20-39 PCi
Powered Cylinder Subwoofer
The best of both worlds. These subs go nearly as low as the bottom trolling SVS 16-46's, and have nearly the sheer sound pressure level capability of the mighty 25-31's. Want bass as low as nearly anything goes, and want it to move you...literally? Get one, or if you dare (and have a large room) get a pair. You'll have more deep, accurate, and powerful bass than nearly anyone on the planet, excepting those who already have SVS's, and those who spent MUCH more, naturally.
The PCi isn’t just an all-in-one, self-powered subwoofer. It’s the world’s only cylinder based home theater subwoofer with its own cutting-edge amp. Based on the hugely successful SVS Cylinder Series passive subwoofer, the PCi features our new Improved Standard Driver, a custom SVS-designed digital switching amp, and all the other quality touches that made the CS such a hot seller. The PCi continues our tradition (started with the original Powered Cylinder) of providing a level of content which exceeds that in powered subs costing much much more. We don’t waste your hard earned money on expensive glossy magazine ads and television commercials… it all goes instead into the best components we can buy and still keep your next subwoofer affordable. You’ll hear, and feel, the difference this approach makes. That’s a promise.
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SVS 12" NSD Woofer |
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When you are replacing a woofer as tough, as good, and as much a mainstay of our model lines as the venerable award-winning ISD woofer... you take your time, and you build something that's a marked improvement in performance and durability, all while holding the line on cost to the extent you can. The first entry-level 12" woofer good enough to be built by us, and in our own rural-Ohio factory no less. It's all SVS in design. And to say the least, it's a marked improvement, despite the subtle change in nomenclature (some say it's "NSD" for "New Standard Woofer", others simply note that "N" comes after "I" in the dictionary... both would be right). And good as the ISD is/was, this woofer is better still. More efficient, better frequency response, and capable of an even greater pounding ... but still sound supremely accurate on anything from Jazz to Jurassic Park. Using dual spiders for the first time, a superlative voice coil and superior motor structure, the NSD woofer might not win any beauty contests, but you'll care little about that when you hear how it works. In fact, during nearly two years of development, we gave virtually no costing to cosmetic niceties (the ISD was a good looking woofer for sure -- not that this NSD woofer is any slouch, it's more purposeful and less fancy intentionally then). What you get in return is a woofer that actually will run neck and neck with our recently replaced, and much more expensive, dB12.2 "Plus" woofer. All at the old prices. Downside? None really. We cherry-picked minor parts, and designed all the critical ones ourselves. Like with all new SVS drivers its assembled by hand and tested in small batches using state of the art, high tech materials. Put this newest and most affordable SVS creation to the test with your toughest program material and we expect that "entry level" will take on a whole new dimension. Shipping in all products formerly using the ISD, since 1 April, 2006. No fooling. |
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320 Watt RMS Built-In BASH Amplifier |
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This high output full-featured digital switching amp was designed by SVS in partnership with one of the most capable and largest original equipment manufacturers in the world. Built in Canada to exacting standards seldom seen in this price class, its rugged, clean layout and construction serves as a perfect compliment to SVS Powered Cylinders. Quite literally, thousands of man-hours were expended dialing in performance that perfectly matched our new Improved Standard Drivers and the rest of the PCi enclosure. We even made sure our own logo graced this amp as a reminder that no other subwoofer manufacturer has it. And since you can only get one on your SVS, you won't see them floating around the various "do it yourself" e-tailers either. Isn't it nice to know your amp was made just for your sub? Don't let the conservative real-world power rating deceive you. Given our latest US-made drivers and the exceptionally efficient SVS cylinder design, the SVS PCi can embarrass other subwoofers touting thousands of watts. The only thing as radical as this amp's performance is the mounting we designed to flush fit the amp to our custom polymer wrapped industrial strength enclosure tubing. Only the design team at SVS figured out how to do it! Variable crossover (with bypass), defeat-able auto-on, high-level and low-level inputs, detachable power cord, continuously variable phase control and LOADS of power. This is one amp you can count on to provide years of accurate, deep and powerful bass. Get the BASH advantage on your SVS now. |
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More on BASH®
BASH® is a proven class of amplification, answering the market needs for efficiency without compromising sound quality. BASH® is a patented "High Efficiency Linear Amplifier" circuit topology that has taken the best of Class D and Class AB and created a new Class of its own. By combining a fast response power converter with a linear amplifier, BASH® is able to maintain both class AB sonic performance and class D efficiency. 
