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REL Vs SVS for 2 channel music listening

I have Zu Omen Defs connected to a NuForce STA200 (class a/b) amp. REL has suggested a T9/i https://rel.net/shop/subwoofers/serie-ti/t9i/

SVS has a cheaper SB-2000 which seems to be closer for half the price https://www.svsound.com/products/sb-2000

I've read numerous places that REL is way overpriced and SVS is great for music. I am aware of Zu's subs...would like to keep the price under a grand if possible. 


Opinions?
aberyclark
wolf_garcia
6,686 posts
 
Exotic pebbles! Not sure how room treatments add bass…add a tuned tunnel to your room? Also the word "quality" needs a qualifier like "good" or "mediocre" or "smelly."
aberyclark OP
1,355 posts
 
Also the word "quality" needs a qualifier like "good" or "mediocre" or "smelly."
Exactly. A TIC response to an audio expert :)

calvinj
2,288 posts
 
I’m ordered la rel 212 se. I’m goiing to pick up tomorrow and have a rel rep over next week for set up.  I think rel is best sub for 2 channel. It’s all about the blend with 2 channel. Will update y’all in 3 weeks. My speakers are gato FM6. From Denmark 
calvinj
2,288 posts
 
I’m ordered a rel 212 se. I’m going to pick up tomorrow and have a rel rep over next week for set up.  I think rel is best sub for 2 channel. It’s all about the blend with 2 channel. Will update y’all in 3 weeks. My speakers are gato FM6. From Denmark 
chrisaz
3 posts
 
Didn’t want to add a sub to my two channel music system. I’m a real audiophile I thought. I like tubes and english loudspeakers I thought. I wear tweed and smoke a pipe I thought (not really). I’m not one of these home theater pagans who buy their equipment at big box stores - no, I’m a serious audiophile, I thought, who would rather poo poo such things and talk about room treatments and exotic cables and what kind of distilled water I should wash my vinyl LPs in. Besides, I don’t need no bass to prove my masculinity.

Then I inserted an REL S/5 SHO (hooked up at the high level connection with Kimber cables made for the REL) and OOOPs. I’ve been missing out, a lot. All of a sudden live albums came truly alive. Sure there was tight deep bass and the REL didn’t call attention to itself. What was the real shocker was what it did to the midrange and the soundstage of the overall system. Listening to live albums I was moved in to the concert hall with excellent seats - I was no longer sitting in my music room. Performances came alive. Try an REL, you’ll be shocked (in a good way). Then complain to me about the cost of the REL after you’ve dropped a couple of grand on StillPoints made out of unobtanium.

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