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We've teamed up with SVS and its UK distributor Karma AV to give away an SVS 3000 Micro, the audio brand's ultra-compact and ultra-impressive award-winning subwoofer. Worth £979, this bijou bass-maker sells in both piano gloss white and piano gloss black finish – and the competition winner will get to choose which one to have.

Double bass
Described by SVS as 'like a magic trick', the 3000 Micro is designed to bring the US company's trademark bass performance to a smaller enclosure than ever before. Its smartly styled, structurally reinforced MDF cabinet measures just 27cm deep, 28cm high and 30cm wide, and mounted within, in a dual-opposed configuration, are two 8in aluminium cone woofers on inverted surrounds to boost excursion potential.

Providing the horsepower to this driver duo is an 800W (2,500W peak) Sledge STA-8002 amplifier module, the same as found on SVS's larger, more conventional SB-3000 and PB-3000 subs. This is partnered by an Analog Devices DSP that handles real-time adjustment of the 3000 Micro's output, and enables its app-based user control – SVS's Bluetooth smart device app provides quick access to settings including volume, phase, crossover and Movie and Music presets, plus a graphical parametric EQ tool with three user slots, and Room Gain Compensation.

This means that setup can be as fuss-free or as in-depth as you like. Connections on the rear panel, below the sub's Intelligent Control Interface, include stereo/LFE line-level inputs, a stereo output, and 12V trigger – and once laced up, you're in for a treat.

Super sub
As we said in our original five-star review of the SVS 3000 Micro, its 'slam, depth and output all beguile – the pursuit of a tidy form factor hasn't resulted in obvious compromise. The M.U.T.O-by-the-bridge sequence in Godzilla was thrilling, a smorgasbord of low- and mid-bass effects and whumps that stopped and started, rose and fell, with delightful precision... a superb addition to SVS's portfolio.'

To be in with a chance of grabbing the 3000 Micro in our competition, simply enter our competition here. And good luck!