I think many of the responders didn't fully read your query. Your room is small and stuffing in two subs is going to be challenging. I have two SVS SB4000 in my H/T room and they sound great for H/T but it's a much larger room. The SVS subs are nice but they are down the performance chain from your main speakers. Trying to get two subs for your $2K budget won't work. You will be too far down the model lineups. I would get the single best sub you can afford (now) and put bass traps in the necessary corners. This will likely be the best bang for the buck and should sound very good in your small room. If you're dissatisfied, you can always add a second sub later when funds permit. I vote for a single REL T/9x and bass traps. Good luck and cheers.
SVS or REVEL Subwoofer
Hello all. I have a HT set up. I use it for two channel music, multichannel music and movies/tv, in that order.
After 20 years, my Velodyne (1250 watts RMS ) sub blew yesterday and I’m looking for a suitable replacement. I have B&W 804 speakers and a B&W CC speaker which are driven by a Rotel Power amp, 200w x 5.
My room is 14 ft. long by 12 ft. wide. I use Anthem’s ARC Genesis room correction software. It works great.
My dealer carries a full line of both REL and SVS subs. I would like to buy from him. Looking for thoughts and recommendations from this group. I’d like to keep the cost around $2K.
Thanks!
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Thank you for your excellent input. Great observations. I am going to my dealer tomorrow and looking at the following models: Within my budget: - REL T9x $1,299 - REL HT/1510 $1,699 (leaning towards this one) Above my budget: - REL S/510 $2,749 - B&W DB2D. $2,700 (floor model) The B&W appears to be the best of the bunch and offered at 40% off retail. I'm concerned that the B&W and REL S/510 may be too over powering for my room, which is 12' wide and 14' long. Bass traps are installed in all four corners of the room. If you care to weigh in, please do. My appointment is tomorrow at 1:00 pm. Thanks to all! |
OP already has bass traps....good man! RELs are favored by many for two channel listening. They have a reputation of blending more seamlessly with the mains then other brands. REL subs have a unique input that taps into the speaker output of the amp and allows REL to do its mix blending magic. The REL HT series does not have this, its focus is home theater and uses an LFE or low level input only. |
The Dynaudio 18s is under $1799. Dual opposed 9.5 in drivers, no port. 500W amp. https://dynaudio.com/professional-audio/subwoofers/18s#product_downloads Very controlled and musical and gets down to <~20hz The Dual opposed drivers mean there is zero vibration: all the sound comes through the air rather than the floor. It has some built in EQ settings to match them to various Dynaudio monitors: both these can be bypassed and you can set the crossover point directly or my pass the setting complete and mage the bass with room correction software I use it with my ATC SCM 19s and Dirac Room correction. Very happy with teh result. There is also a shinier version the "Sub 6". More expensive but functionally identical except that built-in EQ settings (which you would not use anyway) match Dynaudio home speaker models rather than their studio monitors,
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