Can anyone hear the difference when you add REL subwoofers when playing two channel


I wonder if anyone else has had problems hearing a difference when adding REL subwoofers to their two channel systems?  I have gone back to a reputable dealer in town to listen to a pair of Vienna Acoustic Mozart's paired with a REL S3 and I couldn't detect a difference when they added and subtracted the REL.  I wonder if this was because the Vienna Acoustic Mozart's are already can extend down to 30 Hz.  I have also read reviews on the Mozart's and they said one of their criticisms was they felt the Mozart's to be too boomy in the bass.  

The dealer keeps telling me I am expecting to hear a more punchy pounding bass sound and that is not what I should be listening to.  He keeps saying I should be listening for greater depth and space to create a larger sound stage.  He went on to say if I had a subwoofer that delivered too much bass, they would eventually drive me out of the room and spoil my enjoyment of listening to music.  I thought I had sensitive ears to sound, but in this case I wonder if I am tone deaf.  My fear is getting a pair of T/9i's in my home and my wife telling me I wasted our money because she could not hear a difference. 

There must be a reason why so many dealers have told me their first pick would be a REL because they are so musical.

I also question why REL manufactures their subs with such low wattage?  For example, their S3 delivers only 400 watts and their T/9i's deliver just 300 watts.  When comparing them to  subwoofers like JL, which deliver 750 watts to $1500 watts, maybe REL subwoofers are just too wimpy.
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Too funny after all that. I have a couple of great older RELs, B1 and Storm III, and i have heard the 'air' added to Eva Cassidy's (bass-less) "Fields of Gold" track. It is audible and wonderful!

I also have SVS SB-3000 and it is superb, despite the low cost. Probably better than the old B1 in fact. But with my Raidho D2s going flatly to almost 30Hz on their own (no head-banging volumes) I still have the B1 hooked up but mostly turned off these days.  I have two SB-2000s for home theater and they were a steal at the $500 close-out pricing.
i have an old friend that can’t hear any difference when two rel subs are inserted into my system under proac tablette 2000’s

i like him a lot, he is great cook, but then again, he is deaf 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jjss49 -  Funniest post ever.  You win!

The irony in it all - by the time we are old enough to buy expensive audio equipment we are too old to hear 😀

 

Well I can hear the difference in my system after getting my T-Zeros dialed in. 

This is a very old discussion.  I wonder how this got started again.

I added two REL SHO's and it was a game changer.