A well-enclosed subwoofer is a wonderful thing. SVS offers a wide variety of subwoofer designs, and the SVS SB-2000 Pro is part of its newest 2000 Pro Series. It features a 12-inch woofer and an amplifier rated at 550W RMS (1500W peak). Compact sealed subwoofers are usually cube-shaped, with a width almost equal to the…
Quick Summary: A foundation-shifting subwoofer that stops being “equipment” and starts being room “infrastructure.” For large-room owners chasing true sub-20Hz experiential playback, the PB-4000 feels less like a purchase and more like a system milestone. There’s a very specific moment in high-end audio where equipment stops feeling like gear and starts feeling like infrastructure. The SVS…
Back in the early 2000s, when the home theater multichannel experience threatened to absorb two-channel audio, I attended a CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association) event. At that trade show, JL Audio unveiled its original Gotham subwoofer. I’d been warned that it was going to be a “loud” demo, and it certainly lived up…
Is it possible for a subwoofer to be both potent and completely disappear in your room? I tested the MartinLogan Dynamo 1100X to find out. After being blown away by its bigger brother, I wondered if this more compact, room-friendly model could deliver the same earth-shattering bass for movies and music. The results surprised me….
For any home theater to be truly immersive, the bass needs to be both precise and powerful. The subwoofers that deliver this experience require large drivers and immense power—and Klipsch SPL-150 has a surplus of both. A Legacy of Power and Pressure So Klipsch made a name for itself by building speakers that get seriously…
These days, most people like thin soundbars and small speakers. But the Klipsch SPL-120 subwoofer is different because it has very deep and powerful bass. It was first made in 2018 and is built in a big, strong, classic style meant to fill a room with sound. With its large box, big 12-inch speaker, and…
ELAC Varro RS500: Technology moves fast these days, spreading even faster. Once one audio company started using computer modeling and laser measurement systems, almost everyone stopped making speakers the old-fashioned way. New features in components seem to pop up at the same time, and the same goes for new codecs, interfaces, streaming services, and other…
For more than two decades, SVS has been known for doing something most audio companies rarely manage: building subwoofers that deliver true high-end performance without climbing into high-end price insanity. When they started back in 1998 in Ohio, the goal was beautifully simple—create subwoofers that outperform big-name brands while costing less, and do it by…
svs sb 3000 micro review: The small case of the (almost a cube with edges of 278 x 287 x 271 mm) houses a powerful digital amplifier with a peak power of as much as 2,500 W. The eight-inch driver of the SVS 3000 Micro produces bass notes from 23 Hz. How did the company achieve such…
