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| Your sub experience: Easy or hard? I have 2 rel s/510s. They’re magnificent but with better bass comes the need for battling room resonance. Also, the loudness of the bass from track to track can be all over the place. I wish I had remote volume controls on them. | |
| Buying used vs new speakers from a technology perspective Of course, there are new speaker models every year that have new materials, new crossovers, and new cabinetry. Rel has its newest S/ series or B&W has a new diamond series. We often equate "new" with "improved." In the audiophile world, howeve... | |
| Power Amp Question @randym860 you can put dual mono power amps right next to the speakers so the speaker wires are short. | |
| 48kHz vs 96kHz: audible? There's no question that I can hear the difference between CD and high rez. As important, however, is the quality of the recording setup and the art of the sound engineer. I've heard some poorly recorded music that is high rez. It might as well ha... | |
| Thinking of taking the plunge. If you start with an iPad, use the digital out and go into Settings to select hi res. ‘The iFi zen streamer has a lot of fans and costs less than Bluesound. | |
| Would appreciate a group consensus on Agon purchased amps We all assume the equipment we buy will have power cords unless explicitly stated otherwise. The seller created a bad buying experience and I understand the buyer’s indignation, but returning the amps would be throwing the baby out with the bath w... | |
| Try a sub a third in the back My bad. My understanding was that the advice from REL was that the subs had to be at the front. I misunderstood. | |
| Try a sub a third in the back I haven't measured it exactly. I know the subs are in phase with the mains but I haven't actually done the fine adjustment of phase listening from the sweet spot. So, you're right, there is likely a spread of the bass as a result. Coincidentally,... | |
| Try a sub a third in the back It’s great to hear everyone’s experiences with 3+ subs. Part of the joy I get from this pursuit of audio hallucination (as an agon contributor called it) is learning and tinkering. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I will tinker again in the... | |
| Try a sub a third in the back Funny about the advice from Rel. I respect them, love their products, and suspect they were not just trying to upsell you to a swarm. Most of us here don’t have the luxury of trying things out for free. So, we read articles, ask for advice here an... | |
| Try a sub a third in the back @b_limo Why 180 out of phase with the main speakers? | |
| Try a sub a third in the back The way I connected 3 subs was by taking advantage of the Rel being connected to the speaker outs on my power amp and the other subs being connected to the rca outs on my dac. My dac also has XLR outs that I run to my power amp. I did run both spe... | |
| Try a sub a third in the back Apologies for the title, which should have been, "Try a third sub in the back of the room." 1 AM might not be my best time to write titles. | |
| Advice needed on power cables, wall warts, conditioning, electrical outlet Paul McGowan writes: “When we place an isolation transformer in the AC path we improve one area, cleanliness, by degrading another, regulation and impedance. An isolation transformer helps keep unwanted noise from the system at the cost of voltag... | |
| Why I'm not adding a sub to my 2-way monitors for music Having just added a second sub this week in part because of the rel sale, I would add to this discussion that with the good also comes a little bad. The second sub rel s/510 added richness to the sound and much deeper sound stage. The only new pro... |