SVS was one of the many fine sponsors that donated lots of give-away goodies for the show...several dozen hats and a like number of T-shirts (the shirts unfortunately arrived on Monday). The equipment they sent was the natural oak MTS setup with MTS-01 mains, MBS-01 surrounds, and MCS-01 center and TWO PB12-Plus subs.
We tried to schedule the rooms so that we minimized the cross-talk between systems, particularly the SVS room which was right on top of the Salk room. It turns out that there wasn't too much interference and the SVS room played movies from noon (during lunch) until late afternoon. All the big subwoofer movies were the faire for the day...
Finding Nemo maybe the most popular. But what got everybody racing up to the SVS room was when the sub sweeps started running. From outside someone said they thought a plane was landing on the roof. I thought it was the roof trying to launch itself! The livingroom filled with people shoulder to shoulder to get a piece of that love.
They are imposing and impressive subs. We almost lost a couple of large, decorative platters from atop the cabinets in the kitchen!
Mrs. AverageJoe would have had my scalp. As they were walking themselves toward the cabinet edge, they were saved by a quick thinking and grabbing caterer. (Please....no one tell Mrs. AverageJoe.)
The entire system was very clean looking and sounding to my ears. I was impressed by their ScanSpeak AirCirc tweeter. If you get a chance to audition a set, I highly recommend it. If I could have afforded it, this set would be in my HT right now. I like the MTS-01's better than my Aerial 7B's! (I'm still working on the missus.
) This system was ridiculously show-priced at 1/2 MSRP!! How is that for a go-for-the-gusto sponsor?! The system included SVS's new AS-EQ1, an Audyssey SQ optimizing device that handles multiple subs at up to 32 locations in the room. (This was the only SVS item not for sale. It is Ron Stimpson's personal unit.) Unfortunately, we fell too short of time to put on a demonstration of the unit, but it looks to be a real winner for SVS.
There were so many intriguing and tempting pieces of equipment at the GTG. I'm still cleaning the drool off my shirts and digging around looking for lost treasure in my wallet.
The only pictures I got were just before we opened and I got really busy. Maybe some others can post pics of the crowds we got for movie time, as well as their reviews of the system.
And aren't those nifty banners?!
