People often ask us "SVS's are supposed to be good on Home Theater... are they good on music too??"  To which we have always given a resounding "Yes".  After all, all the designers at SVS cut their teeth on music long before "home theater", so we know how to make bass sound right on both.  From the start, this sub was intended as more proof of just that.  While it gives up only a bit of max-headroom to its more powerful PB2-Plus brother, it's perfect for more moderately-sized rooms -- and anyone wanting a sub that will be incredibly accurate on music (which rarely has the requirements for ultra low or ultra loud bass home theater is famous for).  While music demands are frequently  less challenging to the "guts" of the best subwoofers,  the complex  dynamic range recorded into today's high resolution audio sources means you want to "over build".  Who wants a subwoofer with intrusive "limiters" or one that runs out of "headroom" when the sonic attacks get really demanding?

This sub is overbuilt by design.  With 1" enclosure walls, tough but attractive textured black finish and a trio of patented 3" ports (user adjustable of course!) we didn't cut any corners coming up with this "baby" PB2.  While the competition in this price class typically gets by with a single 12" or 15" woofer, a middling amount of power or tiny enclosures (the bane of clean and powerful bass) --- we stuffed TWO of our superlative ISD woofers in with an amp that's very conservatively rated at 600 watts.  And there's nothing tiny about this sub; it's staggeringly efficient to keep up with the most "musical" main speakers.   The result?  When other subs are straining on live concert music, lopping off whole octaves from your recordings, or simply sounding boomy and un-natural, THIS sub isn't breaking a sweat.