Yes those older REL plate amps are no longer supported by the US distributor. That is more a comment on the lame distributor who does not run a repair facility to fix what are very simple and basic amps in those nice older models. Still, many electronics shops work on them, restore them. The caps in the amps get old and crap out, not very hard to fix. There is even a guy on eBay who advertises the service, so these are NOT dead end products.
There was some criticism several years back when REL moved their production from the UK to China. I think some early products lacked QC and failed, caused negative buzz for the company. Since then I think they have their act pretty much together again, and the new models work and sound as great as the older ones.
Top to bottom, they are very musical subwoofers, not wall pounders like some of the others. Especially using their high level input with Speakon connectors.
No affiliation here, just a happy REL user for 25 years, over a half dozen models for various systems.
There was some criticism several years back when REL moved their production from the UK to China. I think some early products lacked QC and failed, caused negative buzz for the company. Since then I think they have their act pretty much together again, and the new models work and sound as great as the older ones.
Top to bottom, they are very musical subwoofers, not wall pounders like some of the others. Especially using their high level input with Speakon connectors.
No affiliation here, just a happy REL user for 25 years, over a half dozen models for various systems.