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03-12-2021 at 11:24 AM.
03-12-2021 at 11:24 AM.
For 1k price point just go SVS and it will be a better bang for the buck.
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03-12-2021 at 11:25 AM.
03-12-2021 at 11:25 AM.
Quote from sikwit :
For 1k price point just go SVS and it will be a better bang for the buck.

i am not convinced that you're right. do you have some info to back that up?
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03-12-2021 at 03:30 PM.
03-12-2021 at 03:30 PM.
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i am not convinced that you're right. do you have some info to back that up?
He saw ads on youtube with the sand being blown through the air
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03-12-2021 at 06:09 PM.
03-12-2021 at 06:09 PM.
Quote from sikwit :
For 1k price point just go SVS and it will be a better bang for the buck.
SVS is way overhyped here. They underperform at every price point compared to other ID maker. For a budget they're fine, but HSU is a better value and gets your more, as does PSA, and Rythmik. SVS has great customer service and "free" returns, which is factored into the price.

For a 15" sealed sub this REL isn't a bad. The ULS-15 is slightly a better value, but this isn't far off. I can't think of any other sealed 15" with 800 watts at this price.
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03-12-2021 at 07:58 PM.
03-12-2021 at 07:58 PM.
Quote from sikwit :
For 1k price point just go SVS and it will be a better bang for the buck.

Lies. I demo'd the sb3000 which is over $1,000, side by side with the Rel 1508 and I had to turn the gain all the way up to get the dirty sounding version of the thump the 1508 was putting out at moderate levels. The bigger driver makes a huge difference and it sounds so much more effortless. Turn up the gain a bit in movies and I can feel it in my chest when an actor is just tapping on a table. It's nuts. Room is 22'x22'x8'. Neighbors across the street told me to turn it down twice already. It's awesome.

Edit: just going to remove part about sensitivity/gain because apparently idk what I'm taking about haha and I can tell I'm upsetting some SVS fans. No disrespect to SVS. I have another one of their subs and it is great. But. You're not going to beat out the REL 1508 with an SVS at this price point.
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LoneRanger
03-13-2021 at 06:09 AM.
03-13-2021 at 06:09 AM.
Quote from Schaef_me :
Edit: I have it at -12b on my receiver too fyi. The sb3000 I had to put it at -1db to feel something similar to the REL in my room
Sensitivity is relative and has nothing to do with amplifiers output capability.
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Schaef_me
03-13-2021 at 07:17 AM.
03-13-2021 at 07:17 AM.
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Sensitivity is relative and has nothing to do with amplifiers output capability.

When I turn it up it gets louder. Explain that.
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jmm22
03-13-2021 at 09:08 AM.
03-13-2021 at 09:08 AM.
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When I turn it up it gets louder. Explain that.
You don't understand how sensitivity and gain works. Gain isn't volume. A 15" sealed should outperform the SB3000, but you're not calibrating the SB3000 the same as the REL. If there's that large a disparity then you don't didn't set the SB3000 up correctly.

https://www.powersoundaudio.com/pages/gain-control
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03-13-2021 at 12:47 PM.
03-13-2021 at 12:47 PM.
Quote from jmm22 :
You don't understand how sensitivity and gain works. Gain isn't volume. A 15" sealed should outperform the SB3000, but you're not calibrating the SB3000 the same as the REL. If there's that large a disparity then you don't didn't set the SB3000 up correctly.

https://www.powersoundaudio.com/p...in-control

I calibrated them both with Audyssey. Of course I'm going to mess around and play with the settings to see where I could get the most out of each sub in my room/setup.

And I was responding to a guy that said an SVS at $1000 would be better than the 1508.

I also called up svs and had them walk me through exactly how to set up the sb3000 to see if I was missing something because I felt like I should've been getting more out of it specifically because they told me before I bought it, that it would be on par with the REL 1508. So yea. I did my DD.
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03-15-2021 at 04:56 AM.
03-15-2021 at 04:56 AM.
Quote from Schaef_me :
Lies. I demo'd the sb3000 which is over $1,000, side by side with the Rel 1508 and I had to turn the gain all the way up to get the dirty sounding version of the thump the 1508 was putting out at moderate levels. The bigger driver makes a huge difference and it sounds so much more effortless. Turn up the gain a bit in movies and I can feel it in my chest when an actor is just tapping on a table. It's nuts. Room is 22'x22'x8'. Neighbors across the street told me to turn it down twice already. It's awesome.

Edit: just going to remove part about sensitivity/gain because apparently idk what I'm taking about haha and I can tell I'm upsetting some SVS fans. No disrespect to SVS. I have another one of their subs and it is great. But. You're not going to beat out the REL 1508 with an SVS at this price point.
So, the SVS gain knob goes to "11" in stead of 10? That's gotta make it 1 better than 10 don't it?
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03-15-2021 at 10:02 AM.
03-15-2021 at 10:02 AM.
Quote from BlammaJamma :
So, the SVS gain knob goes to "11" in stead of 10? That's gotta make it 1 better than 10 don't it?
? nope. Just 100%.

Not sure if you're trying to make a point but it was a bad one.
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