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Hi guys

I am interested to hear your views on a suitable replacement for my DSW's.

After having the power supply go on the first one and repaired very well by Mr tech guy,
(unfortunately the courier damaged the sub in transit so had to be fixed, resprayed and Mr tech guy checked the electrics again)!

Now the second DSW has died, but this time the boards are beyond repair.
It is very expensive to replace the boards.

Yes they would be .2 boards, so technically an upgrade, but seeing as both subs sit at the front of the room, I'm not sure if there would be an imbalance between them.

Any views, ideas or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Nick

Depends on your budget.

Perlisten D12s?

I'd never heard of Sigberg before… they look interesting.

We still don’t know the OPs budget.

Hello guys

Sorry been a little busy.

I don't really ever set a budget.
But like most of us, I will look for the best deal on something I like.
I was thinking about a couple of REL s510 or 812.
This is not something I wanted to have to be doing to be honest, but am having to consider the options.

Nick

I'm not sure if you'd be looking to buy new or second hand but REL have upgraded their S Series recently & the equivalent models are now the S550 & the S850.

Do look into Perlisten's offerings too; they get glowing reviews from all corners.

I would never touch Rel. very expensive for the performance they offer. I suggest you look at the new SVS sb3000 revolution

It is the latest version released recently, gets great reviews and measurements has onboard Parametric EQ and a nice app to mange it. about £1600 each

https://www.svsound.com/products/sb-3000-revolution-subwoofer

The only reason I haven't mentioned svs is because I have heard about issues with reliability. Not sure if anyone has any first hand experience.
New or second hand doesn't matter to me.

Nick

I have had a pair of SVS sb2000 pro for over a year. Fabulous products, no issues at all. TBH I have not heard of issues with SVS.
Just buy from a decent provider like Peter Tyson or Richer Sounds (Other sellers are available) and you can get a 6 year warranty.
Not sure if you read AVForums but this is a thread worth a read.
https://www.avforums.com/threads/svs-sb-3000-r-evolution-subwoofers-are-in-the-house.2548966/

ran the Stereo off the G65 ~ went a bit overboard wanting more bass, so got a DSW.2 and a REL CS shortly after (when rel released the new models got the outgoing CS at a fire ale price). Found the DSW to be pretty easy to set up and get close to perfect regardless of placement (have suspended wood floor, so isolation feet made a massive difference). the REL CS took much much longer to get correct. Placement and angle were critical, combined with level and adjusting the crossover on the G65. Once Correct, the Rel CS went deeper, faster, cleaner (more black background) than the DSW, but had odd nulls/peaks outside of the listing spot. Using both CS and DSW sounded very good. In the end took down the surround set up, just running a 218 with the DSW for the main stereo set up; was much easier to live with, sounded great outside of the listening position. sadly the CS is back in its box. did not have the space to place two CS's, sure that would have been fantastic.