Press Reviews

  • SB-3000 Subwoofer Receives Sound&Vision's Top Picks Award

    "Performance, which was characterized by extreme low-frequency extension, massive output, and precision on transients. At one point I had to check my wiring to make sure I had disconnected my other four subwoofers—it was that impressive! Even at reference levels, the SB-3000 didn't break a sweat—each bass note hit with power, precision, and speed. I was completely blown away by my experience. It has no equal at its price."
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  • Prime Wireless Speaker System Receives Sound & Vision's Top Pick Award

    "An audiophile statement in both its design philosophy and sonic personality. It will impress with natural timbre mated with superb midrange and upper frequency openness and clarity. Highs were beautifully extended and utterly detailed. Even at such close range, the presentation extended beyond the speakers and was both deep and rock solid. Instruments and voices had dimensionality and were reproduced with remarkable precision from their spots within the spread; they ranged in depth from behind the speakers to sometimes well in front. Hi-fi with modern digital convenience and audiophile sound quality. All for a very affordable price."
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  • PC-4000 Subwoofer Receives Sound & Vision Top Picks Award

    "Subterranean bass shook my room. Hit with such force that I could literally feel the impact in my chest—man I love bass! Response is taut; notes don’t linger and their natural resonance is reproduced faithfully. This is one fantastic subwoofer, and if floor space is an issue for your system, it’s well worth auditioning. Highly Recommended!"
  • The Ultra Center receives Sound & Vision’s 2013 Top Pick of the Year Award.

    "Dialogue at every possible level came through with a natural feeling. Voices remained intelligible as I moved off axis and the system handled the multichannel room ambience as well as it did tumultuous dialogue. Made everything a pleasure to hear."
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  • SB16-Ultra and PB16-Ultra Subwoofers receive Sound & Vision's Top Pick of the Year Award

    "Competes with top-performing subs costing twice or more their price. The kinetic energy reached deafening reference listening levels…I’m surprised it didn’t set off the Earthquake Detection System… My jaw was stuck ajar—man, I love good bass! Very Highly Recommended."
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  • SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System Receives Sound & Vision's Top Pick Award

    “If you’ve spent your hard-earned cash on a subwoofer you want to listen to at its full potential, and if the buzz and rattles in the room are frustrating you—or worse, your neighbors—this definitely is an answer to your problem. A true bargain. Highly recommended.”
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  • Sound + Vision Reviews the Prime Satellite 5.1 System

    "SVS’s Prime Satellite 5.1 system is as good as it gets for $1,000…a genuine achievement."
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  • Sound + Vision names our SB13-Ultra as “Best over $1000”

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  • Sound + Vision names our PB-2000 and SB-2000 as “Best under $1000”

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  • The PB-2000 and SB-2000 Subwoofers Receive Sound & Vision’s Top Pick Award.

    "You’ll be hard-pressed to find a better bass value than what either of these subwoofers offers...each sub reproduced deeper bass response that I could literally feel in my sternum; it shook the house!"
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  • Sound&Vision Reviews the Subwoofer Isolation System

    "…a high-tech hemorrhoid pillow to cushion the sub. This produces less rattle and cleaner, tighter bass and helped to attenuate a pesky window rattle I’ve been fighting for years."
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  • The Ultra Speakers receive Sound & Vision’s 2013 Top Pick of the Year Award.

    "Web-direct speaker-maker SVS, long known for outstanding subwoofers, knocked it out of the park on sound and build quality with the high-value, full-range Ultra speaker line."
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  • The PC12-NSD subwoofer receives Sound & Vision’s 2013 Top Pick of the Year Award.

    "The PC12-NSD’s tall, cylindrical profile yields a ton of tight, deep bass in a relatively small footprint."
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  • Sound & Vision - Brent Butterworth Reviews the PC12-NSD

    “We have yet to encounter an SVS sub we didn’t love, and the PC12-NSD is no exception… I can’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t love this subwoofer.”

  • Sound&Vision - Brent Butterworth Reviews the Ultra Tower Surround Package

    "Dynamics of a custom theater system, neutrality and ambience of an audiophile system...Certified and Recommended."
  • Sound&Vision Magazine - Brent Butterworth Reviews the SVS PB-1000

    "I don't need to come up with any flowery verbiage or clever analogies to sum up the PB-1000. Its performance speaks for itself... the best thrill ride I've gotten from a sub-$500 sub."
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  • Best of Show Awards, Sound & Vision - The Bristol Show 2013

    Clarity Alliance announces SVS/Primare as the "Best Home Cinema Room 2013.”
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  • Sound + Vision Reviews the PC-13 Ultra Subwoofer

    "The SVS PC-13 Ultra is one of the best subwoofers you can buy."
    "It offers a range of sound characters to suit different tastes, enough digital features to optimize the sound for any room, and enough power for any conceivable residential application"
    "The combination of the three sound character options with advanced DSP capabilities and the PC-13 Ultra's sheer muscle gives you the ability to get pretty much any subwoofer sound you could want."
  • SB13-Plus Sound+Vision Certified and Recommended 2011

    Sound + Vision's Brent Butterworth reviews the SB13-Plus. His take: "...nothing but lean, deep, powerful bass. I just couldn't make this thing distort..." "...the SB13-Plus can keep up with its super size brethren..."
    "I cued up tracks from showboating bass players ..."yet the SB13-Plus portrayed them all beautifully, with plenty of punch and perfect pitch definition."
    "The result is a sub that never ever gets close to sounding like it's reaching it's limits and is as bomb proof in normal day-to-day abuse as it's possible to be."
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  • PB12-Plus Sound+Vision Magazine Editor's Choice 2010

    Sound + Vision's Brent Butterworth reviews the PB12-Plus. His take: "Innovative company" "...the PB12-Plus delivered perhaps the most detailed, subtle performance of all these subs."
    "Probably the best deal going on a high end subwoofer."
    "From its ungodly output capabilities, true 20Hz extension, and ability to play clean and distortion free, the PB12-Plus DSP has truly earned the right to be called a "subwoofer."
    "This superbly-built sub includes quality amplification, a sweet-sounding 12-inch driver and plenty of adjustability."
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