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hi pmbuko - from the chart at SVS website (http://www.svsubwoofers.com/subs_pci_performance.htm), it looks like the 25-31 and the 20-39 are pretty close, with the 25-31 having slightly higher SPLs for the 40+ Hz range and the 20-39 having higher SPL for the below 25Hz range. Are you saying this is a pretty significant difference that the 25-31 has in the 40+ Hz region ?

Also, if the 25-31 is custom tuned to 22 like JohnK suggested, then wouldn't it become even more close to the 20-39 (actually, it might lose something in the higher range since it has a smaller volume than the 39 ?)
Will an vanilla 25-31 still have some reasonable energy at the 20 Hz or should I ask for the custom tuning ? I am hoping to pick one of these two if I can get my wife to sign off on the cylindrical sub idea ;-)
Otherwise, I'll have to look at the much heavier (and more expensive) PB-ISD1 box.

cheers.

Seek, you've got it about right looking at the curves. Not that it would make a big difference, but the 22hz tuning would increase output a bit around 20hz and decrease it a bit up around 40-50hz. Flatter and more extended is a little better, although the standard 25-31 does have significant output at 20hz.

On appearance questions, note that a cylinder can be placed horizontally with the driver in the corner, if that's more acceptable.

SVS is known for their excellent customer service. I'd try giving them a call. They'll talk you through all your options and recommend the best sub for you situation.

I sent them some questions on friday with a diagram of my room as well. But haven't heard back from them yet -- I even sent a reminder today. We'll see if they get back to me... I want to make a decision quickly so I hope they come thro'.

this would be the first time that I have heard that they have not gotten back to someone within hours. Maybe they got hit with the blaster virus.

yeah. it is kinda weird after all the good comments I have heard about them here. My friday email was addressed to Ron (and it was copied to Eric and Tom as well since Ron had copied them in replying to my previous email). I sent the reminder today only to Ron.

I'm actually very surprised by this. Every time I have emailed SVS (roughly 7-10 of them) they have responded within 16 hours. I tend to send off emails at 12:PAC and they are eastern, so makes quick replies even harder. Either way, they have always been super helpful - and I'll state again, QUICK!

I hope this is just some fluke (lost in the mail? lol) -

Could be their e mail service is down. The Internet and e mail services have been spotty since the attack of the worms and viruses. I know my ISP has been up for only about 20% of the time since August 16.

Too bad I'm not in Ohio. I would be over there really quick to fix their computers. The only payment I'd ask for is a PB2+, or two.

Hey Audioseeker;

Someone let me know that we seem to have left a prospective customer hanging without a reply. I checked and we don't seem to have any note with a diagram attached that we didn't reply to in the last week and we don't know your email address (so we don't know if it was a note we did reply to). The latest email worms have definitely tied up a lot of email servers; ours haven't been knocked out but some notes might be getting lost in the internet ether.

Ron is tied up today so he might not have seen the reminder you sent yet either. Please send the diagram and email to me at erik@svsubwoofers.com and I will make sure that we address it immediately.