yeah in other words.. XX * 15% * 10% . not XX * (15%+10%).. now u learn something new again.. but yeah.. the support ppl (3 of them) from svs are VERY helpful ppl kept on emailing me this morning apologizing and talking me through which subs i should go for.. vvery nice..

This post has been edited by callmevil: Aug 12 2008, 08:44 PM

Told ya.. The SVS people are really friendly, I'm also impressed with their customer service. But I only dealt with Erik. Maybe he's too busy this time.

Erik, Ron (Co-Founder, SVS), and Alex (Customer Service) attended to my cry this morning haha so good service, kena offer freebies by that alex guy

This post has been edited by callmevil: Aug 12 2008, 08:53 PM

and note that xx = purchase price + shipping cost = cif price

Erik is the co-owner/director right? Kinda strange that top management replies to your email.

Yup. Must include shipping cost too. In other words, everything you paid for the thing.

lol yah erik is co-owner/director from what his sig says.. i dunno why they replied, i was surpised too but.. all good~ haha

funniest testing pic i see for the svs (testing the 20hz)

Walau 20Hz? What they wanna test? See can punch a hole on the floor?
Look like a piling machine to me jk

Just curious what they use as audio source, 20Hz...signal generator?

This post has been edited by ongbs: Aug 13 2008, 04:24 AM

Nice but kinda overkill for normal home use

no idea what they use to test.. maybe theres a reference disc they use.. but i do see a mic being layed on the ground in the picture.
haha about it being overkill.. nahhh its just the height, but in terms of floor space its quite space efficient.. eheehe

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Added on August 13, 2008, 6:07 ambro, may i ask how the sub is for u? btr than expected? below expectation? hard to calibrate? etc?

This post has been edited by callmevil: Aug 13 2008, 06:07 AM

This how the professional reviewers test the subs. That thing make the hair on my neck stands up.

There are a lot of calibration discs with 20Hz test tones, my DVE HD Basic calibration disc also have it.

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Added on August 13, 2008, 6:07 am
bro, may i ask how the sub is for u? btr than expected? below expectation? hard to calibrate? etc?

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yes, the sub meets my expectation. I was worried initially since not able to test, but reading from the glowing comments made by svs owners in other forums, i decided to take the risks. I also bought together with the sub the bettercable sub interconnect - length 5 metres - can play around with the placement of the sub. also bought the avia/spl meter bundle.
It is not difficult to calibrate the sub. the manual is quite comprehensive. The sub comes with parametric equaliser(peq). but i didnt use it. havent try it yet. need to plot the frequency response curve first before can use this facility. Now since i have avr with built-in audyssey mult- eq, i dont think it is necessary to use the sub's peq

I am planning to get the bettercables from them as well but... is the SPL /avia useful to u? if yes i might get it too.. just worried that it might complicate things.. :\

ure avr got audyssey?? denon is it??

spl meter is a must-have item for calibration..as for the avia..not necessary
my avr is onkyo..got built-in audyssey..settings are done automatically..in this case, spl meter is not necessary but still useful to have the spl meter..u can crosscheck the settings done by the audyssey

is audyssey = to ypao?

i dont know about yamaha's ypao. in the case of audyssey multeq, it is supposed to measure the room characteristics and apply correction accordingly

Both Denon and Onkyo use Audissey ar?

YPAO is Yamaha's own auto-calibration tool, same as Audissey. Quite accurate actually.

One note, make sure your AVR properly warmed up before doing calibration, this to make sure the AVR is in normal operating condition. And of course, be quiet! (I actually left the room once I clicked "Start").

Aiman, I wonder if you don't leave the room but stay there quietly...the amp will notice you are there and give you different setting

Anyway, as accurate as it can be, I always don't agree with ypao setting. Suka suka set my speakers to large, crossover at 160hz

My YPAO is quite accurate, all speakers correctly set to small, distance, level, etc. Though the crossover was never right, I agree on that. It sets the crossover to be 100Hz. That's why I've been saying many times, use the YPAO first, then make changes where appropriate.

Maybe you should leave the room? Your breathing too loud! No really, I read somewhere that if possible, leave the room, not really sure why.

ok.. been meaning to ask.. what does "crossover" mean?? alot of speaker forum talks about setting crossover bla bla bla.. but i dont know what it means..

also.. what constitute as Large speakers?

large spk= full range spk can produce bass.
Small spk= mid to high range, no bass normally those small sat spk.