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SVS or REVEL Subwoofer

Hello all. I have a HT set up.  I use it for two channel music, multichannel music and movies/tv, in that order.

After 20 years, my Velodyne (1250  watts RMS ) sub blew yesterday and I’m looking for a suitable replacement.  I have B&W 804 speakers and a  B&W CC speaker which are driven by a Rotel Power amp, 200w x 5.

My room is 14 ft. long by 12 ft. wide.  I use Anthem’s ARC Genesis room correction software.  It works great.

My dealer carries a full line of both REL and SVS subs.  I would like to buy from him.  Looking for thoughts and recommendations from this group.  I’d like to keep the cost around $2K.

Thanks!

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fastfreight
846 posts
 

Yes the REL HT’s are great.  But do they have ‘high level’ inputs?  This is where the 2 channel magic happens, tapping off the actual L and R amplifier outputs.

BTW, this seems unique to REL, but can be done with any sub that has ‘speaker level’ inputs.  I do it in a vaca home with old M&K subs.

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rick_n
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@fastfreight I made the comment up the thread that the REL HT series does not have the high level inputs.  One has to go up the line to the REL T series to have that input option.  

 

fastfreight
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Yes rick.  I was trying to politely point that out to fred60.

You are of course correct!   Ken

rwwear
2,873 posts
 

Revel does make subs. Not that good in my opinion but they are expensive. REL makes a fairly decent sub. They don't go very low for a sub though. SVS makes a great sub for the money. Velodyne makes great subs but are expensive.

rwwear
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Veodyne subs can be repaired. Which model is it?

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