PB-2000 Pro 12" Ported Subwoofer - Black Ash

Excellent sub for the price. Sounds fantastic in my medium sized media room.

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.

Stunning, clear, punchy, powerful bass out of the box... I have been using a Def Tech Supercube I for years for my theater, and 2x B&W ASW610's for music.. I switch between the two depending on my listening needs, sometimes all 3 if the movie calls for it. The SC 1 is amazing for movies, but is too boomy and in-articulate for music so I use it for that only. The B&Ws have great sound, but are not very powerful. Just don't have that awe factor during music. Sure, jazz and rock are pretty good on those, but they fall short with any bass heavy music. And I wanted to simplify my system. If you don't listen to heavy bass stuff, then B&Ws probably are for you... In comes the PB-2000 Pro. After just one good review after another, and some that said the SVS is just good at everything, they were not kidding... So I had to pick one up. This thing out performs all 3 subs I had, even when they were all on at the same time. It's louder, punchier, deeper, has amazing flexibility on music genres, movies, shows, etc.... It has the subtlety to do jazz, classical, and other non-bass heavy music. It slams when you need it!!! Movies, well not only is it louder and more impactful than the Def Tech, its sound quality really does make a big difference. Explosions go deeper, but somehow sounds better than the Def Tech. The DT can hit hard, you feel it in your chest, but so does this SVS. And it does it with such high quality sound that I was really taken back. I did not expect the deepest frequencies to sound as good as they do from the SVS. I was even thinking about getting 2 of these, but this one sub is so darn impressive that I am going to use that other $1k for bass traps and room treatment. I have yet to really do any fiddling around with the settings either... I have it on the defaults. I will be doing some refinement, but at the moment I am really shocked how good this sub sounds without any calibration and break in (SVS doesn't really believe in that tho). Update: I put up sound panels throughout my entire theater and the bass is nothing short of stunning. The sub has a room correction feature in the DSP that I no longer have to use because I treated the room bass modes. It now sounds even tighter yet can still hit the really low frequencies without sounding overpowering and boomy.

I already had a 12 inch Klipsch subwoofer that was decent. But I kept hearing how SVS was just in another league. I grabbed this expecting it to blow my 300 dollar Klipsch subwoofer out of the water. I was expecting the air pressure to change in my room. My curtains to move and feel my chest shake. What I actually got was just cleaner bass that found the lows a little better and was a little sharper on the kicks. It was impressive how it separated some of the details of the bass in music but didn't really have much more power than my Klipsch subwoofer. So if your wanting hardcore room shaking bass you can probably get it cheeper. But if you want super clean bass then you will love these. I ended up returning mine and going back to my 300 dollar Klipsch subwoofer.

It seems like a quality peace of equipment. It produces room shaking bass. Maybe a little bit of overkill for the smaller room, I have it in.

I've never heard this much bass from one subwoofer. Really good quality of the finish and the woofer itself. I wish they included metal grills with these subs and not only the higher tier ones. The app is what makes it so good for the price. Phase (0°-180°) is adjustable through the app. You have EQ so you can do kinda like a roll off, boost sub-bass or just fix nulls in some frequencies.

Attempts to contact the seller has not been responded to. Appears the subwoofer was sent that may have been used/returned previously (not new). While subwoofer works, it has cosmetic damage on woodgrain and the speaker grill does not mount flush due to a rubber insert that is not installed correctly. Have called SVS and they referred me back to vendor. Because shipped by Amazon, sold by third party vendor stuck in limbo (vendor not responding/addressing issue with damage and/or fact unit was used before.

This subwoofer is awesome!!!! Purchased this subwoofer to replace a JBL 12' powered sub. This sub is quite large but sounds great. It provides great background base for tv watching while packing a huge punch when needed. This sub will shake the house with crisp clear low bass. Really like the ease of adjusting setting with the easy-to-use Bluetooth app. If I had the space, I would buy a 2nd one. Well worth the price and highly recommended.