Moving up in the REL line of subwoofers

@ronkent 

so Dwette,  you had good luck with the four pack and preferred it over the 212?  

I never had a 212, nor claimed to. But that would have just been bigger subs in the same room. A REL line array is a different animal. I didn’t need more bass, so the 212 wasn’t considered. I wanted better bass and better space (soundstage), and that’s what a REL line array accomplishes. The REL web site has several articles about the six-pack and line arrays. Might be worth your time to seek those out, before you go to the trouble to trade away your S/812s. They can form the foundation of a line array. The 212 subs cannot.

My four pack of S/510 worked great. Recently, I made it a six-pack and that’s amazing. I’m rediscovering a lot of my record collection now that I hear so much improved soundstage and ambience from recordings.

I thought the idea of of 212 series was that it’s like a built in line array with vertically arranged drivers giving the bass an added height dimension. I this the new one has 4 drivers including backwards firing.

truly, if you call REL, they will recommend the right pairing for your setup. Interestingly they do not always suggest bigger (higher model) is better.

id be interested in what you select and how it turns out.

At CAF, I saw the borresen M2s partnered with their 4 driver dipole bass modules. The difference with and with the module was incredible. After hearing it with the module, removing it was quite a disappointment, even at the M2 level.

@glenmschneider 

I thought the idea of of 212 series was that it’s like a built in line array

No, that is not correct. In a line array, each level in the stack has a different role and is tuned differently (with independent settings each for xover and gain) . That’s not possible with the 212. They are just big subs with more drivers, but all are tuned together. They only have one set of xover/gain controls.

Anther vote to call 'em. I did and they were very helpful. Refreshingly so.

Moving subs around, AKA pragmatic room coupling, could be it (you will get more magic). But more subs at different crossover points (as I understand it) oh heck yeah to that too. Most folks who got 'em love 'em.

Goggle pragmatic room coupling and it's easy to understand why.

All very interesting information. Thanks so much.