SVS or REVEL Subwoofer

@rick_n 

Thank you for your excellent input.  Great observations.

I am going to my dealer tomorrow and looking at the following models:

Within my budget:

- REL T9x  $1,299

- REL HT/1510  $1,699 (leaning towards this one)

Above my budget:

- REL S/510  $2,749

- B&W DB2D. $2,700 (floor model)

The B&W appears to be the best of the bunch and offered at 40% off retail.

I'm concerned that the B&W and REL S/510 may be too over powering for my room, which is 12' wide and 14' long.  Bass traps are installed in all four corners of the room.

If you care to weigh in, please do.  My appointment is tomorrow at 1:00 pm.  Thanks to all!

I think that size room is going to be too small for two subs.  I agree, get one high quality sub.

OP already has bass traps....good man!  RELs are favored by many for two channel listening.  They have a reputation of blending more seamlessly with the mains then other brands.  REL subs have a unique input that taps into the speaker output of the amp and allows REL to do its mix blending magic.  The REL HT series does not have this, its focus is home theater and uses an LFE or low level input only. 

The Dynaudio 18s  is under $1799. Dual opposed 9.5 in drivers, no port. 500W amp.

https://dynaudio.com/professional-audio/subwoofers/18s#product_downloads

Very controlled and musical and gets down to <~20hz

The Dual opposed drivers mean there is zero vibration: all the sound comes through the air rather than the floor.

It has some built in EQ settings to match them to various Dynaudio monitors: both these can be bypassed and you can set the crossover point directly or my pass the setting complete and mage the bass with room correction software

I use it with my ATC SCM 19s and Dirac Room correction. Very happy with teh result.

There is also a shinier version the "Sub 6".  More expensive but functionally identical except that built-in EQ settings (which you would not use anyway)  match Dynaudio home speaker models rather than their studio monitors,

@rick_n 

I like your logo.

Sounds like you're supporting the REL T/9x, correct?

If I'm feeling like it's my lucky day, should I bother with the upmarket REL or B&W models?