BASH® can produce high power levels without cost penalties typically associated with conventiaaaonal amplifier designs. A linear amplifier rated at 100 Watts should be able to deliver 20 Watts continuously. If the same amplifier is to play musical transients that are 10dB louder than its rated power, the amplifier must be able to deliver 1000 watts dynamically. To deliver such dynamic power would require the internal power supply rails to be 300% higher, and the resulting power dissipated at 20 watts output to be 350% higher resulting in increases to heat sinks, power transformer, bulk capacitors, output devices and ultimately increases the cost. BASH® provides customers new solutions, opens new markets, offers greater flexibility, and ultimately reduces the cost of amplification. To read more on BASH® technology click here » 
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Integrated Base Plate with Downfiring Woofer and Floor Mounts |
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No matter how your rock rolls, or how low your organ goes, the shockwaves emanating from that high efficiency woofer propagate out from a fixed platform, our integrated base-plate. Not the floor, and not your ceiling. When you're in the midst of your favorite action movie scene you might wonder if such a stylish, modern looking enclosure can can really move your home theater (without moving around itself). Fortunately for SVS customers, all the drama will be on screen, and all around you in gut pounding, accurate bass. Your subwoofer will serenely be belting it out at all the right moments. Rock solid. Utterly unflappable. Once again, form follows function at SVS. Want another example of thinking outside the box? How about something simple, like putting our drivers in the preferred downward firing position. Easier said than done in a slender column oriented subwoofer! But doing it this way makes for the most stable enclosure. Its low center of gravity and an inherently well-protected woofer mean years of rock-solid performance. Bass that goes this low, starts there too. So maybe you have a hard floor and it's time to setup your sub? You won't find hard plastic feet that might vibrate on your SV Subwoofer. Instead the default mounting configuration is a set of compliant disks perfectly suited for wood, vinyl or tile flooring. Because our subs have such a low center of gravity the same setup works just as well on thickly padded and carpeted floors too. |
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Architectural-Grade. Black Fabric ExteriorSome audio enclosures and grills are made from some pretty cheap materials. At SVS we don't cut corners in an effort to increase profits. We just hand select excellent materials that we'd want (and have) in our own homes. Specially laminated and extra thick 1.5" birch baffles, and costly high-end fabrics. All still brought to you at affordable prices. And we think that logo is pretty hot too. |
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Precision Tuned High-Flow Port |
Computer Designed and Patented, these high-flow, low noise ports are made in the USA and an industry standard. Why fix what ain't broke?? (But we do get them at a great price on your behalf...it helps when you are on a first name basis with the inventor!). |
Resonance Free, Protective Top Port GrillNo driver to damage up top there, but who needs the kids dropping their toy cars into your sub? Specially modified for total resonance damping, these stylish grills are as good looking as they are functional. Did we mention that the special damping features were added because we once detected a hint of harmonics emanating from the grill (on a special test tone)?? Yes, someone did sweat the details on the performance of each component in your next sub. |
Flush-mount Amp Configuration
What makes the SVS PC-type subwoofers so unique? Well, besides being packed with components normally only found in subs costing thousands more, is the fact only SVS figured out how to take a state of the art “plate amp” and mount it flush, safe and secure in the nicest looking and best built cylinder subwoofer in the world. Countless designs were tested and what finally made the cut was something so robust, so effective and so elegant that SVS simply had to build it. All the advantages of a subwoofer cylinder, with the convenience of an “all in one”, built-in amp. That’s the PCi and PC-Plus subwoofers…only available at SVS. |
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