SVS 25-31 is a BEAST

the3rdpower · 12-06-06, 09:39 AM

Well SVS shipped me a 25-31 and let me just say the thing is a hideous looking beast! For my application it was just WAY too big... I pictured the unit being much smaller - I was completely wrong. The thing looks like an oil barrel. Now no disrespect because upon hooking it up my apartment complex felt like it was going to shake from the very foundation the 6 story building was planted to. The thing is so strong pictures throughout my 800 sq foot pad magically left their homes and fell to the floor. The bass is incredible - crystal clear and strong... your chest feels like it's going to cave in from the pressure! So this is going back for a WAF approved SB-12-Plus in piano black
finish.

If I had a dedicated HTC room 500+ SQ ft I would consider this unit... otherwise stick witha PB10...

BTW - SVS customer service is easily the best online buying experience I have ever had - these guys made the return so easy I didn't even have to blink an eye on the exchange.

Jack Gilvey · 12-06-06, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Well SVS shipped me a 25-31 and let me just say the thing is a hideous looking beast! For my application it was just WAY too big... I pictured the unit being much smaller - I was completely wrong. The thing looks like an oil barrel.

Hah.

Well, the easiest way to get high-performance bass for a reasonable price is by allowing lots of cabinet space/efficiency in the design...as you noticed from its performance. Still, a big tube ain't everyone's cup o' tea.

bgillyjcu · 12-06-06, 11:58 AM

I think the big tubes look sweet. Put that in a corner and people are like WOW ....then they hear it and their JAWS hit the floor.

I'm Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy I'm only 27 with no WAF yet!!!!

rockemsockem · 12-06-06, 12:54 PM

You must have never seen this picture :-)

bgillyjcu · 12-06-06, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rockemsockem

You must have never seen this picture :-)

That picture is priceless....

TJEli · 12-06-06, 01:48 PM

My wife let me have dual 20-39s in our family/theater room. Then she let me have dual PB12 +/2s.

She is so use to living with me that when the new JL arrived she commented that it looked "funny" because it was so small.

-Eli

---k--- · 12-06-06, 01:55 PM

You thinking that your SVS is big is making many DIYers laugh. That is small!

Don't take that as an insult, just the truth.

And remember, when you want to add a second one, just start by showing your wife a picture of SteveCallas's monster. She will quickly agree to the baby SVS.

cschang · 12-06-06, 01:57 PM

Here is a picture I took a couple of years ago in my livingroom. PB12plus, VTF-3MK1, and STF-2.

LeeLee · 12-06-06, 03:05 PM

try laying your 25-31 on its side, and take off the base plate.
it becomes "smaller" that way.

Relatively speaking.

I have a 20-39 and it actually hides underneath a coffee table that I have in the corner of my room. It fits well and all my guests think I must have one of those tiny little subs that they can't find.

Flageborg · 12-06-06, 03:32 PM

SVS 25-31 PCPlus is a tiny little tube.............

Here you can see it - placed in the middle - between Dual Center Speakers

ransac · 12-06-06, 03:43 PM

Impressive!!! I'll bet you don't have a problem with snow accumulating on your roof.

thebland · 12-06-06, 04:01 PM

That room has to be an acoustical nightmare!! wow..No absorption and and those walls on the roof line...

RMK! · 12-06-06, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Flageborg

SVS 25-31 PCPlus is a tiny little tube.............

Here you can see it - placed in the middle - between Dual Center Speakers

Isn't it good? / Norwegian wood?

ransac · 12-06-06, 07:24 PM

Flageborg, you really need to make a video of you walking up to this wall and plugging in your iPod to drive it all.

Darin · 12-06-06, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ransac

Flageborg, you really need to make a video of you walking up to this wall and plugging in your iPod to drive it all.

LOL, I was thinking more along the lines of putting a 13" TV on top of the SVS (in between the two center channels, of course).

ransac · 12-06-06, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Darin

LOL, I was thinking more along the lines of putting a 13" TV on top of the SVS (in between the two center channels, of course).

That would be funny, too. I noticed the DVDs in the rack, but no TV. So how about a 13" B&W with aluminum foil wrapped rabbit ears.

Ooops. Looks like the white bar under the top Center is a pull-down screen.

Darin · 12-06-06, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ransac

I noticed the DVDs in the rack, but no TV.

It just doesn't jump out at you.

TJEli · 12-06-06, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ransac

That would be funny, too. I noticed the DVDs in the rack, but no TV. So how about a 13" B&W with aluminum foil wrapped rabbit ears.

There is a pull down screen hanging from the ceiling. But yet, that would be funny.

-Eli

ransac · 12-06-06, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by TJEli

There is a pull down screen hanging from the ceiling. But yet, that would be funny.

