hah i was given the privilege to butcher a SPL1200R last night.. i calibrated it to 80db and played cloverfield bd at 0db.. i must say its different from my SVS.. first SVS sounded had more OOH and WAAH.. but the SPL.. well to my experience last night la, the SPL had more punch..

i turned on my Lil Jon, T-Pain flacs and to my ears, the SPL sounded better than the SVS for musical bass.. they were somewhat the same on my borcelli and other classical flacs..

in conc.. with my limited knowledge, i can say that the SVS is better for movies as it has the ability to fill the room up with OOH and WAHH.. so u feel more of the movie with it.. (it can scare u). however the SPL is better for music as it really packs a punch of BASS..

/extra, i bottomed the SPL with a scene from the Golden Compass.. had to calibrate it down to 75db.. haha

lol what they didnt mention maybe is.. its easier to bottom the svs than the spl.. haha

But then again, the SPL is over RM2k more expensive compared to your SVS when compared using Malaysian prices. Cepat2 get the Ultra so that you can do another round of comparison

haha calibrated@similar db

Ha! Ha! Ha!

I was kiasu then. Got the material then when do the framing, I say as big as possible.
So, it went to 9feet by 5feet.

HEY for thoose poor ppl who use HTIB with a poor passive sub. One way to improve bass reflection other than putting near corner is by placing some real heavy object on top of the passive sub. This way will certianly help to produce more solid BASS.

I myself have experience it. Better still I add the high-quality spikes to the bottom to produce stable BASS reflection.

A little thinking might improve certain things, save cost and save the earth by reducing number of trees chopping down to produce subs......Ops, I might be killed by so many active sub owners here......in fact, I have dreamed of CHT before.......

i've seen setups with 4 SVS PB13 ultras... siao liao..