Last year, I hosted an EB which featured 2 x SVS PB13 Ultra subwoofers of Mike C. That was the deepest bass that I ever felt in my room. Actually, there are not that many movie scenes with such deep bass and Pinoydvd members are, by now, quite familiar with a lot of them, including Master and Commander, Incredible Hulk, War of the Worlds, Flight of the Phoenix and The Haunting.
The 2 Ultras shook my room with deep but controlled bass. It wasn’t just SPL but bass below 20 Hz. In fact, the Ultras were tuned to 15 Hz. It’s really quite a unique experience to experience this type of bass because in normal life, wala namang dinosaurs or Hulk or ghost or alien so I guess you need to hear a cannon roar and that’s pretty rare. Being able to experience this in your own room, at will, is pretty cool.
I wasn’t really planning to get 2 Ultras but recently, one thing led to another and within 24 hours, I had the 2 Ultras in my HT (someone else got the third Ultra na nasa pic na kinuha ni Iiinas). I didn’t realize till yesterday that each Ultra weighs 155 pounds and I had to bring this up to the third floor. I had to use 5 people to do it.
I swapped my 2 x SVS PB12-NSD subs with the 2 Ultras (2 PB12's will be up for sale soon). This means that I now have 2 Ultras and 2 Paradigm Servo-15 v2 subs. The key was to match each Ultra with a Paradigm and then make sure that the Ultras were slightly louder than the Paradigms.
I calibrated the speakers with Audyssey MultEQ Pro and the charts showed that at 15 Hz, the subs were only 3 db down – that is exceptionally good. Next was the listening test and sure enough, I achieved the same bass shake as during last year’s SVS EB. It’s pretty incredible, especially with The Haunting.
Next time na lang ang pictures. Anyway … it’s black.
So that’s the story of my minor upgrade. Susunod ang story ng MAJOR MAJOR upgrade but I think that will require some pictures.
