SVS Convert ?

With such a large portion of your usage going to movies, I would go with the PB12-Nsd. As long as you have room for it. I had the cylinder version and it was great with movies and music.

My bedroom PB12 NSD sure rocks.

I upgraded to a PB12-NSD and its just amazing, the bass is exceptionally clean and it sounds excellent with music or movies. I would say it edges towards sounding slightly better with movies. Audioholics review on the PB12-NSD rate the sub for LARGE spaces 3000-5000 cubic feet. I don't know what your room size is, but if you numbers fit into that range or below, I think you'll be very happy. I'm in a 1000 cubic foot room and it easily pressurizes the space, I have to turn the dial down quite a bit because it can get very loud!

It may be useful to you to know that I did try the SB12-NSD, but returned it because it just didn't have the kind of output for movies to make me happy. Anyhows, once I tried the PB12, output problem solved. Check out the audioholics review on this sub, if you haven't already, for more specifics on the performance of this sub:

http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/s...ofers/pb12-nsd

You would need dual SB12 NSDs to match the PB12 NSD. Dual SB12s would easily out perform a single PB12 NSD from 40-80 Hz, match or slightly exceed at 30-35Hz, From 20-25 Hz, a single PB12 NSD would out perform dual SB12-NSDs.

I say go from either the PC12 or PB12 NSD.

Congrats, you made a great choice. Please share your impressions once you get it setup. Room placement is key!

"Get ready for the big surprise." -- Arnold Schwartzenegger, Total Recall

Congrats on your new sub! The PB12-NSD should work very well in your HT space.


Nope. If you can integrate the Velo into the rest of your set-up, go for it!

good going.

I would just use the PB12 alone for a while and see how you like it. If you want to use two subs, it's usually best to have two subs that sound similar, but integrating the old Velo can be done if you are careful that one doesn't overpower the other

The PB12-nsd has an rca line out which can be fed to your Velo for as dual sub rig.

Wow only 3 days from ordering till arrival

Yes I think you will be very happy. Get that bad boy setup and rewatch some favorite movies and see what you been missing.

I just ordered a pb12 nsd can't wait for it arrive. This is my first post

SVS does great job with shipping and customer support.

SVS makes a well-built product. I wouldn't worry so much about break-in. Your room isn't huge and you'd really have to push that sub hard to find its limits. My room is 11.5 x 14 x 8 and beyond a certain volume it will drive me the heck out of there.

How's the PB12-NSD holding up? I'm thinking about purchasing one to upgrade my old Polk PSW505.

Hey man. I didn't start this thread, but I did buy a PC12-NSD last December, so I can tell you how it's been going for me.

My listening area is just south of 1500 cubic feet, with a six foot opening to the rest of my small apartment. The listening position is three feet from the rear wall, about 12 feet from the sub; the sub's position is just inside my left main, about 25 inches from the front wall and about 30 inches from the left wall.

I've spent the last year collecting movies from the Master List thread. The novelty hasn't worn off. Just recently I started running movies on my system without Dynamic Volume, opting instead just to turn the sub channel down, because lately I've enjoyed the originally recorded dynamics, even at a lower master volume. Anyway, holy smokes, some of the heavy hitters, (War of the Worlds, How To Train Your Dragon, Hot Fuzz, Live Free Or Die Hard, etc.) have me rolling the sub channel down to -10, that's against an Audyssey recommendation of -5. Granted, other users in larger spaces, or with bigger bass appetites, which seems around here to be almost everybody, might not be so bowled over by this thing as I still am, but I still am.

There've been no incidents all year--no weird noises or operational hiccups, perfect behavior this whole time. I bought it as a warehouse special, which means it was probably previously owned to begin with, which is even more telling.

Coming here all the time, sometimes I get a touch of that bass greed that tells me to upgrade because there are things I can upgrade to. What's been keeping my wallet heavy this year is the experience I have whenever I actually run my setup. Still thrilled a year later

Once you SVS you never go back. Have a order in for my 2nd SVS sub.

I 'had' a polk sub - the 404 i think was the model. Not impressed by it at all (very boomy and no real SPL to it either). I have the PBUltra-13 and ( about 5 weeks now) a PB12 - NSD. All I can say is, you'll be going to an entirely different class of subwoofer. Hang on to your hat

Thanks for the replies. I just received my PB12-NSD. So far, so good.