I feel most people do not understand REL's technology. I listened to a pair of Vienna Acoustic Mozart's at Soundings paired with one REL S3. When he unplugged the S3, I was unable to hear much of a difference. Then he asked me what did I notice. I responded by saying the vocals sounded more 3 dimensional and clear. He told me I finally got it.
What is nice about Soundings in Denver is they specialize on master setting speakers and adding REL subwoofers to every system they sell. He demonstrated Master Set by moving one of the speakers out of place. I suddenly heard both right and left speaker. He also had to raise his voice significantly playing this track at the same volume level. He then set the right speaker back into place and it suddenly sounded more relaxing. The sound was being projected between the speakers and he was able to talk to me at conversational level.
We then went back to the REL S3 and I was able to hear a larger size sound stage. It sounded more 3 dimensional. I was not able to hear a heart pounding bass beat. It just sounded seamless.
I contacted John Hunter at REL and I was totally surprised when he responded. We had two other emails where he explained how his technology works. I have a L-Shaped living room with dimensions 13.5 Feet x 18.5 Feet that opens to our dining room with room dimensions 195 feet x 12 feet. He as well as Soundings told me instead of adding one REL S3 to my system, I needed to add two T/9i's located in the corners behind left and right front speakers and play them in stereo.
I now plan to have Soundings do the master set and add the T/9i's. Fortunately, Soundings is considered to be one of the best at master setting speakers in the country according to John Hunter. He also told me he considers Soundings to be one of his most accomplished REL retailers in the country as well.
What is nice about Soundings in Denver is they specialize on master setting speakers and adding REL subwoofers to every system they sell. He demonstrated Master Set by moving one of the speakers out of place. I suddenly heard both right and left speaker. He also had to raise his voice significantly playing this track at the same volume level. He then set the right speaker back into place and it suddenly sounded more relaxing. The sound was being projected between the speakers and he was able to talk to me at conversational level.
We then went back to the REL S3 and I was able to hear a larger size sound stage. It sounded more 3 dimensional. I was not able to hear a heart pounding bass beat. It just sounded seamless.
I contacted John Hunter at REL and I was totally surprised when he responded. We had two other emails where he explained how his technology works. I have a L-Shaped living room with dimensions 13.5 Feet x 18.5 Feet that opens to our dining room with room dimensions 195 feet x 12 feet. He as well as Soundings told me instead of adding one REL S3 to my system, I needed to add two T/9i's located in the corners behind left and right front speakers and play them in stereo.
I now plan to have Soundings do the master set and add the T/9i's. Fortunately, Soundings is considered to be one of the best at master setting speakers in the country according to John Hunter. He also told me he considers Soundings to be one of his most accomplished REL retailers in the country as well.