This post starts with a bit of a story. If you want to skip kindly start from BOLD CURRENT EQUIPMENT
Well a few words about myself. I started my home theater setup from a Preowned 2004 model onkyo 7.1 speakers for a steal. The woofer didn’t sound that great so I picked up a paradigm woofer (8 inch paradigm) with Onkyo N727 in 2014.
After that I shifted houses and upgraded system bit by bit, so the differences though as subtle and ignored by the wife, happened.
Fast forward 2020, I have managed to rake up a few good components. They might be a little underperforming but I need the acceptance of the wife and the wow factor for me. We live in an apartment with a rectangular 23x13x10 dedicated room with 2 rows of recliners. Though I wished for the Elac FS or the BS or a combo the wife disagreed coz of the size. She wanted something sleek and out of the way. So came the kef T205 with a pair of t101 for sb and a pair of Taga in ceiling for a setup of 7.1.2 with Yamaha A3070. I always wanted a big CinemaScope screen as dessert, so I did what any brave man would’ve done. Got the Epson5040ub and 133” SI Dlack Diamond 1.4 (wife wouldn’t let me color the room dark and the marble on the floor is white). I did have a friend hand me a Klipsch 10 inch subwoofer as well.
CURRENT BUILD
SI BLACK DIAMOND 1.4 /2.35:1 /133’
EPSON 5040UB
YAMAHA A3070
KEF 301x3 as front sound stage
KEF 101x4 as surround and back surround
Taga x2 in ceiling ( forget the name and wattage but I think 100w)
KEF T2 sub in front and right 1/3rd of the room
Klipsch Reference 10” on the back left corner of the room
ROOM 23X13X10
2 rows of seating
Front row recliners starting at about 15’ full recline takes the head to about 17’-18’
Back row recliners (barely used) are up against the wall
MLP is about 17 feet and offset to the left by about a foot.
Flooring is White Marble.
Right wall is all glass.
Left wall has first 8 feet dry wall then a gap and then 8 feet of concrete/ solid wall
Ceiling is Solid concrete
I hope I’ve given an over detailed description of the room, but I do want to show my commitment to the problem at hand. So the 2 subs aren’t really making it rumble. I guess they are underpowered for the room and I just want to get a confirmation about the same. Obviously from the subwoofers in the market one subwoofer brand stands out. It’s probably over discussed and hence I want to get some fact checks.
Honestly I’m from a country where the SVS is sold at a premium. The PB1000 is about Rs70,000 and PB2000 is Rs1,20,000. I’m sure the return policy that’s offered in the US also won’t apply. I also believe the PB2000 pro just hit the market in the states, supposedly with an upgrade. It’s currently unavailable (not priced either) in India and I could wait if it’s really worth it. The pricing till now has shown a trend of 2x US prices so I’m guessing it’ll be about 1,30,000.
I’d like to know when SVS claims pb2000 pro has 550w rms and 1500 peak is it really going to sound x times better (louder and chest thumping) than the Klipsch (300w peak)?
WHich of the following do you suggest I buy?
Pair of PB 1000
1 PB 2000
Wait for the pb2000 pro
A friend suggested Polk dsw 550 @ Rs77,000 a pair.
If you ask I can probably only afford one of the PB2000 and I’ll have to wait for a while (2021 maybe) to buy a second 2000 (pro or old). I’m not very impressed with the Polk since the frequency response on them is 30-125. I like to run the kefs with a 200hz crossover and subs set to max (lfe).
Knowing everything that I’ve told you I need your expert comments and suggestions for getting better low frequencies.
Well a few words about myself. I started my home theater setup from a Preowned 2004 model onkyo 7.1 speakers for a steal. The woofer didn’t sound that great so I picked up a paradigm woofer (8 inch paradigm) with Onkyo N727 in 2014.
After that I shifted houses and upgraded system bit by bit, so the differences though as subtle and ignored by the wife, happened.
Fast forward 2020, I have managed to rake up a few good components. They might be a little underperforming but I need the acceptance of the wife and the wow factor for me. We live in an apartment with a rectangular 23x13x10 dedicated room with 2 rows of recliners. Though I wished for the Elac FS or the BS or a combo the wife disagreed coz of the size. She wanted something sleek and out of the way. So came the kef T205 with a pair of t101 for sb and a pair of Taga in ceiling for a setup of 7.1.2 with Yamaha A3070. I always wanted a big CinemaScope screen as dessert, so I did what any brave man would’ve done. Got the Epson5040ub and 133” SI Dlack Diamond 1.4 (wife wouldn’t let me color the room dark and the marble on the floor is white). I did have a friend hand me a Klipsch 10 inch subwoofer as well.
CURRENT BUILD
SI BLACK DIAMOND 1.4 /2.35:1 /133’
EPSON 5040UB
YAMAHA A3070
KEF 301x3 as front sound stage
KEF 101x4 as surround and back surround
Taga x2 in ceiling ( forget the name and wattage but I think 100w)
KEF T2 sub in front and right 1/3rd of the room
Klipsch Reference 10” on the back left corner of the room
ROOM 23X13X10
2 rows of seating
Front row recliners starting at about 15’ full recline takes the head to about 17’-18’
Back row recliners (barely used) are up against the wall
MLP is about 17 feet and offset to the left by about a foot.
Flooring is White Marble.
Right wall is all glass.
Left wall has first 8 feet dry wall then a gap and then 8 feet of concrete/ solid wall
Ceiling is Solid concrete
I hope I’ve given an over detailed description of the room, but I do want to show my commitment to the problem at hand. So the 2 subs aren’t really making it rumble. I guess they are underpowered for the room and I just want to get a confirmation about the same. Obviously from the subwoofers in the market one subwoofer brand stands out. It’s probably over discussed and hence I want to get some fact checks.
Honestly I’m from a country where the SVS is sold at a premium. The PB1000 is about Rs70,000 and PB2000 is Rs1,20,000. I’m sure the return policy that’s offered in the US also won’t apply. I also believe the PB2000 pro just hit the market in the states, supposedly with an upgrade. It’s currently unavailable (not priced either) in India and I could wait if it’s really worth it. The pricing till now has shown a trend of 2x US prices so I’m guessing it’ll be about 1,30,000.
I’d like to know when SVS claims pb2000 pro has 550w rms and 1500 peak is it really going to sound x times better (louder and chest thumping) than the Klipsch (300w peak)?
WHich of the following do you suggest I buy?
Pair of PB 1000
1 PB 2000
Wait for the pb2000 pro
A friend suggested Polk dsw 550 @ Rs77,000 a pair.
If you ask I can probably only afford one of the PB2000 and I’ll have to wait for a while (2021 maybe) to buy a second 2000 (pro or old). I’m not very impressed with the Polk since the frequency response on them is 30-125. I like to run the kefs with a 200hz crossover and subs set to max (lfe).
Knowing everything that I’ve told you I need your expert comments and suggestions for getting better low frequencies.