Reproducing the Longest Waves

From their website: REL Acoustics of Great Britain designs and manufactures high-quality, award-winning sub-bass systems for use in two-channel and multi-channel music and multi-channel home theatre systems.

What is a sub-bass system?
Many so-called ‘full-range’ loudspeakers cannot reproduce the low bass frequencies found on most music and movie discs, which are necessary for the accurate reproduction of the original recording and help to impart a natural ambience that is immediately recognisable by listeners as being closer to ‘the real thing’.

Of course, movie DVDs incorporate a dedicated bass channel for the deeper bass special effects, but a properly designed sub-bass system will not only reproduce these with accuracy, it will also augment the output of conventional stereo and surround loudspeakers with very low frequency bass that is felt rather than heard. The result is greater fidelity. The system with a wider bandwidth will always sound more realistic and ultimately more entertaining and stimulating. In many cases, the best way, the only way, to add these critical bass frequencies is to introduce a correctly designed sub-bass system, one which not only has the technical ability to reveal the deepest sounds, but will also integrate seamlessly with the loudspeakers so that your system speaks with one deeper, more natural voice.

REL Acoustics designs and builds specialised sub-bass systems that do just this. It doesn’t build loudspeakers, it only builds sub-bass systems. For over ten years, the evolving range of REL products has delighted audiophiles and cinephiles around the world, and received universal critical acclaim. Its superiority remains unchallenged, proving that genuine sub-bass is a rare commodity, and only available from a specialist.

Why We Picked Them

REL Acoustics Sub-Bass Systems are the only subs we display on our floor and stock for sale at Reference Media. We have made this decision based solely on the superior performance that REL has achieved across their entire product line. REL put themselves into a unique position in the industry by pursuing the perfection of sub-bass systems and nothing else. Aside from adhering to military specifications in their construction standards, what really sets them apart from any other sub out there is their exclusive dual input system. By relentlessly seeking to create the ultimate augmentation for any speaker system they have developed a crossover that allows seamless integration.    

REL Sub-Bass Systems address both worlds of dedicated stereo audiophile listening and the heavy hitting effects contained on Blu-Ray, DVD, and video game soundtracks. They achieve this miracle of flexibility by having dual inputs. One input is for high level stereo information intended to augment harmonic frequencies across the whole range. This creates an unprecedented “in the room” feeling that other subs lack that has become known as “The REL Effect”. The other input is a dedicated LFE (low frequency effects) channel to process the separate track of sub-bass frequencies found on most movies and video games these days. This genius crossover technique is fortified by an internal amp that is described by the factory itself as overkill. This ensures that your REL will gracefully handle anything you can throw at it and never falter for a second.

REL Acoustics Sub-Bass Systems are the subs we recommend here at Reference Media. They have painstakingly designed a practically perfect product that can augment any system. They offer subs in sizes to fit any room and budget and perform fabulously across the whole product line. The incremental adjustments on the crossover allow for seamless integration with any speaker array and the dual inputs allow for a flexibility of use between music and movies not matched by any other. Stop by to listen to the G1 we have in the Bellingham shop, or the Reference model we have in our Everett shop to hear for yourself the miraculous difference a REL can add to your system.