subs for Sonus Faber Cremona M floor standing

I just acquired a REL T5 to mate with my SF GH's. I have a very small room, so a larger sub most likely would quickly overload the room. What size is your room? A JL is probably a good choice for a larger room, not so good for a smaller room.

Sksos1, I agree that one can always decrease the output of the sub....However, I do not think that in a small/very small room that is the best solution. To use a JL Fathom, for example in a 10 x11 room, would seem to me to be a mistake. Not only would you be potentially under driving the Fathom, but IMHO you would be likely to overload the room with VERY minor volume increases. Synergy is HIGHLY important in our system building and room matching, just IMHO.

Raul, IMHO, a sub that matches well with SF Cremona M's is going to be a sub that is suitable for Erictye's room. Whatever sub that he ends up with will have to be fairly quick and easy to 'blend' with the Cremona's. In my system, the answer was the Rel T5, because a) I have a very small room and anything larger will overload it and 2) my mains (SF GH's) are lighting fast and I know of no large driver ( we're talking 10" and above) subs that are quick enough to match these mains, so the REl was the answer . If one is looking for more extension and they have a larger room than I along with slower mains, then i suspect that most if not all of the larger Velodyn'e would be fine, just IMO.

One other thing that I forgot to mention in the Rel's favor....the hook-up scheme is IMO better than competing designs. The Neutrik connector allows a hi-level connection directly at the amp terminals, which allows the signal to be more precise to what the speakers are seeing at the amp terminals. I do think that this leads to a more "accurate" reproduction than taking the signal from the preamp, as in all other models that i am aware of......again, IMHO.

Raul, why do you think that speaker manufacturers do not use 12"tweeters or even for that matter many 12" midrange drivers. OTOH, why do you think that subwoofer manufacturers do not use 1" woofers? The ability of the driver to push air may have something to do with it, NO? IMHO, the large 12" -18" drivers just do NOT sound that fast in compared to say a tweeter of 1".....an 8" driver cannot move as much air as a 18" driver, BUT to my ears it's a lot faster sounding in the mid bass- upper mid bass area. ( which is where most of the bass instruments are producing sound)
So is it really a myth, or do you let your ears do the walking and talking, or your .:0)