Pair of Rel S510’s or Carbon Special’s?

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The phase setting came out real handy when I realized having both subs by the mains did not work....I moved the left one down a third of the length of the left wall and with the phasing dialed in for this one, I no longer had any spot in the room with overly booming bass. 

I understand brand loyalty so if you like REL then who am I to say otherwise?

all the little details...are all secondary to proper subwoofer positioning.

To add a bit about my experiences. 
I have both REL and Rythmik. I had REL alone for a long time and moved it everywhere. I even tried putting it 4 feet in the air (tricky) and measured that position in various places. In the end, the REL sounded good but various problems were ineliminable. 

I added two Rythmik subs and started moving those all over the place. I had a backache every day for weeks. Seriously. Positioning was not enough. Something more was needed.

The breakthrough was placement of the Rythmik subs a bit behind my mains AND playing with the various levels (gain and phase) until the bass from 20-300 Hz was within 5 db of the average. The REL is connected with Speakon but it's out near the listening position with the crossover set much higher.

Bass bloat went away, things got full and tight, and the subs disappeared.

People with REL's have good experience and report them; often, they overestimate how universally applicable REL's might be to a particular situation because of brand loyalty. That does a disservice to the OP, here, because what he will have to do is buy multiple (more expensive) REL's to dial in his room. (Which might not even work, and then he's looking for bass traps.) Only someone with a dream of being a REL fanboy would fork over that much dough; if a sonic goal is really what is sought, one gets over brand loyalty. After all, if one had a boat they needed to tow, would they buy the brand they liked or the one which could actually tow the boat?

I would go with the largest REL's you can afford.  You can always dial them back.  I still thin the high level connection designed by REL is incredible.  

Given the OP is not interested in Home Theater, and not looking for earth-shaking bass, the largest may or may not be the best for his specific application and objectives.

According to my local Hi-Fi dealer, he stocks the T/x line because they are designed with a focus on stereo music applications (he doesn't sell Home Theater equipment). The REL online speaker finder and marketing language support this.

Other models are clearly Home Theatre focused. 

Question for OP -- is your goal unequivocally to buy a REL or to create the best bass response possible in your room? Many posters here only mention or advocate for REL, so I may simply duck out of this conversation. 

@hilde45 : judging by the original post / thread, and the subsequent posts from the original poster, I think he is set on REL. Obviously, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.