A whole afternoon in Graceland! Another great Saturday spent with Kapitana Mike and his gorgeous sounding SVS products!
We spent many hours testing and evaluating the new SVS speakers and subs.......so here's, some highlights of the day:
SVS S-series 02:
SCS-02 - compared to the 01s, I did find a bit of high frequency extension on the 02s compared to the 01s.
Checking the specs revealed that the 02s have a higher 23khz Ferro-fluid cooled tweeter compared to the 20khz silk soft tweeter of the 01s. Obviously, a new xover for the 02s
Details float in 3D! Nice!
Metal Grilles - the driving force behind the company's 02 launch. Sonics remain the same with or without the metal grilles - true performance grilles that would even stop accidental handling and rowdy kids playing around them.
It truly hightens the quality of the S-series to the next level!
Beautiful!
STS-02 (towers) - finally heard the S-series towers........and wow!
Having the same SQ of the SCS but with more depth, more full body and louder/bigger soundstage due to a much higher sensitivity than the SCS. Definitely the king of the S-series speakers with its metal grille as its crown!
Both Mike and I really had fun with the STS that we didnt dare connect the speaker wires back to the wall hanged SCS
In addition, the STS base stand with included spike/shoe hardware really rounds up the beauty of this sexy tower
Both music and movies just sounds great with the STS that we just ended our evaluation with just playing around with it and didnt mind the absence of any SSS or SBS speakers to test.
Next trip to Graceland will definitely include the SSS-02 dipole as well as the SBS-02 bookshelves
SB12nsd sealed subwooferThe biggest highlight for me was even prior to testing the SVS 02 speakers - this was when we evaluated the new SB12 subwoofer
I nicknamed the SB12 as the "happy" little subwoofer - 'coz it literally made me happy all over
With music, the SB12 is hard to beat in its extension and output that I find it more superior to the pb10nsd in all aspects. Playing 80's music brought me back to my car audio days of having a sealed JL audio in my trunk - ohhh, memories!
With movies, I was amazed in how that little 14" cubed box could rattle many fixtures in Mike's almost 40sqm living/demo room!
Mike do suggest that if you have a sealed/dedicated HT/audio setup of less than 20sqm - this would be the perfect sub for you!
The SB12nsd is indeed a fun subwoofer that I would highly recommend as an all around subwoofer!
It may not be as accurate as a pb12, but it has that "gapang" decay that a lot of you will enjoy
