V-Day - SVS Reaches Europe!
This is a thorough review of the SVS 25-31 PC+ from a professional IT and A/V reviewer over in the Belgium / Netherlands region. Detailed references at the end for his music selections - nice touch; lets you order the same if you are inclined.
Excerpts include:
"If you were used to explosions in films sounding like someone slamming a car door shut, hold on to your suspenders! The SVS makes you live through such an explosion. You can all but feel your teeth rattle. The sound of tanks, ships, planes and space ships has never been so impressive."
"The real quality of this SVS subwoofer shines when playing music. From classical music to pop and rock, all basses sounded tight and full. A church organ that plays its lowest notes in a church will make you feel those notes in your gut: the SVS subwoofer could do that as well. Much modern music, from Metallica to Enimem, will contain low frequencies of even 15 Hz and lower. Our SVS model doesn't go that low (you would need the biggest one for that), but even those basses have never sounded as good."
"We were most impressed by the SVS 25-31 PC-Plus's ability to correctly reproduce the bass clarinet's melody. The Dutch percussion group Slagerij Van Kampen and their cd "Door" achieves almost perfection while being played with the aid of the SVS subwoofer. Absolutely wonderful."
"In one word: wow! This is without competition the best subwoofer we have tested thus far, both for music and for home cinema. You will find nothing on the European market that will sound better for that price."
And one nit to pick:
"It seems that the 25-31 PC-Plus 'lifts up' bass frequencies between 60 and 70 Hz (this is an estimation, we could be off by some Hz) a bit, so you can get a somewhat roaring effect while playing some pieces. Bass drums in pop music can sound a bit too powerful because of that. If that's a problem for you or not, will depend on your taste."
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&postid=1449117&t=2853#post1449117
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Excerpts include:
"If you were used to explosions in films sounding like someone slamming a car door shut, hold on to your suspenders! The SVS makes you live through such an explosion. You can all but feel your teeth rattle. The sound of tanks, ships, planes and space ships has never been so impressive."
"The real quality of this SVS subwoofer shines when playing music. From classical music to pop and rock, all basses sounded tight and full. A church organ that plays its lowest notes in a church will make you feel those notes in your gut: the SVS subwoofer could do that as well. Much modern music, from Metallica to Enimem, will contain low frequencies of even 15 Hz and lower. Our SVS model doesn't go that low (you would need the biggest one for that), but even those basses have never sounded as good."
"We were most impressed by the SVS 25-31 PC-Plus's ability to correctly reproduce the bass clarinet's melody. The Dutch percussion group Slagerij Van Kampen and their cd "Door" achieves almost perfection while being played with the aid of the SVS subwoofer. Absolutely wonderful."
"In one word: wow! This is without competition the best subwoofer we have tested thus far, both for music and for home cinema. You will find nothing on the European market that will sound better for that price."
And one nit to pick:
"It seems that the 25-31 PC-Plus 'lifts up' bass frequencies between 60 and 70 Hz (this is an estimation, we could be off by some Hz) a bit, so you can get a somewhat roaring effect while playing some pieces. Bass drums in pop music can sound a bit too powerful because of that. If that's a problem for you or not, will depend on your taste."
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&postid=1449117&t=2853#post1449117
Doc
"What we do in life echoes in eternity"
Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
Director - Technology and Customer Service
SVS
Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
Director - Technology and Customer Service
SVS