issue??? The holes?

    Skylan stands are nice and customizable... very sturdy as well.

    http://www.skylanstands.com
    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

    Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |

    ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4

    Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |

    Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |

    Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |

    Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's

    Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's |
  • jdavid
    jdavid Posts: 46
    It is the size of the ported subs, and my hope was with two sb2000 or maybe two 12 nsd if SVS sells them later this month and in corner placement of both for a boost, and in a 8x15 room, using Audyssey XT 32 to adjust, the bass would be good - ( probably not to others on Forum levels). Certainly a major improvement over my single smaller def tech subwoofer!

    (I used up some of my WAF on my floor standers in the living room, which are remaining where they are despite a renovation.)
  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,454
    And the NSD subs are back

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    When I was a kid my parents told me to turn it down. Now I'm an adult and my kids tell me to turn it down.
    Family Room:LG QNED80 75", Onkyo RZ50 Emotiva XPA3 GEN3 Oppo BDP-93,Sony UBP-X800BM. Main: Polk LsiM 705Center: Polk LSiM 704CFront High/Rear High In-Ceiling Polk 80F/X RT Surrounds: Polk S15 Sub: HSU VTF3-MK5
    Bed Room; Marantz SR5010, BDP-S270Main: Polk Signature S20Center: Polk Signature S35Rear: Polk R15 Sub: SVS SB2000
    Working Warehouse; Yamaha A-S301, Sony DVP-NS3100ES for disc Plok TSX550T SVS PB2000 Mini tower PC with 400GB of music
  • bms
    bms Posts: 182
    Sure hope a PC13 Ultra or a PC4000 comes on the outlet with special pricing. I’ve been waiting for quite some time...
    bms
    Family Room:
    Onkyo TX-RZ920
    Outlaw 2200 monoblock amps x 3
    Sony UBP-X700
    Sony A80J 77” OLED
    Polk LSiM 705’s
    Polk LSiM 706
    Polk LSiM 703’s
    Polk RTi4's
    Dual SVS PB13-Ultra’s
    PC13-Ultra

    Bonus Room:
    Onkyo TX-SR806
    PS3
    Panasonic TC-P42G10
    Polk RTi10's
    Polk CSi5
    Polk R50's
    SVS PB10-ISD

    For sale:
    Onkyo TX-SR603X
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    I love my new SB3000! Best money I ever spent...donated my Polk Audio 12" sub to a friend...
  • Romo11
    Romo11 Posts: 101
    You will love it!