New SVS Subs Ordered

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emcandrew

Audioholic Intern
First, congrats! I'm glad that you didn't wait all weekend to get them.

Have you tried the depth charge scene, yet? :D

Oh, yeah...and how about some pictures? :p
Thanks!

I watched it while I was playing with the single... not again yet since I added the second. My wife is out buying Finding Nemo on Blu-Ray also LOL...

I believe I've found my best sound so far... I'm liking it a lot! There is a nice amount of vibration going on in the right places. :)

Pictures... OH YES, must have PICTURES... lol











 
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raynist

Junior Audioholic
I am sure you found out that Finding Nemo is not out on blu ray until december :(
 
timoteo

timoteo

Audioholic General
There are 4 NSDs in the truck!! He mentioned 2 for him & 2 for his brother deployed in AFG.

He should hook up all 4 until his bro gets back. It would actually be nice of him because then they would be broken in & sounding their best by the time he gets back!!!

BTw: your new subs won't sound their best right out of the box. Give them 30-50hrs of heavy use to really get their deepest & loudest. You will want to recalibrate them once they are broken in!!! There will be a noticable improvement over that time period!!! The gift that keeps giving!!!

Congrats & Enjoy!!!!
 
ParadigmDawg

ParadigmDawg

Audioholic Overlord
Thanks!

I watched it while I was playing with the single... not again yet since I added the second. My wife is out buying Finding Nemo on Blu-Ray also LOL...

I believe I've found my best sound so far... I'm liking it a lot! There is a nice amount of vibration going on in the right places. :)

Pictures... OH YES, must have PICTURES... lol


That's just not going to do at all....Take it all back and start over....:eek::D
 
slipperybidness

slipperybidness

Audioholic Warlord
SVS subs blow...

I have a huge room and went with 2 Ultra's but I ended up selling one as a single seems to handle my room just fine. The guys at SVS are top notch to deal with.





Man, tucked right in between the paradigms and the ent center. Does that effect the quality of either the sup or the paradigms?

I would have to do something similar with such a large sub. I'm even more worried b/c I have Goldenear Triton 2s and they have the passive radiators on the sides.
 
slipperybidness

slipperybidness

Audioholic Warlord
There are 4 NSDs in the truck!! He mentioned 2 for him & 2 for his brother deployed in AFG.

He should hook up all 4 until his bro gets back. It would actually be nice of him because then they would be broken in & sounding their best by the time he gets back!!!

BTw: your new subs won't sound their best right out of the box. Give them 30-50hrs of heavy use to really get their deepest & loudest. You will want to recalibrate them once they are broken in!!! There will be a noticable improvement over that time period!!! The gift that keeps giving!!!

Congrats & Enjoy!!!!
I 2nd the motion. Break them in for him and do some quality control:D
The time is ticking on the warranty, so a problem now is better than several months later.
 
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FirstReflection

AV Rant Co-Host
NICE! :D

Definitely take Ed up on his offer to help you with optimization. The PB12-NSD are very capable subs, so I think it only makes sense to get as much of their high potential in both quality and output as you can, right?

That's a really nice looking system you've got there! I really like your little secondary screen there. I'm assuming that's for an HTPC?

And since the "upgrade bug" is never fully satisfied... :p

I do notice that your walls look a little bare. Maybe your next upgrade could be to add some nice acoustic treatments from GiK Acoustics and/or Acoustimac ?

I often find that people still think of acoustic treatments as being those ugly "egg crate" foam thingies that you see in recording booths. I mean, yes, those do exist. But acoustic treatments can be so much more attractive than that these days!

You can start with the least expensive panels, which are just solid colors in a choice of fabrics. Don't forget that you can use smaller panels, like the 2'x 2' size or 2' x 3' size and create a nice pattern on your wall. That's one way to jazz up the look a bit.

You can also get panels in suede, which can look very classy.

The most impressive from a looks perspective though are the "Art" printed panels. You can choose from stock art images, or send in your own custom images and have them printed on any panel!

Most wives and girlfriends like to hand pictures or posters or some sort of decoration on the walls anyway. Why not "kill two birds with one stone" and have those pictures double as acoustic treatments? It's win-win! :D

Acoustimac has a larger selection of sizes, and they also offer printed bass traps. GiK can do it too, but it's a custom order. Their standard "art" panels are only the 2" thick absorption panels. GiK does offer nice wood frames as a custom option though, so that can be a nice touch if you want frames around your panels so that they really look like works of art. GiK is also the best place to go for diffusion panels of all types. Acoustimac only deals in absorption. Between the two companies though, you can outfit your rooom any way you like and have it look great while being affordable!

Something to ponder, anyway...

:D
 
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emcandrew

Audioholic Intern
Thanks guys... Yes there are 4 subs... And YES, I seriously thought about hooking them up and breaking them in for my buddy. I didn't have the leads for them though so I took them over to his house already.

I've been working on the break-in nightly. It's a good excuse to my wife for why I have to listen to my music a little louder than usual... :)

The small monitor is a network monitor that monitors all of my servers at work and here at the house. It also monitors the bandwidth in and out of the network. BUT, I finishing up rewriting it (perl) so that it checks my Transporter power status and switches automatically to a "Now Playing" screen... I'm tweaking the style sheets still, but it's making progress. Disregard the dameware notification in the lower right. That's just there because I remote control that PC.

I do have a HTPC though, It's a dell server up stairs runnning Ubuntu. I use uShare for my XBox and Squeezebox for my Logitech Transporter.


I also added some ambient lighting today. This scores the points on the SAF... :D








 
ParadigmDawg

ParadigmDawg

Audioholic Overlord
Man, tucked right in between the paradigms and the ent center. Does that effect the quality of either the sup or the paradigms?

I would have to do something similar with such a large sub. I'm even more worried b/c I have Goldenear Triton 2s and they have the passive radiators on the sides.
Probably some but it is what it is, I have no more room.
 
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emcandrew

Audioholic Intern
Actually, I felt the same way before I tried it. With the right color and intensity, it actually relaxes my eyes and makes watching TV easier. It's pretty easy to hook up and is extremely cheap to buy and use, so you can always leave it off and not feel like you wasted a ton of money on it just to leave it off yanno?
 
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emcandrew

Audioholic Intern
Well this Saturday will be two weeks with my new subs... For those who are considering a similar purchase; DO IT...

These things sound nothing short of amazing. I mean sure, dual PB12-Plus's would probably pack a lot more punch, but one thing for sure, these dual PB12-NSD's are MORE than perfect for my setup. It's an entirely different musical and movie experience.

Thank you again SVSound & Ed... Another satisfied customer, wouldn't change a thing!
 

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