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Gain level on a REL sub

Hi. I have purchase a REL R 218 sub to compliment my system and as far as sounding musical, I am happy. However, the gain is almost all the way up and I don feel that punch and slam I am looking for. Musically I am impressed with it but I still dont feel that level of impression overall. When I had the HSU STF-2, it was in a different league with in terms of impact and punch but for detail, the REL was better. My question now, Do you think I should try getting a another REL with the same model for a stereo pair or go with a different sub? My room is pretty small but it is treated with acoustic panels.
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wolf_garcia
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Bass is both an instrument and a fish.

wolf_garcia
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BASS not base. 

wolf_garcia
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I have a few RELs (2 in my main hifi rig) and even using various amps and speakers there's never been a gain issue. I use the recommended "high level" (from speaker outs) system and it works great. Since I've never tried the line level inputs on the RELs I can only imagine that's the problem, or not. It could be a curse or a bad REL or something to do with the relative humidity. Note that my RELs are all from the old "Q" series and continue to work perfectly, and were purchased used el cheapo.

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