Give Your Chest a Second Heartbeat: SVS SB-3000 Subwoofer Has 13-Inch Driver and RMS Sledge Amplifier

What makes the SVS SB-3000 subwoofer different – and a legitimate contender for the highest-performing model in its price, size, and type classes? Try to count the ways. Equipped with the debut of the 13-inch high-excursion SVS driver and a Sledge amplifier, SB-3000 delivers massive power all the while maintaining clarity, precision, and control. Ultra-high-efficiency Class D topology with huge 25A, 600-volt MOSFETs make such on-demand output entirely effortless. The presence of a 50MHz Analog Devices Audio DSP with 56-bit filtering finishes the job by seamlessly blending SB-3000 with the main and surround speakers of your choice. In laymen's terms, you'll feel the intensity, cause your walls to shake, and give your chest a second heartbeat, yet you won't hear any nasty distortion or lose focus of your music or movies.

Per SVS tradition, SB-3000 gives you control of every management parameter. The company's new rear-panel Intelligent Control Interface (ICI) allow instant access to critical functions such as adjustments for listening preferences, a low-pass filter, and phase control. You can also simply grab your smartphone and, with SVS' app, commandeer volume, DSP options, custom presets, crossover frequencies, EQ, polarity, room gain, and more from the comfort of your seat. A specially tuned cabinet with extensive internal bracing, classic black looks, and a five-year manufacturer's warranty further help seal the deal on this sealed-box design.

Oh, and did we mention the 54.5-pound SB-3000 does it all measuring just slightly more than 15 inches cubed, so it stays out of the way as it supplies incredible sonics? It's time you added two to your system and really experienced how music and films can sound. 

"For those seeking a sub offering both power and precision, the SB-3000 is difficult to resist."
—2019-2020 EISA Award, Best Home Theatre Subwoofer

"The SVS SB-3000 is a powerful subwoofer that excels in terms of form, functionality, and performance. ...All of these essential qualities combine to create a seriously sophisticated audio device, one that can render subtle differences in bass inflection, but with the capacity to slam hard with a fast and tight signature that worked well with my main speakers, and demonstrated high performance with both movies and music alike."
—Greg Handy, Home Theater Review, Best of 2019 Award

"The SB-3000's pitch-perfect room-pressuring bass, small size, low weight, rugged construction, and reliable smartphone app make it an outstanding choice for small to moderate-sized rooms. New lows in reference subwoofer performance, indeed!"
—Larry Greenhill, Stereophile, Editors' Choice Award

Brand-New 13-Inch Driver: An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove

SVS's new 13-inch driver is the largest and most advanced available in SB-3000's price range. Its innovative design ensures incredible output and low-frequency extension, with accuracy in frequency response and pinpoint transient speed. A flat edge-wound split-wind voice coil maximizes magnetics to ensure visceral, chest-pounding bass without sacrificing refinement or control. Basket design and motor technology in 3000 Series take performance even further. An all-new cast-aluminum basket provides rigid housing and superior thermal cooling for the massive 40-pound motor assembly. Two large, dedicated toroidal ferrite magnets within the motor generate thrilling levels of magnetic force to drive the highest levels of excursion, SPL, and start/go power for deep, authoritative bass.

Massive Power with Precise Control: Sledge STA-800D2 Amplifier

The Sledge STA-800D2 amplifier maximizes the full potential of SB-3000's 13-inch driver with effortless power and utter control. It combines the efficiency of a Class D amplifier with the ability to move colossal amounts of current through the fully discrete MOSFETs, enabling immense output with surgical precision – resulting in outstanding subwoofer performance at all drive levels. A sophisticated 50MHz high-resolution Analog Devices Audio DSP is the most advanced digital processor ever used in a subwoofer. The brains behind the serious brawn maintains pinpoint accuracy and pristine sound quality through advanced in-room tuning, optimized frequency response curves, powerful DSP controls, and more.

Control Everything from the Comfort of Your Seat

SVS's 3000 Series subwoofer app for smartphones is an user-convenient way to control volume, access multiple DSP functions, and program custom presets for one-touch tuning optimized for music, movies, gaming, and more. Adjust crossover frequencies, a three-band parametric EQ, polarity, room gain, and more from your favorite seat. The app also allows advanced customization so you can name your subwoofer for easy preset switching, choose the subwoofer standby mode, and reset the subwoofer to factory settings. Bluetooth connectivity allows full control, even when the subwoofer is out of sight, while bi-directional feedback shows adjustments in real time on both the app and rear panel subwoofer interface.

Rear-Panel Intelligent Control Interface (ICI)

Designed specifically for 3000 Series, the Intelligent Control Interface (ICI) on the rear panel of the sub cabinet provides control options for the most critical functions. Adjustments can be made for volume based on listening preferences and content to achieve full and balanced bass response. Other features of the ICI include a low-pass filter to ensure smooth sonic transitions and seamless blending with loudspeakers, and phase control to shift timing of subwoofer output to align with main speakers or additional subwoofers.