I have been a REL owner for 25 years. I have used the ST series Stadium III &Storm III. They lasted 24 years of great service. I currently have 3 S812’s. They do double duty for HT and 2ch on 2 independent systems. In most cases, 2 s510’s would be better than a single s810. The blend would be better and eliminating dead spots makes a huge difference in 2ch. The s812 will play louder and lower but it could overload the room. It’s difficult to get 1 sub no matter how big to completely disappear. My room is 15 x 20. It’s not huge but 1 s810 does. not completely disappear. Unfortunately, the room nodes win with only 1. I was lucky enough to attend Sumiko’s Master class for REL and Sonus Faber 25 years ago with John Hunter. To help with the complexity of speaker & subwoofer matching to room size, They provided a chart which had multiple speaker brands and what REL or REL’s would match to the correct room size. On Rel’s website, they still have a modernized version of this chart. I would highly recommend that you check that out. You can email or call their customer support. They have helped me many times over the last 20+ years. Happy Listening.
Should I upgrade from REL/510 subwoofer to REL/812 subwoofer?
Hello all. I have a two-channel/HT set up in my man cave. I use it for two channel music, multichannel music and movies/tv, in that order.
I have B&W 804 speakers and a B&W CC speaker which are driven by an Anthem MRX 540 Pre-amp/receiver (100w x 2) and an Anthem MCA 325 Gen 2 power amplifier (225w x3).
My room is 14 ft. long by 12 ft. wide. I use Anthem’s ARC Genesis room correction software. It works great. My room is acoustically treated with GK Acoustics bass traps,GK Acoustics panels at first reflection points, and GK Acoustics panels located behind my listening position.
My dealer sold me a REL S/510 about a year ago and I love it. I have an opportunity to trade in my REL S/510 and upgrade to an REL S/812. My net cost after trade-in will be around $1,500.
Looking for recommendations and opinions from REL owners as to whether I should pull the trigger. Not entirely focused on the net cost, but rather the bang for the buck, value for the money, etc. While it is a great subwoofer, I am not considering the REL Carbon Special for many reasons, not the least of which is that I would like to stay happily married!
I don’t have room for two subs, and no disrespect meant fans of other subs, I would like to stay within the REL line.
Thanks!