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SV Sound SVS PB1-Plus manual Welcome, SV Subwoofers, Ron Stimpson Co-FounderSVS

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Welcome.

From the entire SVS team, congratulations on your pur- chase of the standard in home theater and music bass!

Your new subwoofer isn’t some generic, mass-produced box built someplace you can’t even find on a map. It’s made in Ohio (USA), by home audio enthusiasts... like you. Designed, tested and assem- bled by hand, while using state of the art automation and materials, your SVS is without a doubt one of the best investments you’ll ever make in bringing music and theater home.

What’s more, we’ll help you to set up your sub right, and in no time, you’ll be giving “demos” of your favorite music, DVDs or digital music to all your friends and neighbors (we pity them if you live in an apartment…please, be kind!). This isn’t just a “subwoofer” after all, it’s a carefully designed audio component carefully tuned in our labs, by bass authority and “Sub-human”, Tom Vodhanel.

You’re unlikely to have heard, or felt, bass like this before, unless it was in a top-notch commercial movie theater or high-end (high cost) audio boutique. Movies and music in your home will never be quite the same again. That’s a promise.

Already have a question about your sub? You might answer it by reading this manual; we think you’ll find it more informative than most. For even more detailed discussion about set-up topics check out our FAQs page at www.svsubwoofers.com. We touch on all the key points you need to know, and then some.

Maybe you just want to share a bit of bass news? Or perhaps you have a story about your SV Subwoofer to share with us? Maybe something we missed in our website? No matter, feel free to send a note straight to me: rons@svsubwoofers.com .

It’s not often you can talk to the guys who made your audio compo- nents. In this case, we look forward to it.

Ron Stimpson Co-Founder SVS

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SV Sound SVS PB1-Plus manual Welcome, SV Subwoofers, Ron Stimpson Co-FounderSVS

Contents

Last update 27 January ContentsSVS PB1-PlusPowered Box Single Driver Subwoofer O W N E R S ’ G U I D ERon Stimpson Co-FounderSVS WelcomeSV Subwoofers Page About your SV SubwooferSV Subwoofers DD/DTS Processor/Receiver Setup, calibrating and integrationSV Subwoofers Subwoofer “Out”“Y” cable/splitter from receiver More Setup, calibrating and integrationSV Subwoofers DD/DTS Processor/ReceiverPage Is your receiver connected to the sub amp? Use a well-shieldedRCA cable sometimes called a “patch cord” to connect the subwoofer output of your DD/DTS receiver to either input jack of your subwoofer’s dedicated amplifier. As mentioned earlier, you’ll need to “split” the bass signal with a “Y Cable” if you bought a pair of subs. You only need feed one of the two inputs either Right or Left of any sin- gle Powered Box SVS howeverSV Subwoofers But what’s “too high”?? Tastes vary, and so do movie soundtracks, but your SVS is capable of tremendous levels of low distortion, low frequency bass - far more than most commercial subs. Take advantage of this, especially if you like action movies with lots of “.1” channel LFE action, and give the sub a bit more “bump” during calibration also known as running the sub “hot”. Keep in mind too that the human ear is relatively insensitive to low frequencies. This, coupled with the fact most folks don’t watch mov- ies at Dolby Digital theater reference level loud!, means turning the bass up a few deci- bels usually yields a better movie sound experience SV SubwoofersPage Page your sub, getting these bass wave forms to arrive in a complementary, enhancing fashion is the difficult job of the phase control. Essentially, “phase” varies the tim- ing of the bass waves coming from the sub. But don’t despair if you don’t hear much difference with changes to the phase knob - the effect of bass cancellation will vary by volume and frequency in your room, and no single setting is likely to ever be “perfect”. One simple technique to optimize phase is to find a nice “bassy” loop such as the menu of “Godzilla” and measure the loop’s SPL response at vari- ous bass peaks. As the loop runs, you can have an assistant adjust the phase control. When you see the most response on a given bass passage, typically that’s the setting with the least room-inducedcancellation for the frequencies of the demo loopSV Subwoofers SV Subwoofers PagePage SV SubwoofersSVS PEQ Controls Page SV Subwoofers50Hz - 37.5Hz= 0.33 37.5Hz Stock tune no ports blocked Subsonic Filter and Port TuningSV Subwoofers 25HzSVS PB1-Plustuning chart Bassy demo scenes to die for SV SubwoofersMore Bassy demo scenes SV SubwoofersWarranty SV Subwoofers