from the blog of Oldwaverider
The REL S/812 won the absolute sound magazine ‘Subwoofer of the Year’ award. (See the Jan. 2021 Issue 312)
from Neil Gader, Sep 24th, 2020 product review in September 2020 Issue 308, a few bullet excerpts from the article:
- The pursuit of the bottom octave in sound reproduction looms as a sort of final frontier for many enthusiasts. It’s a task that’s generally accomplished in one of two ways—by purchasing a completely new set of loudspeakers (ouch!), or by adding a subwoofer (or, as is the case here, a pair of them) to fill the deep-bass vacuum in your current system.
- The lower ranges of solo instruments like piano and cello bloomed with resonant energy. Solo cello and vocal baritones become chestier and more resonant.
- Heavy percussion like tympani or kettle drums were reproduced with a frightening lack of compression (be ready), landing in the room like mortar rounds, with devastating pitch accuracy and weight. The S/812 established a firm foundation beneath the music that fortified images and conveyed perspective and scale.
- When I turned to live acoustic music, chamber, chorale, symphonic, jazz, the promise of the S/812 truly began to be revealed.” End excerpt.
We have the sister sub-base on the floor, the REL S/510 setup in our “Office” listening room, and in stereo. (We don’t have the S/812 on the floor, only the sister) Come in to do an ABA test. If you’ve never experienced the sub-base addition to two channel listening, you’ll be really surprised 🙂 Often, you don’t need to upgrade those bookshelves or floorstanders if you already enjoy their tweeter & midrange. Sometimes you’re just missing the bottom end. Sub-base speakers allow you to hear all the music the artist intended in the recording.
See the larger photo of the sister S/510 to the S/812 in our office. This is the current system set up in the room.
In addition to the S/510’s, we have the REL G1 Mark II in their Reference series in our “Transporter” room (in the photos of the slideshow at bottom of page). We also have the T7i’s and the T9i’s on the floor in our more modest room systems.
You’ll enjoy the visit and the experience!
