Svs, Rel, or ?.

Rythmik servo if you want the best for a decent price. Sealed servo will last through every speaker selection you ever make for a LONG time.

1. Rythmik (GR is pretty big so that out)

2. SAT (my bass system)

3. JL (they use to have a few issues. The fancy plate amp would take a crap)

4.SVS (Bullet Proof)

5. Swarm (Duke)

6. Debra (James Romney (sp))

7. DBA (Distributed bass array)

8. VMPS columns (to big, out of business, and VERY rare)

9-99. anything including kids cars.

100. REL Great paint, 70-80s (old pre school tech) If they would hire me I'd fix their 50 year old tech (taken from VMPS) and stop backing screws out of the sheetrock at the neighbors house.

They may have correction in their plate amps now, but they didn't before. I can say the plates they use are tough A/B amps and cheap to buy in quantity. Seldom do their products fail. BIG plus. They also have to be coupled to the floor. BUT there is a 20.00 usd fix for that. Did I mention they have great paint?

Regards

I just got a SVS Micro 3000 and love it esp the phone app.

Very happy with Rythmik. Purchased very easily and with great communication via Ascend Acoustics. I also have a REL, which I like.

If I had to choose between them, I prefer the Rythmik to the REL. In my opinion, there is a lot to do to make subs work smoothly in a room. The lack of adjustable phase all but a few expensive models of REL make the Rythmik much much easier to dial in. They have other adjustable features, too, which the REL lack. The fact that they are servo controlled also impresses some folks, but I don't know enough to say that that particular engineering difference from the REL is an advantage.

I appreciate your expertise and feedback, thanks for taking the time to help!

The Rythmik subs are larger than I’d prefer, and JL Audio is a little more than I’d like to spend. I have a couple of larger subs now, but they visually dominate the space. (I use them for home theater in another room.)

I’m leaning toward the Svs micro unless I’m missing something. 
 

@trianglezerius   any other opinions you’d like to add? Any pros or cons I need to consider?

Thanks again!

I have a fair sized SVS PB2000pro, surely not a micro. I live in the same town where they are made and their customer service is awesome. For my listening the SVS adds a jaw dropping weight and presence. As mentioned previously the phone app is amazing, you can really dial it in, and even set up pre-sets depending on what you may be listening to at the moment. I've owned a couple velodyne and MA subs. The SVS is simply amazing. Have never heard to REL or JL, but i know their rep and it's positive.