REL vs JL AUDIO


Who makes the best subwoofer for music? REL or JL AUDIO? REL uses High level, JL AUDIO low level with EQ. Which will be better for music. 
jeffvegas
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“Seems like the people with the high end loudspeakers are using JL AUDIO. Is REL Midfi?......are you for real?...”

Don’t you know if your cables are not 3 months salary you have a mid-fi system lol.



I find much of the discussion here to be total nonsense and relate a lot to psychoacoustics

I bought a pair of revel and in the process of researching opinions I ran across a number of articles on Revel’s blind testing and found it fascinating. 

This recent video is good. Get better toward the end. 
https://youtu.be/xEZkz4Li-0M



Anyway back on topic. It does not matter whether you go JL or Rel it is all about integrating it well. You need a highpass and you should measure your room or you will spend a long time dialing it in. 

Subs are super important these days as speaker prices are getting crazy and bass is very important. Even the newest crop of  mid sized speakers (Sopra 2/3, Wilson Sabrina X, Olympica III, Revel 228be etc, 803d3) have no deep bass. They rely on room gain and that never sounds a good as a proper sub or very large speaker. 
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I have two B&W DB4S subs and I love them. 1000w and 8.5Hz at -6db. Terrific for music and movies where you feel as well hear the sounds.

No worries with integration.

FOR
Great sound
Easy to position
Superb calibration controls

AGAINST
Requires phone & app
Limited Android support
Wrong side of the Atlantic LOL

B&W? Come on man. Please.

Have you auditioned them in your environment? If you had you might not be so critical. Size doesn't really matter.