The Official SVS Speakers Thread

[Big Daddy]

Please discuss your SVS speakers in this thread. You can include pictures, reviews, or any other comments regarding your speakers.

Manufacturer’s Website: http://www.svsound.com/products-spks.cfm



Reviews:
http://hometheatermag.com/compactspeakers/708svs/
http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/s...ite/svs-sbs-01

[ack_bak]

Thought I would post my thoughts on my SVS SCS-01 speakers I purchased in late April that replaced a pair of Polk rt600i towers and a Polk cs30i center speaker:

My speakers arrived yesterday morning. The boxes were small and easy to manage and were packed very well (kudos to SVS for not skimping on packaging). Here are my thoughts:
- It was torture, and I mean torture, working from home and making myself wait until the work day was over to unbox them and set them up

- Wow. These speakers (SCS-01's) are much smaller and lighter than my old Polk towers and center. I am not having buyers remorse at this point, but I am wondering if the SVS speakers will be much of an upgrade over the old Polkies...

- The speakers appear to be well made and look good. Wife came down as I was unboxing them and they passed the WAF test!

- I really like the tilt-base for the center speaker. I have a 100" screen and a projector so the center has to sit below the screen. My old Polk center was placed lower than I would have liked, but the SCS center with the tilt base really helps Nice touch SVS (and I like that it is optional).

- I had some old metal stands and the SVS speakers fit pefectly on them. The stands are nice and modern looking and I never used them (they came with a nice TV stand that I used to use with my 56" Samsung DLP before I sold it and got a PJ).

- Got everything hooked up and ready to go around 5:30pm but had to eat dinner, run some errands, and then get the kids to bed and help pickup the house (a 3 and a 1 year old can make some big messes)

- Around 8:30 I calibrated the speakers using my Radio Shack SPL meter and the internal test tones on my Onkyo 605 receiver. So far so good

- I remembered the Avia II disc that SVS sent for free with the speakers and decided to calibrate off their internal sounds as well using the SPL meter. Interestingly enough, I found some minor differences between Avia and the Onkyo test tones. I went with Avia. Everything was close, but four out of the five speakers were off just a decibel or two. Again, nice touch including this disc SVS. Kudos.

- I really debated with crossover settings. With my Polk speakers things seemed to sound good at 100hz all around vs 80hz. I went with 80hz this time all around.

- I did bump up my subwoofer a few decibels above the reference point (75db) that I used for the rest of my speakers. Settled on 78(db's) on the SPL.

- Time for the show! Anticipation was killing me.....

- Decided on Ratatouille on Blu-Ray as I have spent a lot of time with this disc and am very familiar with how it sounded with the Polk speakers.

- Skipped straight to scene 4 (Caught!). Wow! And to think that I was worried that the SVS speakers would not be an improvement over my Polk speakers.... The difference was immediate and apparent as soon as the scene started. First of all, the sound was much cleaner than with the Polks. The dialogue was definitely more audible through the center channel and the overall sound seemed very natural and uncolored to me. I felt the highs were perfect along with the imaging. The Polks were definitely lacking compared to SVS in terms of both imaging and highs, but what I love about the SVS speakers is that it is not forced upon you like I have noticed with Klipsch speakers that I have demoed. I keep coming back to the word natural to describe these speakers, along with balanced. Very impressed. The soundstage was definitely broad enough for my space and seemed slightly broader than the old Polk speakers.

- It was amazing how clear these speakers are. There was a lot going on during this scene in the movie. You have the sound of rain falling. You have shotgun blasts. You have water running. You have the clang of metal on metal. Windows breaking. Thunder. And mixed in all of the above you have dialogue. The SCS-01's did not hesitate once or let me down. Everything came through clear and balanced. Nothing felt overpowering to me at all. Wow. I had every intention of trying out other material but I ended up watching the movie for another 20 minutes just taking everything in My wife came down and wanted to hear them as well so I fired back up the "Caught" scene and she was very impressed as well (my wife is no audiophile). She told me that they definitely sounded better than the old speakers as well and that she was happy that they were smaller

I don't know what else to say except that I am kicking myself for not getting these speakers sooner. Now I feel that I have to go back and watch many of my movies again because of the apparent improvement in sound quality. My wife insisted that we watch both "24" and "Chuck" last night (twist my arm) so I was not able to demo any other movies, but plan on watching another movie tonight.

Overall, I really do not have any complaints. I was worried that the speakers would not play as nice with my RBH 815 in-ceiling speakers, but they really sound great together. I also felt that the eD A2-300 sounded wonderful with these speakers. I truly have no regrets. SVS was great to work with on the phone and I love the fact that they did not cut any corners on these speakers. The look good. They sound great. They were well packaged and the inclusion of the tilt base and the Avia II disc are major pluses. And the price. You cannot beat it. I was listening to speakers that cost almost twice as much as the SVS speakers did and, to me, they sound every bit as good. I really do not see how you can go wrong.

[ceiph]

What was delivered today?!

my 3 svs scs speakers!

after months of researching i finally got my svs scs delivered. ive looked at infinity, polks, def tech, klipsch, b&w, paradigm, and also researched every online company i could think of, eD, axiom, ascend, and aperion. After all that i decided based on my ears, reviews, price vs value, that svs was the speaker for me.

i must say so far im VERY happy with my choice. these speakers sound great, ive never known imaging like this. and dialogue is clear and precise. the great thing is i still have to buy stands and get the speakers set up properly and than even consider room treatments.

i still havnt picked out back speakers, im either going to get the svs sbs for rears, or save for some svs sts (im not sure how the sts can be better than the scs but i want to find out)

also to go with my set up i have

ed a2-300 and a pioneer elite 01. expect a gallery posting in a few weeks when i have things looking respectable

[SammyG]

Nice!

[dolphinc]

Nice, enjoy them

[Johk]

Nice!

Might want to change the eD for an SVS sub! :P

p.s.: I want to see more pics! And I also want your impressions on the AQ!

[ceiph]

Originally Posted by Johk

Nice!

Might want to change the eD for an SVS sub! :P

theres a possibility i may switch to a pc-12.

[Fors*]

I think one of the things with speakers is you really need to listen to them to get a good idea of their "sound," and since SVS is a internet direct company, it makes demo'ing them quite hard to do. I can honestly say I have never heard their sound, so I can't offer much of an opinion on them....but their subs are the best IMO!

[bobbydrugar]

I agree with fors most of the users here will tell ya first things first with speakers is to get out and demo them to see what ya like. The Bass frequencies are a significantly smaller range (not to be mistaken as being easier to get right) and the are more omnidirectional so when it comes to coloring the sound this is a smaller fraction of the overall picture and omnidirectional nature makes the Imaging a much smaller non issue. Good word of mouth advertising and reccomendation is all you really need with a SUB but Speakers getting them to match timber and image correctly that is something that needs to really been heard to be appriciated. At least that was my $0.02 worth.

Thanks,
T

[stiffy12]

So SVS sub's are ****ing amazing!!!!!!!!! How are their speakers

[ryan4blu]

Originally Posted by stiffy12

So SVS sub's are ****ing amazing!!!!!!!!! How are their speakers

not sure if too many ppl have these? but i would think B&W, PSB Paradigm, Dali, Polk, energy, MA would be better than SVS speakers. i know they make amazing subs, not sure and have read no reviews on svs speakers.

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by ryan4blu

not sure if too many ppl have these? but i would think B&W, PSB Paradigm, Dali, Polk, energy, MA would be better than SVS speakers. i know they make amazing subs, not sure and have read no reviews on svs speakers.

Have you checked post #1 lately?