SVS or REVEL Subwoofer

@drlou77 that is a hell of a first show!  My first were the two at the Fox in Atlanta in Oct. 1985.

Regarding the subwoofer question, I think SVS is the best choice in your budget.  The SB-2000 Pro is hard to beat for performance and value especially if you can get two.  Buy direct and see if they have two available in the open box area.

I use the older SB-2000 non-Pro with Revel F36 and it works well

Thanks for all your input. My local dealer has offered me a great deal on a B&W DB2D. It meshes perfectly with my B&W 804s. Way over my budget but hard to turn down, maybe.

I’d think hard about this one. A lot of people here have said two good/smaller subs are preferable to one great/bigger one, and in this case you’re looking at dropping I assume around $3k - $4k on one sub when you could have two good subs from the likes of SVS, Rhythmik, REL, etc. for about half that price. As far as meshing perfectly with your 804s, lots of subs can mesh very well with your speakers if set up properly, but one sub won’t mesh nearly as well with your room as two can and that’s not a small consideration. Personally I’d go with two good subs at considerably less or even the same cost as one B&W DB2D, but that’s me. Just my $0.02 FWIW.

I don’t own Rel, but I’ve heard them in a set up running magnepan. The dealer was running 2 t5s and the bass was awesome. Not super low into 20 hz, but unless you plan on playing pipe organ or synthesizer music, I’m finding most times my own sub, which is rated down to 12 hz, never goes that low. The stuff we feel in our chest from subs is in the 30 hz range anyway. Rel does this well, and 2 subs is better than one.

 2 REL S510s should do the trick. Good luck!

Definitely 2 REL subs.  They are not really expensive relative to your other gear.  2 subs disappear and blend much more easily than one. I own two pairs of REL subs in my 2 channel systems, Carbon Specials and Carbon Limiteds.  Listeners  don't even know where they are.