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What is the forums opinion of SVS subs?

What is the forums opinion of SVS?

I have been thinking about adding a sub and started studying Rel. Then I saw an add for SVS and l gave them a look.

I have seen time and again this forums praise of Rel. So then when I was looking at Rel's specs compared to SVS, It APPEARS at on paper that SVS digs deeper at -3 db than Rel at -6 db, at a lower cost. But how do the two compare in their sound?

Thanks

 

marshinski15
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oddiofyl
4,570 posts
 

I own a REL , its older but still a good sub so I'm not in the market right now.... I auditioned my speakers with a SVS sub and it was really good.  Better than I ever expected.   I would definitely put them on my short list when mine dies 

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cfa88
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I own a pair of REL Carbon Special and they are integrated very well with my speakers. I haven't tried SVS yet.

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raysmtb1
812 posts
 

There will be a bunch of you that don’t want to hear this but I had a set of subs made by Tekton call the 410. It’s for 10 inch woofers and a 300 white played amplifier. It beat the daylights out of the big SVS subs. Believe it or not, it’s absolutely true.

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tomic601
13,713 posts
 

WTF is a “ 300 white played amplifier “…. ?

grislybutter
3,627 posts
 

I never tried REL but an SVS micro and it was a mess in my system. Maybe more expensive models work great. 

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