REL Acoustics S/812 Subwoofer Gloss Black Reviews

4.9 Rating 42 Reviews

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Stephen Callow

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“Amazing!! I have two of these in my living room giving the last little bit of oomph for my Monitor Audio Platinum 300 II (Which are simply incredible) loudspeakers.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Aleksandr Yanvarashvili

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Mike Kostera

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“Great Gear. Mike in Sales did a outstanding job, Again.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Jeffery Terry

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“I recently purchased a pair of S/812's to go with my Wilson Audio Sasha's. Such a difference on the low end, yet not overdone. They blend perfectly. Easy to install (with Mark Levinson 532H & Ayon CD-3sx), setup and fine tune. HIGHLY RECOMMEND A PAIR OF THE REL S/812!!”

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Posted 3 years ago

Gourisankar Degala

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“I bought this based on the recommendation by Joel. It was perfect for my room paired with Bowers 702 S2 speakers. I have to say it made a remarkable improvement in the sound in my room. He was right when he said it would pressurize my room and it would improve the dynamics of my system. I can actually FEEL the music and my room feels like a jazz club now. Paired with the new Naim ND5 XS2 that he also recommended, my system has a warm and smooth sound with a tight bass signature. It also improved the output of my vinyl setup with my Clearaudio Concept with Hana ML cartridge. I am looking forward to upgrading the REL subwoofer cable at some point. Thanks for the awesome service!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“A pair of S/812's flank my Klipsch Cornwall 4's powered by a 25 watt per channel tube amp. Everything alleged about enhancement of soundstage and musicality is true. Deep and articulate bass is a given with REL, but it was surprising just how much the higher registers were enlivened. The REL's polypropylene rims add a nice suppleness to the bass that the paper cone of the Cornwall's bass driver finds friendly especially in humid conditions. These subs are heavy and quite solid and very well packed. I could not find a hum-free way to set up a stereo pair using high-level connection even after trying all of REL's recommended strategies. The only hum-less high level stereo connection was achieved with the twisted yellow and red wire strategy, but this resulted in too loud volume; so I have one sub running on high-level connection and the other on low-level connected to my pre-amp mono sub-out. This sounds perfectly fine. On the high-level connected sub I am using the Bassline Blue Speak-On cable. On the low-level connection is the Audioquest Black Lab cable with a Y-splitter at the sub end. The detentes or "clicks" on the control knobs are nice because settings can be easily duplicated and matched between sub pairs. Each click on the crossover knob represents 2.5 Hz, so you know where you are at very specifically. Theses are my first subwoofers, and now I cannot imagine setting up any audio system without them.”