SVS 12" NSD-AL Woofer
 SVS
has long built its own woofers. The NSD-AL is one of a
continuous evolution back many years now. While affordable there
is nothing much "off the shelf" in the nature of this woofer,
the heart of any sub. Every part was selected for maximum
performance and with this latest NSD rev, we've even put on the
stiff, costly and oh so attractive powder-coated aluminum cone
stolen from our equally famous Plus 12.3 woofer.
The logo? LASER etched. Call us suckers for slick cosmetics
when we can sneak it in the build of material. See, even though
it costs much more than the excellent but rather plain "poly"
cone of earlier PCi subwoofers, our "cycle time" on the Ohio
assembly line goes down with Aluminum.
So you get a nicer looking woofer (hidden though it might be)
and we are able to satisfy world-demand on an even more
efficient basis, efficiency counts more than ever today.
With the newer deeper tuned enclosure and another round of
refinements from our stalwart BASH amp chassis, you can better
frequency response, and know your sub is capable of an even
greater pounding than ever. Yet like all SVS products, it's
still supremely accurate on anything from Jazz to Jurassic Park.
Using dual spiders, an American made voice coil and precision
over-hung motor structure, the NSD woofer might not win every
beauty contest, but you'll care little about that when you hear
how it works.
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SVS designed, US-built, high-temp aluminum voice coil
with Mil-spec polyimide insulation
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Double-stacked, select-grade ferrite magnet
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Dual, progressive custom spiders with integrated tinsel
leads
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Heavy-gauge, deep-stamped steel basket
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High-excursion, custom NBR surround (Nitrile Buna-N
Rubber)
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High-strength/low-mass aluminum powder-coated cone with
LASER etched SVS logo
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Polyamide former/bobbin for max temp tolerance
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Low-carbon 1008 steel single-piece T-Yoke and gap plate
(electrophoresis finish)
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Absolute highest quality acrylic adhesives used
throughout
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Extra-high efficiency, extended long throw design
325 Watt built-In BASH amplifier
 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 NSD woofer and the rest of the PC12-NSD 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 PC12-NSD 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.
 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 conventional 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.
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 PC12-NSD and PC-Plus subwoofers…only
available at SVS.
Integrated
baseplate with downfiring woofer and compliant floor mounts
No matter how your rock rolls, or how low your organ goes,
the shock waves 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 Powered Cylinder drivers in
the 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.
 Precision-tuned,
high-flow 4" 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!).
Each is precision fit with high quality, high efficiency foam
seals and those flares aren't just there where you can see them,
but inside where airflow starts. Form and function run hand in
hand here at SVS.
 Resonance
Free, Protective Top Port Grill
No 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.
Architectural-Grade
Black Fabric Exterior
Some 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 MDF
baffles, and costly high-end fabrics. All still brought to you
at affordable prices. And we think that logo is pretty hot too.
Newly tuned deep frequency response for flat and natural
bass in your room
* Smoothed, quasi-anechoic frequency response: Measured
with high resolution instrumentation via "ground plane"
technique, outdoors, at two meters' distance, a minimum of 70
feet from reflective boundaries.
Note: Tuned for mid-sized rooms. In-room
extension, with corner placement, will typically yield 3-5Hz
greater linear extension than shown. Results will vary
based on room size, seat distance from your SVS sub, and
subwoofer location in the room. Chart does not depict maximum
output of this model and is not directly comparable to other SVS
models except for frequency response.
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