Help finding a subwoofer

Thanks ieales for your educating post.

Today I threw out a Storm iii and a Stadium iii. The worse part is that Rel do not share schematics. Although one does not have the mind to do so, one should make sure that the manufacturer does, so that one (subwoofer) has a future. To me, shame on Rel. One GOOD reason to avoid.

Doyle3433 thanks for your comments, is the sealed box sound more detailed than the ported one? I tend to think that a more detailed sound would please me.

i am a diehard rel user... they are wonderful subs

but it is true that older models can have their plate amps fail, and the current ownership of the company (john hunter et al) is happy to strand the owner of the older models when that happens ...

be that as it may, it doesn’t take away from the superb musicality and quality of the subs and how they help systems sound truly wonderful

Today I threw out a Storm iii and a Stadium iii.

If the drivers are still good AND you can retrieve, you can remove the amps, fabricate a filler [or just add external connectors] you can use a 2ch class D* and DSP to blow the doors off the REL amplification.

Ported speakers are sub-optimal in many areas: phase coherence, impedance, port huffing... I'm not sure I ever heard a pair I liked.

[* I have a 150W NuPrime ST-10 listed on US Audio Mart that I used for woofer amp in my triamped mains. Other amp options abound.]