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  1. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    I ordered it!:) Finally. I will post an in-depth review as soon as I get it. I can't wait. Unfortunately, given that I'm a little broke at the moment, I did not get the sound pressure meter, so I might need some assistance to calibrate the subwoofer. --Sincerely,
  2. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    I have found that being vastly uninformed on a subject rarely stops a person from spewing forth their opinion. Right, sure, but the guy said that SVS subwoofers were crap without researching the product and without hearing the product. What is his opinion based on? Nothing. It's...
  3. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Yeah, I know, it's just that some support from them at least would have been appreciated. --Sincerely,
  4. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Well, I'm ordering my PB-10 ISD today. I'm getting really excited, that's for sure. However, I am a bit frustrated, no, make that very frustrated, with the comments made towards SVS by my boss. He tells me that SVS subwoofers are going to be crap, and that I'm going to waste my money, etc...
  5. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Oh, Mike, I'm definitely going with the PB-10. No question. Given where I stay, it's a necessary prequisite!:) It's just a few more days until I get payed now. I still have some questions about how I'm going to get this thing to S.A. (I'll speak to Tom V or Erik via email about that). At...
  6. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Shane, Ron hit upon something that troubled me a bit in that I'm thinking if an M&K is remotely interesting and almost affordable to you then a higher up SVS would be the way to go unless I misunderstand how much the South African currency translates to US dollars Well, I had a budget of...
  7. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Thank you for the feedback! Hi Shane Martin, It's nice to have feedback from someone who has had experience with these subwoofers. So, as I had suspected, down low, where, IMO, it counts, the PB-10 ISD will outperform the MX-150 and 350 models in clean output. In the higher bass range...
  8. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Thank you for the input, Tom. I'm sorry if I've pestered you in any way, it's just that I'm really, really excited about the PB-10 ISD. In South Africa, I can get an M&K MX-150 Ultra for about R17000. That is roughly $2575. The MX-350, the subwoofer that I am trying to compare to the PB-10...
  9. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Hi Ed, What the hell is wrong with what I posted? A single 20-39 CS beat an M&K 125. The M&K 150 has the same driver but can handle an additional 25 watts of power and is THX certified. That is what you are paying the extra $ for. That is it. The MK-350 can handle 350 watts, and I simply...
  10. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Hi Tom, How do you know that my assumptions are inaccurate? If they are, please tell me; if you had to guess, how do you think the PB-10 ISD would compare to TN's readings of the 20-39 CS?
  11. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Hi Tom V, Forgive me if I seem a bit aggitated, but I just want to find out the truth here. Please remember that I'm still learning. I don't understand what you are talking about now. If the original driver in the 20-39 is 1-4 db's less clean output than the improved driver, then how...
  12. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Ed, I really appreciate you trying to explain this all to me. I always thought that the more output a subwoofer produces (with a 10% distortion limit), the better. I mean, what is the point of a subwoofer producing massive amounts of distorted bass? That is why I like TN's measurements. I...
  13. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Ed, Why are you talking about mid-bass performance? Are we not talking about deep bass performance here? Even if we were talking about mid-bass figures, the 20-39 CS would achieve 2db's cleaner output compared to the MX-350 (with a 10% limit). So where are you getting this idea that the...
  14. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Hi Tom, Yes, the dB12 is more potent than the ISD driver. But the driver found in the PB-10 is not the same ISD driver found in the PB-12. It's better. As you said in an earlier article, the driver used in the PB-10 is pretty much a dB-10. Using TN's test data confirms that the PB-10 ISD...
  15. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Ok. Tom (or Ed), how would a PB-10 ISD compare to the old SVS 20-39 CS (with the old driver) in terms of clean output? That would pretty much answer everything. Just a few things, though. I have heard that the "new" ISD driver is around 1-4 db's greater clean output compared to the old...
  16. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Yes, you're right, I got the model name wrong. It is the M&K MX-150 and MX-350. Thank you for the response Tom. However, I am a little confused by your response because I remember that there was a thread comparing the M&K MX-350 to one of the older cylinder SVS's, and down low, the SVS...
  17. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Anyone? --Sincerely,
  18. Vaughan Odendaal

    PB-10 ISD vs M&K 150

    Hello, In terms of deep bass extension (and low distortion output), how would the PB-10 ISD compare to the M&K 150 Ultra (or 350 Ultra). Any thoughts would be appreciated. --Sincerely,
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