Rel subwoofers

The newer Britannia series are all ported and sound much better than the older line. There is no port noise at all.

In what sense does it sound superior to the older line?

Gladstone,
Do a forum search. There are several posts comparing the ST series to the Britannia series. In all the posts I found reviewers state that the Britannia series are an improvement over the older line and I agree. Plus, I prefer forward firing subwoofers.

Here is a good review and I agree with his findings:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?rspkr&1144022560&read&keyw&zzrel+britannia

I prefer the ST version over the Britannia. Better looks, build quility and intergration with almost any speaker. The Britannia may be a better fit with Home Theater....and yes the larger Storm thru Studio subs are bottem firing and ported (no port noise) and are better in every way. In defence of the Strata, it does what it is designed to do and does it well.

Also, The Britannia B3 won subwoofer of the year 2006 in The Absolute Sound. It really is that good!