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  1. Race Bannon

    Ported or Not? SVS PB16 Ultra or SB16 Ultra?

    Well, thanks for all the technical insight and patience -- I got it in last week but it took me a while to get it tested and calibrated. I have found that once you have a subwoofer that is first class, you become obsessed with tuning and messing with it, to see if you have perfection for the...
  2. Race Bannon

    Ported or Not? SVS PB16 Ultra or SB16 Ultra?

    If I'm hooked up single LFE, isn't it the case that I can't do any of this at the SVS subwoofer? Do I need to hook up L-R separate line outs in order to calibrate at the subwoofer? And I suppose I could do the same adjustments at the preamp. I have no idea how to make sense of something like...
  3. Race Bannon

    Ported or Not? SVS PB16 Ultra or SB16 Ultra?

    Package received -- still need to get it going and calibrated this weekend. Do you guys think the bass management in my Emotiva UMC-200 is probably fine? I was looking at all the adjustment features the app provides, but I don't think I need to mess with that if I'm using the LFE from my...
  4. Race Bannon

    Ported or Not? SVS PB16 Ultra or SB16 Ultra?

    SHOTS FIRED. Order inbound. Went with SB (unported) purely for size/aesthetics.
  5. Race Bannon

    Ported or Not? SVS PB16 Ultra or SB16 Ultra?

    No, it's been a busy week at work. I'm going to relish the process.
  6. Race Bannon

    Ported or Not? SVS PB16 Ultra or SB16 Ultra?

    Wow. Based on the comments, I got serious about actually translating the measurements into my space -- held up the tape measure everywhere the sub would go, both sizes. THAT PORTED ONE IS HUGE. I have a big room, but it's going to look like a mini-fridge in there. I've decided to get the...
  7. Race Bannon

    Ported or Not? SVS PB16 Ultra or SB16 Ultra?

    That's good advice, and I will probably do that. I'm just not even sure why they make both -- ported and non-ported. It seems like if ported is better performing, they would go all-ported in their entire line. But they seem to always adhere to this "two choices" option as if there's a...
  8. Race Bannon

    Ported or Not? SVS PB16 Ultra or SB16 Ultra?

    <<checks back for replies>> sigh le sad
  9. Race Bannon

    Ported or Not? SVS PB16 Ultra or SB16 Ultra?

    I've pretty much decided to pull the trigger on perhaps the nicest subwoofer ever, the top of the top of SVS's line. I just can't decide whether to get the larger, and ported, PB16 Ultra or the SB16 Ultra. I have a large cavernous room (vaulted ceiling), with parquet flooring over a slab...
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