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Anyone Experienced With Revel Gems and Sub15/LE1

Hi All. I have a pair of Revel Ultima Gems and I am going to be purchasing a matching set of the Sub15/LE1 sub and amp combo in a few months.

I would like to know what my best option would be in hooking up the system. I believe the two ways are:

1. use either an integrated (with pre-outs) or pre/power amp for the Gems and run interconnected from the pre-outs to the LE1 inputs; or
2. use an integrate (without pre-outs) or pre/power amp for the Gems and run a speaker cable to the LE1 line-level inputs.

What would be the best in terms of a) sound quality and b) convenience. Also, which of these setups will allow me to use the LE1's filter (so that the Gem's only get higher frequencies)? Or is there another setup needed to use this filter?

Thanks in advance,
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xenithon

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xenithon OP
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Hmmm...thanks for the info, I had no idea. The Sub30 is out of my price bracket unfortunately. The LE1/Sub15 I could get at a good price from the person I originally bought the Gems from. I am also fairly limited in terms of choice as I am in South Africa, not the US or EU.

Would you perhaps recommend getting an alternative powered subwoofer to match with the Gems? If so will I still be able to use some form of crossover to limit the low frequencies sent to the Gems (I assume that the crossovers would be part of the subs)?

If so, what would be the best way to connect the system together? I will be getting amplification too so I now have a choice of either getting an integrated amp or a pre/power amp. Would it make much difference which I go for (other than the added cost of going separates)?

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xenithon OP
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Hi guys. Thanks for the responses! Are these reported problems with the LE1 specific to the crossover? In other words, would using (as suggested above) the Gems in full range along with the LE1/Sub15 combo give the desired results (by bypassing the crossover in the LE1)?

If that were the case, what I planned to do is get a very good integrated amp which has pre-outs/sub-outs. I will then connect: source to integrated amp, amp to Gems with speaker cables, pre-outs to LE1 with interconnects, LE1 to Sub15's. Oh and BTW I do means Sub15's in the plural: the person I can get it from has the complete combo (LE1 with two Sub15's) which is one of the reasons I am so drawn to complete the package that way.

Alternatively I believe I would look into another subwoofer such as a Rel or Velodyne. If I do so, would you still suggeset running the Gems full range as described above (integrate amp and pre-outs)?

Cheers,
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xenithon OP
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Hi there. Thanks for the reply. If I use an integrated amp with preamp outs, the Gem's will be running full range. The preamp out will then feed the LE1. Wouldn't that effectively cut the crossover/filter out of the equation? I believe the problems that you guys are experiencing have to do with the filter which cuts out low frequencies to the Gems, right? Since the audio signal is going first to the Gems and then the LE1, the only filtering being done would be that of the high frequencies sent to the Sub15's. Am I right in my thinking or is there something I am missing?

Thanks in advance,
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