SVS SB12-NSD vs my Sunfire true signature sub?

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CHASLS2

Discussion Starter · Feb 4, 2012

Any SVS SB12- NSD owners in here? Thinking about replacing my Sunfire True Signature sub with the SB12 NSD. Don't know if the upgrade would be worth it or not.

This is for a 14x16 bedroom.

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JBrax

· #21 · Feb 9, 2012

CHASLS2 said:
It's a 13" is all i know. Made in 2001.

Here is a side by side. Just got my PB12 NSD. So far it sounds very good.

Congrats on your new baby. Does your AVR have Audyssey XT?

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tonyvdb

· #22 · Feb 9, 2012

Hee hee, its just a wee bit bigger hey :bigsmile:

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MikeBiker

· #23 · Feb 9, 2012

Size does matter!

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CHASLS2

Discussion Starter · #24 · Feb 9, 2012

JBrax said:
Congrats on your new baby. Does your AVR have Audyssey XT?

No. I have a Pioneer Elite SC35 avr. I already did a auto cal and it seems to sound fine. I'm sure i will fool around with some settings later on.

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JBrax

· #25 · Feb 9, 2012

CHASLS2 said:
No. I have a Pioneer Elite SC35 avr. I already did a auto cal and it seems to sound fine. I'm sure i will fool around with some settings later on.

Sub crawl if not what you expected. I would think if the old sub was ok in the PB's spot so should the new one. Maybe my old Klipsch rw-12d was just much lesser than my new one. The difference was night and day for my setup.

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KalaniP

· #26 · Feb 9, 2012

CHASLS2 said:
No. I have a Pioneer Elite SC35 avr. I already did a auto cal and it seems to sound fine. I'm sure i will fool around with some settings later on.

Pioneer's MCACC doesn't EQ the sub, so that shouldn't make any difference. Audyssey's MultiEQ XT (and XT32) does.

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JBrax

· #27 · Feb 9, 2012

KalaniP said:
Pioneer's MCACC doesn't EQ the sub, so that shouldn't make any difference. Audyssey's MultiEQ XT (and XT32) does.

Sounds like justification for an upgrade to me.

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CHASLS2

Discussion Starter · #28 · Feb 9, 2012

JBrax said:
Sub crawl if not what you expected. I would think if the old sub was ok in the PB's spot so should the new one. Maybe my old Klipsch rw-12d was just much lesser than my new one. The difference was night and day for my setup.

It sounds fine so far. Only tried out a DVD of war of the worlds so far. I will give a few BD's a shot tonite that have better audio. So far it shakes the room better than the Sunfire and seems to sound smoother.

I set the gain to around 11 O'clock , set the low pass to disable and phase to zero with the auto on.
Here it is in it's corner where the Sunfire went. The speakers are Paradgim Millenia One's 5 speaker system.

I just sold my Klipsch RF7's , RC7 and RS7's as they were just too big for the room.

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JBrax

· #29 · Feb 9, 2012

CHASLS2 said:
It sounds fine so far. Only tried out a DVD of war of the worlds so far. I will give a few BD's a shot tonite that have better audio. So far it shakes the room better than the Sunfire and seems to sound smoother.

I set the gain to around 11 O'clock , set the low pass to disable and phase to zero with the auto on.
Here it is in it's corner where the Sunfire went. The speakers are Paradgim Millenia One's 5 speaker system.

I just sold my Klipsch RF7's , RC7 and RS7's as they were just too big for the room.

Very nice. I went through an assortment of BR's the evening I got mine and it never failed me. Again congrats and enjoy.

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Ed Mullen

· #30 · Mar 22, 2012

CHASLS2 said:
It sounds fine so far. Only tried out a DVD of war of the worlds so far. I will give a few BD's a shot tonite that have better audio. So far it shakes the room better than the Sunfire and seems to sound smoother.

I set the gain to around 11 O'clock , set the low pass to disable and phase to zero with the auto on.
Here it is in it's corner where the Sunfire went. The speakers are Paradgim Millenia One's 5 speaker system.

Thanks for this great review; I'm glad your PB12-NSD is performing well compared to your Sunfire. As others have said, 'size matters'. If you have any other questions about set-up, please give us a shout.

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CHASLS2

Discussion Starter · #31 · Mar 24, 2012

Ed Mullen said:
Thanks for this great review; I'm glad your PB12-NSD is performing well compared to your Sunfire. As others have said, 'size matters'. If you have any other questions about set-up, please give us a shout.

So far the new sub has worked like a champ. I no longer hear the loud thumps and the hum like i would with the Sunfire sub.

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