thanks for the help guys I actually went and bought a REL T5i to compare to my REL T5. imo, the REL t5i is a relatively significant upgrade vs the previous rel t5 here are my thoughts: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/rel-t5i-vs-rel-t5-my-opinion.656659/ |
yes, my mesurements of the REl t5 and rel t5i made clear that at the lowest setting (30hz) on the knob, the rel t5or t5i only starts to roll off around 55hz. therefore, if your speakers are -3db at 45hz, you will get a quite serious bump at from 40hz to 80hz, making the sub imo useless IMO, its only with the P3esr or Atc scm7 which are about -3db at 65hz that I could have decent integration. I think the rel t5/t5i only works with very small speakers that a limited in extension. if your speakers extend down to 50 or even 60hz, i dont think tis a good match. and tbh, a 8 inch sub is really only meant to go with very small 5 inch or 4 inch based speakers. makes no sense to add a rel t5 with speakers using 6.5inch or 8 inch woofers. my recommendation? get bigger speakers or get a real sub with at least a 12 inch woofer. those rel t5i with their weird ass roll off behavior are toys |
