Customers first impressions of his newly delivered PB13-Ultra in Rosenut finish.

Hi Pete,

Just received the subwoofer. This is absolutely amazing. Never could have imagined it being this big! The bigger the better in my book. Finish is gob smacking. Craftsman ship is extremely high. I took 2 hours off work to be
home for delivery had it set up quickly for quick demo of U571. The pictures on my walls were oscillating, on the canon scene where they take out the radio tower just knocked me off my feet and sucked all the air out of the room. And I thought my paradigm studio 100's had good bass. This thing is damn amazing, I love it!

Cheers,                                                                                                                                                      David

Hi Peter,

Happy New Year and I hope you're having a good holiday.

I just want to thank you for all you've done to get the gear to me
promptly.  I've been playing with them since I got them and all I can
say is they're bloody awesome.  The SBS Speakers and pb10 together perform                                    flawlessly and have exceeded my expectation easily.

Regards
(name withheld)
 

Hello Peter, 

Its now 14 months since I purchased the PB10-ISD,  and I would
like to convey to you and SVS, how very pleased I am with the sub,  whenever
friends or relatives play a DVD movie and its not one I am interested in, I still can
hear the soundtrack and the sub operating where ever in the house I happen to be,                                        and the PB10-ISD still continues to amaze me with its effortless low frequency performance,                        many a time I have been on the internet when somebody
decided to watch a movie, subconsciously I am waiting for the sub to bottom out,
but it never does!  its just this fantastic ease with which it goes all the way down
to, how could I best describe it, say the bottom of a very deep well,  and it sounds as though                             it could go even deeper,  and it all sounds so natural, and without any stress at all,  the more I                      think how little I paid for it, the more I think that its been the best buy I have ever done in regard                      to any purchase I have made over the years let alone home theatre equipment,
 

Regards Bryan
 

Here is a thank you from a very satisfied PB10-ISD customer.
 

Peter,

Just a quick thank you for the outstanding service, I did a very quick
boot up of the sub tonight, before I do the total calibration at the weekend,
wow, the difference from my two small yst-sw80 Yamahas is incredible,
its hard to describe, but the initial impression, a totally pure clean detailed
low frequency that my Yamahas could never reach, in fact I now know what
they mean when they talk about a sub booming and being inarticulate,
here is me, for all these last 9 years sitting back thinking I was listening
to home theatre bass!, as it turns out I was not at all, I have a DVD which
I used tonight chapter 11 "the forgotten" I have now heard a little of whatthe
real bass sounds like, you already know all of what I am telling you Peter,
its just that the difference is so amazing, I cannot get over it,
anyway, thanks again, if one of my cloth eared brothers does eventually
get to my place with some of his dvd's, I am sure you are going to have
another future customer, I will not have to say anything,
 

Regards Bryan

After Calibrating his PB10-ISD here is what Bryan had to say further -

Hello again Peter,

Thought I would update you on the PB10-ISD,
completed calibration using AVIA dvd at 83db for speakers front and rear,
the sub is running 3db higher, with the gain only half way on the sub itself,
the phase set at the halfway mark as well,  I have started watching a few
dvd movies I have seen a few times again, and I must say the sub continues
to impress me with its neutrality, you are not really aware of it
operatinguntil it suddenly kicks in,  and its the sudden power  and depth it
releases that continues to surprise, unlike the Yamaha's which were always making
their presence felt  even when the bass was not really there, the PB10-ISD is
operating as mentioned with the gain half way, I cannot bring myself to test
it at full power without worrying about things falling off the mantel over the
gas heater as well as pictures falling off shelves around the room,  its
that impressive, I did watch again the movie "THE FORGOTTEN" and I must                                                tell you that chapter fifteen has bass that causes the woofer cone to move in and out                                         at an amazing  rate, I have never seen a speaker cone move like that before, the
air being pumped out of the vent was incredible, and this was at moderate listening
levels not Dolby reference level, what frequency range this soundtrack is putting
out I would like to know...................let me say in summation, anyone who does their                                     research and does it seriously, cannot even consider any other brand but SVS at the
price your selling them at, they have to be the bargain of all bargains, not
just because of the price, but because of the performance, nothing I have
heard comes near the PB-10-ISD, even selling here in Australia for $3000
as before if you want to use any of what I have written Peter feel free to
do so one other point to mention, the AVIA dvd, apart from the sound calibration,
I also did the picture calibration as well, I thought I had adjusted the 68cm
Sanyo with the Panasonic tube, but no I had not, the contrast level was out,
the brightness level  was also out, following the AVIA on screen instructions
both contrast and brightness are now spot on, and what an improvement,
the color adjustment is NTSC, I really needed a PAL adjustment, but you
cannot have everything,  both the sound meter and the AVIA  are  must
haves after my experience using them, also both at bargain prices too,
 

Regards bryan