It took me a while
It took me a while to get to writing this review. Reason being, I wanted to write a review only after I've spent some decent time with these speakers. I've listened to a variety of music, watched several movies, toed-them-in and again, and again.... and again until I've got them to perfect.
SVS Ultras had a difficult task to get to the perfect state. They had to compete with a full pipe organ (yeah, the Cathedral sized one) that was truly mesmerizing to hear and a set of $30k speakers in a treated room with cables as thick as my arm. Well, guess what? They DELIVERED! They delivered in all categories. I was able to reproduce the pipe organ music to a point when people listen, they have goose-bumps; when bass kick in, pretty much everyone drops the jaw and says, "wow". The delivered when compared to 30k speakers. I know, I know, some sceptics are probably rolling their eye right about now. Sorry to disappoint, but it is true and Ultras are that good. Here is another bit... those 30k speakers were set up in a high-end musics store, treated room, fancy-looking thick cables, super nice DAC with loseles Qobuz audio, the whole 9-yards... vs what I have at home in an unfinished basement in a less that optimal space. And even then, SVS Ultras were on par and sounded as good and at times better.
I don't know what sorcery, fairy dust or unicorn-horn made tweeters SVS uses in their engineering/production cycle, but these speakers are simply brilliant. Perhaps $1,299.99 price tag was a typo, and in that case, too bad SVS, but I am not returning these.
If you haven't tried them, you OWE it to yourself, otherwise, it will always be in the back of your mind..... "what if".
Brilliantly done, SVS. Hats off to you.