[Bob in St. Louis]

Hey Red. Sorry for the (very) delayed reply, I've been on family vacation from the 20th until a few hours ago. No PC/internet available.

About the HWK.....That's a hard one man. Seeing what you've got in the SVS, I'd be surprized if the HWK can out perform it in quality. Possibly outperform the SVS in volume, but in TOTAL overall performance I'd be sceptical.

For the money in your budget, I'd say you could quad load the drivers and make the neighbors mad shaking the walls, but again, I still wonder about the sound quality. (mine is dual loaded)

If I remember correctly, the first number in SVS's model number is the (aprox) lowest frequency the unit can go and still remain relatively flat. Is that correct? If so, getting lower than that 20Hz will seperate the men from the boys in sub design and driver(s) choice.

I beleive the drivers for the HWK15 were about $90 each from partsexpress.com so it's a cheap experiment. Two pieces of MDF are also cheap enough to experiment with, but in the end, if you're not happy, you've eaten into your total sub budget and now have a large bohemouth sitting in your room.

Honestly, for the money you're talking about (I think) you could build something better in all categories. The HWK is an easy, fun, cheap build, and it sure impresses your friends when they see the monster in the room. But better subs exist.

If you'd like,you could come over and we'll put it through it's paces.

I've got a couple ideas for ya'.

Bob