SVS is best known for subwoofers that provide outstanding value for money, but today we are going to look at, er… listen to their $1550/£1300 Prime Tower Surround home theater speaker package. Two Prime Towers ($1000/£819), two Prime Satellites ($270/£219), and one Prime Center ($350/£289) are included in the kit. This shaves around $120/£27 off the à la carte price. […]
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I’ll be honest. I usually avoid audio cable reviews because, well… they are generally fluff. There just isn’t any value to be had from getting riled up reading about the unicorn mane and dodo tears that went into the manufacture of an over-priced bit of metal. But, when I saw SVS‘s new SoundPath cables reviewed on Reference Home Theater, I […]
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Directional speakers aren’t a new concept, they are quite common for in-wall installations, but this is the first “normal” speaker application I’ve seen and I think it’s a fantastic idea. While we would all love to have the perfectly shaped theater room, or even dedicated space and that’s where a directional speaker can make a mountain of difference. If you’re […]
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Good audio cables and accessories don’t have to be expensive. In fact they don’t even have to be that high quality, as long as you’ve caveated properly. That said, coat hangers are hard to work with (unless your car needs opening, in which case…), and frankly they don’t look very nice either. Thankfully there’s a lot of space between that, […]
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It’s probably not fair for me to pick at the intro paragraph to a review of two SVS center channels, but frankly it just grated. I’ve believed, and stated myriad times publicly, that the center channel is the most important speaker in the mix for the majority of common multi-channel use cases. If you listen to TV, movies, or anything […]
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Now SVS is a speaker company, specializing in subwoofers, so you might to take their guidance with a grain of salt. That said the write-up seems pretty balanced, and concludes with a solid “it depends” which is always a good sign. Which subwoofer type is better – sealed or ported? An evergreen discussion topic on the forums and blogs, there […]
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I have heard amazing things about SVS kit (pun intended), so I must admit that I had some reservations about posting about this contest (fewer entries, better odds and all that). Fortunately for you readers, my sharing side got the better of me. SVS speakers are very popular on AVS Forum, and for good reason—they provide tremendous performance at […]
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