Passive Heaven

[John Holmes]

Today I received my model 20-39cs SVS subwoofer.

I can honestly say that "I didn't know what real bass was". The SVS has shown me how to enjoy a movie with full bass and yet not lose my hearing.

What is really funny is, once you clean up the bass, the rest of the "detail" in your system comes forward.

I am not trying to do a true review here. I just want to share that I now understand what true clean LFE can bring to the party!

Now where is that Independence Day disc!:B




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[Lexman]

Ahhh John, gonna scorch some plaster tonight! Yippeee. Enjoy your new sub and welcome to the Big Bass Club.

Lex

[Trevor Schell]

I agree,,You can put away the Q-tips now.

I have always enjoyed that clean bass with the Servo-15's,,adding the SVS's just added that nice Nitro boost.




Trevor
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[John Holmes]

Thanks guys!

I think I may move my bed into my ht room. I'm using an old Kenwood amp and am unsure of it's rating. I know that I watched Independence Day last night with it and it never even got warm. But, I may purchase a better amp to be sure that no clipping is taking place. With so much in my room that is making noise now, I need to isolate some vibations so I can be sure.

But does this thing put out some deeeep clean bass? YES YES YES!




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[Andrew Pratt]

welcoem to the big time bass world

[John Holmes]

Thanks Andrew!

Well, a couple of things happened this weekend. Most important, I found out my amps rating. It is 125 @ 8ohm. I feel better knowing it will do for now.

Also got the guts to try The Haunting DTS. Knowing that this is a sub killer made me kind of nervous. What a waste of time (the worry). The SVS didn't even break a sweat! It did deliver gut wrenching tight deep bass though.

My room is 13x11x8, not a tough room to fill but, my bass has never been clean and tight and deep before this sub.

If any of you are on the fence about one of these babies...get off!




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[RickS]

John,

Glad to hear you like the new SVS sub. If your amp is 125@8ohms it is probably about 200@4ohm which the SVS is rated. I had 2-SVS 20-39's hooked in paralell which is a 2 ohm load and feeding them about 1000 watts......it did bottom the drivers so bad with the Haunting it scared the crap out of me :E. I hooked then up in series after that which is a 8 ohm load and 190 watts ea. I do love the clean bass that the SVS's gives to the HT for movies and music.

Rick




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[John Holmes]

Thanks Rick.

1000watts!!! I would have been scared too:E I can't even imagine the bass that you feel in your room. You have plenty of power and two subs...with just the one that I have, the bass is nothing short of satisfying. I know when you and Trevor get going, the earth's axis must tilt:B




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[Pat]

John, once you have experienced "good", "deep" bass you can never go back.

Congratulations on joining the big, bad, bass club




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[John Holmes]

Thanks Pat.

I just finish watching The 6th Day. A very enjoyable movie.

I swear the more I listen, the further my jaw gets to the floor! All this time I thought that it was me. That I just did a poor job of calibration/placement of the JBL. Or maybe my room was the problem or some combo there of.

I put the 20-39 in the same spot as the PSW-D110, use the same calibration technique, and with no effort I'm there.

I apologize for sounding like a broken record on this, I'm just so happy at the results that, I want the world to know!!!




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[Tom Vodhanel]

>>>Thanks guys!
I think I may move my bed into my ht room. I'm using an old Kenwood amp and am unsure of it's rating. I know that I watched Independence Day last night with it and it never even got warm. But, I may purchase a better amp to be sure that no clipping is taking place. With so much in my room that is making noise now, I need to isolate some vibations so I can be sure.

But does this thing put out some deeeep clean bass? YES YES YES! <<<


John, it's always good to know a customer is happy with their decision to purchase a SV woof.

The minimum impedence of the SVs will be about 4.5ohm(if memoery serves---dont have the notes right in front of me)...so they are relatively *easy* on the amp.

I run a pair of SV passives with a $79 KLH receiver (bestbuy)at *reference* levels for a few DVDs...and it never got more than warm(but it gave up anywhere from 2-5dBs worth of dynamic peaks to the samson S700 too).

TV


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