REL Stadium and Rowland 201's setup -HELP

Howdy folks!

Just a note to everyone out there who is wondering about the polarity of the audio signal at the output of the M201s: the Model 201 does NOT invert polarity. The 300 series amplifiers and the M201s (as well as the forthcoming M501s) are actually Pin 2 POSITIVE (or hot), which adheres to the US standard.

Why did we make this change? Because for years we've been Pin 3 POSITIVE and confusing people about their set-up and it was finally time to put an end to it. If I remember correctly, the pin configuration is noted on the rear panel fo the M201 as well. No speaker lead reversal, polarity changes, or any other hard set-up changes necessary.

But remember - about half of your music was mastered with the polarity reversed, so regardless of how you set up your system, the phase will be reversed just about half of the time anyway! (Unless you keep track of the polarity of your recordings and make the adjustments during each listening session.)

Happy listening,

Rich@Rowland

This makes me think that you have not solved the REL problem, Islandflyfisher. Or am I confused?

Rich, if you are reading this, have you had any reports of difficulties getting REL subwoofers to work with your new amps? The RELs take their signal directly from the speaker terminals of the system's main amp (e.g., the Rowland 201s).

Islandflyfisher,

This is probably too late for your purpose, but the color coding on the REL can be misleading. The BLACK wire from the speakon cable is NOT GROUND! The YELLOW wire is ground instead. Based on the manual, you should connect the red wire to the red terminal on the amp, the black on the black terminal (unbalanced on one side) and yellow to either terminal of the other speaker out terminal. And make sure that the gain is turned up as well. I have read and experienced myself that A LOT of people made the same mistake and couldn't get any sound out of the sub initially. Hope this helps.

Solution has been found for high level connection.

Conventional interface of RED on RT+ to YELLOW to LT+ and BLACK to EITHER- works. I didn't think that a low level connection to a HT processor would make a difference but it does. The REL was using the low level connection as primary gound. When connected to the low level and attempting to connect as described as above in high level, the amps would not fuction making a clicking sound. Once the low level connection was removed, the REL and Rowland's functions properly. Now I just have to figure out a way to connect my HT processor and have both systems fuctioning properly when both systems are connect to the REL. I'm confident that a solution will be found. For now I have to disconnect either system when listening to the other.