-Eli

Yea. Just noticed that and edited my last post. Well winter is setting in, maybe Flageborg will take some of our advice and give us all a chuckle.

TheEAR · 12-06-06, 07:50 PM

Flageborg,

Yes the SVS is huge to those who upgrade from tiny subs,I wonder how it all sounds.I have two rooms even fuller of audio goodies! Fun to see I am not alone

You need more subs!

afrogt · 12-06-06, 08:10 PM

Flageborg,

Is that a Newcastle receiver?

I always look for the little things in life.

DrPainMD · 12-06-06, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rockemsockem

You must have never seen this picture :-)

Nice pic

, I love my 25-31PCi

(btw , thats a 12x12x12 8" Advent sub next to it)

DrPainMD · 12-06-06, 08:10 PM

oops double post

ninefivezero · 12-06-06, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by TheEAR

I have two rooms even fuller of audio goodies! Fun to see I am not alone

Lets see pictures

TheEAR · 12-06-06, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ninefivezero

Lets see pictures

Sorry not now,I have to make them presentable. They look like a grand mess.

ransac · 12-06-06, 09:19 PM

How would your wife react if it looked like these?

OvalNut · 12-06-06, 09:27 PM

.... ooooohhh, the Blondes.

Tim

ransac · 12-06-06, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by OvalNut

.... ooooohhh, the Blondes.

Tim

Time to introduce some of the noobs to what used to be available, and may be reintroduced.

rockemsockem · 12-06-06, 09:41 PM

Don't hurt 'em Randy.

They ain't ready for that :-)

micah3sixty · 12-06-06, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Don't hurt 'em Randy.

They ain't ready for that :-)

LOL!

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the3rdpower Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 135	SVS 25-31 is a BEAST Well SVS shipped me a 25-31 and let me just say the thing is a hideous looking beast! For my application it was just WAY too big... I pictured the unit being much smaller - I was completely wrong. The thing looks like an oil barrel. Now no disrespect because upon hooking it up my apartment complex felt like it was going to shake from the very foundation the 6 story building was planted to. The thing is so strong pictures throughout my 800 sq foot pad magically left their homes and fell to the floor. The bass is incredible - crystal clear and strong... your chest feels like it's going to cave in from the pressure! So this is going back for a WAF approved SB-12-Plus in piano black finish. If I had a dedicated HTC room 500+ SQ ft I would consider this unit... otherwise stick witha PB10... BTW - SVS customer service is easily the best online buying experience I have ever had - these guys made the return so easy I didn't even have to blink an eye on the exchange.

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bgillyjcu AVS Special Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cleveland Ohio Posts: 2,819	I think the big tubes look sweet. Put that in a corner and people are like WOW ....then they hear it and their JAWS hit the floor. I'm Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy I'm only 27 with no WAF yet!!!! __________________ UPDATED 11/01/2008 --New Pictures of my new dedicated home theater!!! MY NEW Dedicated HOME THEATER My OLD Living Room HT Pictures

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TJEli My house hates me Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Iron Mountain, Michigan Posts: 1,119	My wife let me have dual 20-39s in our family/theater room. Then she let me have dual PB12 +/2s. She is so use to living with me that when the new JL arrived she commented that it looked "funny" because it was so small. -Eli __________________ AV Nut

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---k--- AVS Special Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,475	You thinking that your SVS is big is making many DIYers laugh. That is small! Don't take that as an insult, just the truth. And remember, when you want to add a second one, just start by showing your wife a picture of SteveCallas's monster. She will quickly agree to the baby SVS. __________________ -Ryan My CJD Khanspires - A Dayton RS28/RS150/RS225 WMTMW My CJD Khancenter - A Dayton RS28/RS150/RS180 WTMW Center My CJD In-Khan-Neatos - A Dayton RS180/RS150/RS28 In/On Wall MTW

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LeeLee Greedy Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,306	try laying your 25-31 on its side, and take off the base plate. it becomes "smaller" that way. Relatively speaking. I have a 20-39 and it actually hides underneath a coffee table that I have in the corner of my room. It fits well and all my guests think I must have one of those tiny little subs that they can't find.

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TheEAR *** subwoofer madman Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Montreal,CANADA Posts: 3,322	Flageborg, Yes the SVS is huge to those who upgrade from tiny subs,I wonder how it all sounds.I have two rooms even fuller of audio goodies! Fun to see I am not alone You need more subs! __________________ Ask yourself mortal , do you have as much displacement as me ? The answer is no unless you have a Windmere fan sub.

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afrogt AVS Special Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 7,187	Flageborg, Is that a Newcastle receiver? I always look for the little things in life.

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