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In Reply to: RE: "I am always exhausted by the people who own SVS subwoofers."? posted by genungo on October 10, 2014 at 12:04:01
Sounds like crap compared to REL.
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I had a Studio III (that's made in the Kingdom, right?), a JL Audio f113, and my own Velodyne DD-18 for almost six weeks. The sonic differences would have undoubtedly change your perception.
Right- referring to the REL sub made in the U.K.- no china junk for me!
I will give credit to both JL Audio & Velodyne sub(s) for HT applications only. For music, REL is the best.
Musical subwoofer? I'm not being sarcastic but what exactly makes a subwoofer musical. Is there a measurement associated with this musicality? Is this simply a personal subjective sonic attribute?
During my comparison we (three other hobbyist who spent a few listening sessions together as well as individually) all noticed when the Studio was connected via its proprietary cabling it affected the fidelity of the main speakers. Also, in attempting to reach a more seamless integration with the main speakers we were forced to lower the Studios volume and even then it wouldn't integrated nearly as well as the JL and the Velodyne.
Feeding the Studio via the low level inputs using long interconnects helped with room location but still far from the others performance. The Studios position in the room was much different than the other two which may have been a result of the down firing design. Feeding the Studio via the Velodyne equalization made the largest improvement. Unfortunately its presentation still stood out as a sub in the room. The one simple test for all three subs was simply turning them off during play. If you can tell were the sub is located in the room the integration is not correct. The Studio simply could not make this happen.
Finally, listening to music. This may not be your definition of musical but from Bach to Prince the American subwoofers simply disappeared in the room and were unanimously more fun to listen with. Since then I've replaced the Velodyne DD-18 with two DD-12Plus which was yet another step up in the way the room now reacts. IMO two are defiantly better than one.
And a REL sub in the same price range at the same time?
Hsu does not impress me, but my two SVS subs are very good and a bargain at their prices.
I wouldn't take one of the new chinese REL's on a bet.
"We are all in God's hands... and God is a malign thug."
-Mark Twain
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