Subwoofer Choice Question SVS, Majico, JL Audio, REL


I have a pair of SVS-3000 subs. I have enjoyed them and they offer  a lot of bang for the buck.  I recently purchased a pair of the Fleetwood Devilles which I like very much.  Looking to upgrade my subs to match really well with my Devilles. Will be used for 2 channel music only. Want musical and  articulate bass that enhances and integrates well with the Devilles.  

Options are :

(1) SVS only this time going to the SVS-4000. Relatively inexpensive and I love their setup app.

(2) Magico A3Sub-built like  a tank, expensive though I can get a reasonable deal on  a pair and Magico will assist with the setup through REW

(3) JL Audio Fathom F112 or 113 V2- Good bang for the buck, lots of fine tuning available

(4) Rel (any of their carbon based subs)-Biggest concern is no phase adjustment. I am limited to where the subs can go so don't understand why they provide no variable phase adjustment.

Thoughts and comments welcome.

 

 

fooolish1

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I have Devilles and two REL carbon specials. I have turned the subs off for quite some time since I have had my Devilles. Now thats not saying the Devilles go low so dont believe the folks who are claiming this, LOL! Spending this much on ‘unique’ speakers makes the mind think amazing things, hehe. ;-)  was it the latest stereophille that measured them to useable 50hz in room…?)  

Back to reality, yes I, too, am (lazily) looking for a ‘solution’ to fix my low freq response in my room. For what its worth, I had other speakers before the Fleetwood and those loaded the room with bass in a way that integrated well with the RELs. I also had different amplification before, blah blah.

My options are finding something that will increase transients in the upper bass region, add DSP, or swarm like Mr Duke. I’m not ‘needing’ anything that goes below 30hz, a nice to have but not a quest…. Open baffle would be wonderful, but dont mind looking for more of a finished product than GR’s OB (hurry up Magnepan, jeez!!!) since I have a shared space. My wife allows me to play (god bless) so I must at least make it look decent.

@m-db thanks for that bit of info on the tv show. I will have to check it out.

regarding the fleetwoods - they are solid. Just not bass impact performers in the 80hz - 100hz region. I want to hear that slap or impact here.  No one said they were but I crave this for me and the type of music I listen to  

regarding my carbon specials. I am asking them to do too much especially if I’m not willing to tune or walk them around the room as they should. Due to their size they have to stay visually appealing. I’ve used rew and I do get down pretty low but I have room boom and without some sort of eq or more room treatment the subs will just overpower.