It's hard without knowing your room's dimensions, but here's my opinion based on your speakers. I would get dual REL No. 31 or No. 32 subwoofers. I owned Carbon Specials, but the passive radiator drove me crazy. I also owned REL G1 mkIIs and now REL No. 32s.
REL Carbon Special Subwoofers or the REL G1 Gibraltar Reference Subwoo
Hi Everyone-Im looking to buy 2 subwoofers for my 2 channel stereo. Ive got the Aurender A30, Mark Levinson N53 amps N526 preamp and the Wilson Benesch Resolution 3Zero Speakers. I have all Clarus cables, power cords and power conditioners. They were all purchased used on Audiogon except for the Clarus. I’ve never had subwoofers in a 2 channel rig before just in my HT. Reading the forums here I have been seeing subwoofers being dicussed a bunch of times and has peeked my interest. My main speakers aren’t giving me enough base so I have decided to purchase either the Rel G1Gibraltar or Rel Carbon Special Subwoofers. I’d like to hear some comments on these two subwoofers or if you have any other subs you think I should be looking at.
Thanks,
David
David
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@ricred1 May I ask why passive radiator from Carbon Special was a concern? I’m seeing all (current) REL models are designed with passive radiator, no? |
nasaman, REL Reference models, the No. 31 & 32 are sealed subwoofers that don't use a passive radiator. I initially loved the Carbon Special. My listening room is upstairs, carpet over a suspended wood floor. I could hear the passive radiator and in my system/room it eventually drove me crazy. The No. 32 is totally different. Despite their size, the No. 32s completely disappear, there's texture to the bass. It provides deep, articulate "musical bass", that's simply wonderful in my system. My wife recently confessed that the No. 31s were worth every penny to her. My results doesn't mean that everyone will arrive to the same conclusion. |
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