Rel Strata III versus Rel Britannia B3

Howard,

I would be curious as to what you find out regarding your concept of color...

Cheers

Froody, I haven't found much out so far. I'm seeing some appealing prices on the Britannia series right now, so I'm actively researching the issue now. I'll let you know what I find.

Howard

I know Artmaltman and when he says "color," he is not referring to coloration. I don't want to put words in his mouth, but I believe he is talking about tonal color or saturation. He and I have had conversations about the sonic equivalent of the color dial on your TV. Turn it down too far and approach black & white. I think he's saying tha his REL sub seems to add to the saturation (in a good way) across the board in his system, including perceived tonality in the treble.

I've tried the DD from Velo and just recently bit the bullet on a the B3.

The DD from Velo is nice because of the remote. But it stops there. No matter what the dealer did, the sub just called attention to the sound therefore it colors the sound. The salesman may not know what he is doing but I sure didnt like the way it gave bass. It was a bit hard for my taste. Too much. It could be break in issues but it wasnt for me. Powerful yes! but still, not for me.

Next stop I went to the store who carried Rel. It only took a good 5 min to convince me that this sub was for me. It integrated well with whatever speakers it was hooked up to. It seems the bass was coming from the main speakers rather than from the sub itself.Its terribly expensive but at the end of a two week period of thinking. I bit the bullet and got the Rel B3 in cherry.

I suggest that you listen to the Rels before giving up on them.

Oops, I just noticed this request for a response. (Thanks for filling in Dan!). What I expected is to hear and/or feel more bass. Sure, I get that in spades, but it also seems to me that the sounds top to bottom, even the treble, seem to have more of a foundation when the sub is on. The note coming from a violin seems a tad more solid, more real, with more texture. This is the furthest thing from my expectation of what I'd get from a sub that I can imagine. I don't know a lot about the structure of music - is it possible that there are "overtones", or some content of the bass response that really does reinforce higher frequencies? (legitimately, not in terms of artificial coloration).
Art