I suppose to receive my SVS PC Ultra on Oct. 11, 2004. And as soon as I have a chance to listen to it, I will post my initial impression. Like I said before, I was surprised to find that my wife preferred cyclinder design than just an ordinary looking box-type subwoofer. I will probably have to rearrange my furniture little bit though.

I received my SVS PC Ultra as scheduled on Monday Oct. 11. But I had to take a trip for few days and I only had a quick chance to setup and listen to new subwoofer. I unpacked the BIG box and placed behind the sofa between two back surround speakers. Quick calibration using Outlaw 950's internal tone and played the usual loads of DVDs and some CDs as well. Previously I never liked to listen at reference level loudness because it just sounded "LOUD" but without any good overall definition and becomes very annoying when my other subwoofer Klipsh SW-12 bottomed out occasionally. Well not anymore, I truly enjoy watching DVDs at reference level now with addition of PC Ultra. When the heavy LFE was called for, PC Ultra gives out very clean and deep bass that I can feel in my chest cavity. I have auditioned several other subwoofers that are in my price range (like Definitive Technology, Klipsch, Polk, Velodyne, etc...) but I am glad that I purchased PC Ultra and I am looking forward to improve my HT sound by further tweaking this amazing subwoofer. The only regret is that I didn't had a chance to listen to LFM-1. I almost bought two LFM-1 but in the end, I decided to purchase one within my price range. After I emailed back and forth with SVS tech, they suggested that I purchase PC Ultra instead of PB2+ given my HT dimension and personal preference. I am one happy camper now!!

My $.02. You should have auditioned 2LFM-1s. If you didn't like them, you could have sent them back. As I stated in another subsection of this forum, I thought that 2 LFMs sounded awesome. But, and it is a big "butt," It is good that you are happy. That, after all, is the most important thing!

[Edited to add the "butt" part]

There is no need for name calling.

[Edited for Nert's sake]

Update for my subwoofer choice; I ended up purchasing SVS PC Ultra over two LFM-1s last year October. Since then, I built DIY subwoofer using Avalanche 18" driver sealed sub also. I was living in Texas when all these things happened but now I relocated to Hawaii since July of this year. I used to listen occasionally dvds and cds at reference level but now it is almost impossible to listen at reference level without disturbing neighbors since Hawaii homes are so close together. And since almost all the homes here do not use air condition regularly, all the windows are opened and you can hear even the normal conversation sometimes. Anyway to make the long story short, someone offer to buy my other old Klipsch SW12 subwoofer (used for my two channel music system). Since I always wanted to try LFM-1, I finally ordered one. Knowing returning the LFM-1 is not option for me (unless defective) since the shipping cost to Hawaii is over $170.

I also recently upgraded my 950 to 990 as well. Quick comparison between SVS PC Ultra and one LFM-1; in my current living rm/HT dimension which was lot smaller than my Texas home, there is almost no significant difference between these two subs at normal listening level. However as the volume was pushed to higher level (hoping neighbors weren't home), SVS PC Ultra was giving me more "in your face" sub performance. So if your listening room is small to medium size HT, one LFM-1 should be more than enough to satisfy (at least for me). And if you have larger room, just get two LFM-1. I probably would have been happy with two LFM-1 instead of one SVS PC Ultra. But like many of us, that darn "good bass" is very addictive. Once you heard the good subwoofer performing, you will always wanted more of that.

Since only one good subwoofer is more than enough for my current HT setup, I ended up setting my DIY Avalanche 18" sub for movies only and SVS PC Ultra as music listening only in main HT setup. And LFM-1 is located in two channel music only setup (still spinning LPs) and perfectly happy with LFM-1 as musical sub. My old Klipsch SW12 sub was sounded boomy compare to LFM-1 which gives me very tight and controlled bass performance.