Decision made-went with...

[Kelby Waltman]

SVS pb-2000. It should arrive tomorrow. So excited. WIll continue to use my jbl also in my 5.2 system until I can afford another. Thank you all that commented in my other thread. Decided on the svs over hsu bc it could go just a tad lower. Hsu was bigger, but similar weight. Anyway, I'll report back after hooked up.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

To paraphrase a popular saying: No one got fired for buying SVS
There's no ceiling on how much to spend on speaker, but comparing pb2000 to hsu vtf2 is a bit stretching it. You won't be disappointed with it, but if I were you - I'd go with less than $100 extra VFT-3mk5 - it's in a whole different league of performance, but my then again I got open family room on the larger size and have 10ft ceilings.

 

[shadyJ]

SVS pb-2000. It should arrive tomorrow. So excited. WIll continue to use my jbl also in my 5.2 system until I can afford another. Thank you all that commented in my other thread. Decided on the svs over hsu bc it could go just a tad lower. Hsu was bigger, but similar weight. Anyway, I'll report back after hooked up.

The Hsu goes lower. It looks to have a lower response knee, and also more output at that point. It also has a huge output difference above 40 Hz; twice the output.

 

[Defcon]

I was looking at these 2 as well and ended up with PB-2000, in my case the HSU cost a lot more due to tax + shipping + extra warranty, vs outlet sale on Svs so it helped me decide.

I'm pretty sure the VTF-3 is a different class of sub, you can't really compare the 2.

 

[Kelby Waltman]

Hooked it up after work today. I got an outlet model also. Popped in Day of Days on 1st disc of band of brothers. You know the scene where they are flying over Normandy...wow! Very impressed. What a difference.

 

[Defcon]

Can you tell me which AVR you have, the sub level in it, and how much you had to turn the gain up on the sub? I had to turn mine up to 3pm on the sub with level set to 0 in the receiver.

 

[Kelby Waltman]

I haven't run the audessey thing yet. So not sure of avr setting but I kept the gain at 12 o clock

 

[Kelby Waltman]

Checked what it was set at and I have it at 0 db. Avr is onkyo rc-360

 

[Defcon]

Thanks. How are you liking it so far? btw if you haven't yet, try out the Dolby and DTS demos from this site - http://www.demo-world.eu/2d-demo-trailers-hd/, they are really amazing for showing off or testing.