SVSPB-2000 Pro 12" Ported Subwoofer (Premium Black Ash)

This sub is smooth with room filling bassWish I had 2 of themHigh quality bass and the app is so nice to dial in what you need

I got my unit from GLAM_AZON who has bricks and mortar store(s) in NJ. the parent company is Electronics Expo. Great to work with! I had a shipping issue and they went above and beyond, by a lot, to make it right. THANK YOU!Now, for the review. The unit was double boxed and securely packed. When I set it up, it was mostly just a matter of plugging in and connecting the line level inputs from my receiver. To get the turning aspects taken care of I played a trailer for the movie Meg 2 which had plenty of explosions and other loud and low sounds so I could hear a variety of things to make sure the response was good across the board. Loaded the SVS Subwoofer Android app, selected movie mode in the menus and hit save. I set the level around 60% and then adjusted the receiver bass and subwoofer level to dial it in while listening to the Meg 2 trailer. When I thought it was about right, watched the actual film. It was a perfect test for this sub, and let me tell you, no disappointment. This is the highest quality audio component I've ever purchased and it really shows. The movie was fantastic and the LFE effects were nothing short of mind blowing. My simple tuning strategy apparently worked excellent because the sub blended seamlessly with the other 5 speakers in my setup, older upper end Polk.Now as far as music goes, didn't have much time to test music but what I did hear sounded very promising. Everything was clear and fast response, and despite being a ported enclosure, not too boomy. Am looking very much forward to turning a preset to work with my typical music which is mostly hard rock and metal. If what I've seen so far is any indication as to the performance I will most likely be beyond happy with the sound. Everything about this unit is confidence inspiring. Not a criticism but an observation, be prepared this thing is GIGANTIC for a 12".Based on my initial impressions, this is a must buy if you only want 1 sub and need to support a larger room. Mine is a 1000 sq ft and this thing didn't break a sweat filling the low end with earth shaking bass you can feel. I'm certainly not an audio equipment geek but am a musician, guitar player, and my ears LOVE the output from this thing. Previously I had a Polk 12 which was only about 150 watts RMS, nothing to write home about. Best decision I ever made in terms of augmenting my audio system.

This thing digs deep and has plenty of power for most spaces. Infrasonic, goes lower than you can hear. Love the built in parametric eq. Not inexpensive that said.

Well, it's been a few months now and the Bluetooth issue hasn't happened since. 5 stars. Would recommend. Now if I can convince the wife we need a second one.....Well, I was planning on waiting quite a while to review this but I guess I'll write it now....I have had this for 21 days now and as of today, the Bluetooth/app connectivity is having issues. The app couldn't connect to the sub, so I turned off my Bluetooth, but the problem persisted. I did a force stop (I'm on android) and still no connectivity. I cleared all app data cache and storage, still no connectivity. I uninstalled the app and reinstalled it, but again, no connectivity. Finally, I turned the switch located on the back of the sub to the off position, let it sit for 30 seconds and turned it back on. That fixed the problem.The Bluetooth connectivity was really what sold me on this sub. I did get it on sale for $950 (allegedly new lol) here on Amazon, which was about $650 more than I really wanted to spend, but I wanted a 12" with some power behind it and figured if I'm gonna spend money on a new sub, I may as well get all the things I want.My wife gave me the green light when I told her there were multiple presets via Bluetooth so I could easily dial it down if she went to bed early or was studying for a test yadda yadda. Having a "day" preset, a "night" preset, and a "party all night" preset has been so useful, but not even a month in and I'm having issues with it???I built a 2.1 stereo with biaxial two way drivers and a 10" 100w sub from scratch (well, I bought the driver's all separately and made a custom tuned box for all of it) and the cheap class d "grade A chinesium" amp that I put in it hasn't had any issues at all in the last 5 years, and it sits out in the garage 24/7 in 110°heat and -10°cold.If this thing fails as soon as it goes out of warranty, I'm gonna be livid. I would only recommend this sub tentatively as of now.The sub continued to play audio, but only on my low volume setting, which is quite low and I had to spend 20 minutes troubleshooting my $950 brand new sub, just to turn the volume up. So there's that.On party mode, I boost the 20hz, 40hz, and 80hz frequencies because those are the frequencies that seem to resonate in my living room. On day mode, I try to tune it to have a nice flat response and use the room gain compensation to help do that also. This thing can crank out some serious raw SPL.BUUUUUuuuut If I'm gonna pay close to or over $1,000 for a speaker, it better work for more than a month. 4 stars because other than this issue, I love the sub. I guess I'll get used to crawling behind the sub every few weeks. In too deep now.

I have a large living room with solely in-ceiling speakers, so I needed a sub capable of reasonable SPL, particularly at sub-30 Hz end of the range. This sub has been great in that regard.I took one star off for a combination of three factors.1) It does not use paired Bluetooth. That of course makes it very easy to connect to via the app; you just start the app and hey there's a subwoofer to connect to. However, it also means if you're in an apartment/condo and anyone else happens to have the SVS app, they can tinker with your sub settings.2) It has no visible light on the front side to indicate it is on. I like to know that the auto detect power is working properly, or more importantly, turning off properly when I'm done, and I can't know that like my old Velodyne.3) It costs a bit more than big name alternatives, but is made in China just like them. Not sure if that's just a reflection on SVS' size, or they take more profit. I'd pay more to have it US-made, if that were an option, but given it isn't, I would have expected pricing that was closer. I'm happy with the purchase, but would prefer to support US biz, and we'll see how it works out long term.

Product arrived with some damage, but the seller immediately took action to make it right. The SVS subwoofer sounds amazing and really makes you feel the movies.