Various Retailers have
REL Subwoofers on sale
from $349.
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Thanks to Community Member
littlebuddha for finding this deal.
- Note: Availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Available retailers:Product Features:
- HT/1003
- Type: Closed box, front-firing driver
- Active driver size & material: 10 in., 250mm long-throw, carbonglas™ cone structure, inverted carbon fibre dust cap, steel chassis
- Low frequency extension: -6db at 24 hz
- Input connectors: Dual purpose low level stereo RCA or LFE RCA
- Output connectors: Daisy chain low level stereo RCA or LFE RCA
- Power output: 300 watts (rms)
- Amplifier type: NextGen5 class d
- Wireless capability: HT air wireless (optional), zero compression single large scale integrated chip
- HT/1205
- Type: Closed box, front-firing driver
- Active driver size & material: 12 in., 300mm long-throw, carbonglas™ cone structure, inverted carbon fibre dust cap, steel chassis
- Low frequency extension: -6db at 22 hz
- Input connectors: Dual purpose low level stereo RCA or LFE RCA
- Output connectors: Daisy chain low level stereo RCA or LFE RCA
- Power output: 500 watts (rms)
- Amplifier type: NextGen5 class d
- Wireless capability: HT air wireless (optional), zero compression single large scale integrated chip
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the REL is noticeably better when playing music. but when watching movies, it's hard to tell them apart. in the case of the 1508, it takes XRL cables and has a passthrough XRL, which is a huge plus. the lower models unfortunately do not.
in the appearance department, i think the REL is better too. SVS has the wood finish and the glossy piano finger print magnet finish. neither of which really works with most furniture. this REL sub is black but not glossy. it looks great
i like my 1508 so much that i just bought the 1205 sub from this sale for my summer house. i'm not even cross shopping at this point. i really like this brand.
With the current sale, the REL is punching well above its competitors at their respective deal price points (you're looking at the SVS-SB1000 at $400 and Monolith by Monoprice M10 at $450).
This would be a different story at normal price points, with more folks on the internet seemingly going for SVS or Monolith, but personally, if I didn't already have my sub setup and was in the market for a sub, I'd definitely go for this deal.
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Agree its a pretty slimy thing to do. But really no one should be buying these subs for home theater unless they like modest bass. These are great choices for music or maybe a small living room but there is no comparison to a ported sub.
This is like audioquest selling $1000 stereo cables. Means nothing.
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Nice explanation. I just spent part of my afternoon demoing these subs at Best Buy. They had the REL 10" and 12". They also had KEF, SVS, Martin Logan, Definitive Technology, and Sonos.
We demod using music. No movies. Other than the Sonos, every other sub sounded better than both RELs. They could not fill the room properly with bass. They were tight and seamless, but struggled to keep up with the music. No other subs struggled. Even the SB 10" SVS did a much better job blending with the music. Now placement was surely a factor. But the other subs had similar placement issues. And they performed well. The receiver was an Arcam, the speakers were B&K towers. The rep even adjusted the gain and cut off to no avail. I'm not sure how they can sell these when put next to anything else. I will say they look a little better in person. YMMV. Just please don't buy these without listening to them first. We used Donald Fagan, Diana Krall, Steely Dan, Dire Straights, Talking Heads, and Dave Brubeck. It was a fun afternoon, but a bit of a let down for these subs. This is the Best Buy in Polaris, Columbus Ohio for reference.
We demod using music. No movies. Other than the Sonos, every other sub sounded better than both RELs. They could not fill the room properly with bass. They were tight and seamless, but struggled to keep up with the music. No other subs struggled. Even the SB 10" SVS did a much better job blending with the music. Now placement was surely a factor. But the other subs had similar placement issues. And they performed well. The receiver was an Arcam, the speakers were B&K towers. The rep even adjusted the gain and cut off to no avail. I'm not sure how they can sell these when put next to anything else. I will say they look a little better in person. YMMV. Just please don't buy these without listening to them first. We used Donald Fagan, Diana Krall, Steely Dan, Dire Straights, Talking Heads, and Dave Brubeck. It was a fun afternoon, but a bit of a let down for these subs. This is the Best Buy in Polaris, Columbus Ohio for reference.
Almost all of them were sealed. I couldn't believe how small the SVS sealed subs were.
So did you listen to both the SVS 10" and 12" SB models?
Edit: I see the SB-1000 and SB-2000 are both 12" models. The 2000 has a larger amp and enclosure volume.
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