What are considered to be the best Subwoofers for 2 channel music only ?


I am just about to pull the trigger on a REL Studio Subwoofer, price is £1000 includes delivery. Before I do. can anyone please offer advise on a better Sub for approx. £1000 ? I have read good things about SVS Subwoofers but I have had no experience with these, The Studio in its day was approx. $7000, but my guess in todays market them figures mean nothing. When designed and built the REL Studio was all UK, now American owned (good thing right ?) china built (not so good thing right ?). I  would really appreciate the advise, Thank you.
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I believe that REL's HQ is located in Wales, UK. There is a division in Berkeley CA/USA for some R&D and servicing of older models, or so I was told a few years ago when I had one serviced there.

On the website they have a speaker pairing page to help determine which model is the best fit. 

https://rel.net/speaker-pairing/  

The Neutrik High Level Connector is definitely the way to go.
There are cable company's that build a better connector cable than the stock or REL Bass-line Blue cables. Source them on the used market.

https://www.analysis-plus.com/product/home-audio/interconnects/rel-subwoofer-cable/
 
https://www.synergisticresearch.com/

I fell into a pair of REL B2s - (10 inch drivers / 300W amp)  two days apart on the used market, same color. Six months later took a pair of Tesla Le REL from Synergistic Research, also on the used market. Brought the experience to a another level. 

Good Luck