Yes. Primarily as the REL is an 8" driver, whereas the Rythmik is a 12". It's possible to get decent performance from smaller drivers, but generally it's much less expensive and easier with larger 10" or 12" drivers. REL looks nice and has good marketing, but as mentioned earlier, words like "musical" and "fast" are just made up marketing terms and have no real bearing on the performance.
You list dollars, but put the room dimensions in meters, so not clear if you are in the US or not. Companies like SVS and Hsu make great subs, but are more expensive outside the US. Rythmik are well respected as they use a servo technology to control the woofers, which gives a theoretical advantage, but has not been independently measured/verified as far as I know.
I would highly - HIGHLY - recommend getting two subs with either 10" or 12" drivers. This will give you more even bass throughout the room and give you plenty of headroom. Other considerations are built in DSP if you don't already have it. You might want to look at Paradigm and sister company Martin Logan for nice looking compact subs with DSP. You room is very similar in setup and size to mine. I have two Martin Logan Dynamo 800x to go with my Revel M105s and it's fantastic. Good luck!
Yes. Primarily as the REL is an 8" driver, whereas the Rythmik is a 12". It's possible to get decent performance from smaller drivers, but generally it's much less expensive and easier with larger 10" or 12" drivers. REL looks nice and has good marketing, but as mentioned earlier, words like "musical" and "fast" are just made up marketing terms and have no real bearing on the performance.
You list dollars, but put the room dimensions in meters, so not clear if you are in the US or not. Companies like SVS and Hsu make great subs, but are more expensive outside the US. Rythmik are well respected as they use a servo technology to control the woofers, which gives a theoretical advantage, but has not been independently measured/verified as far as I know.
I would highly - HIGHLY - recommend getting two subs with either 10" or 12" drivers. This will give you more even bass throughout the room and give you plenty of headroom. Other considerations are built in DSP if you don't already have it. You might want to look at Paradigm and sister company Martin Logan for nice looking compact subs with DSP. You room is very similar in setup and size to mine. I have two Martin Logan Dynamo 800x to go with my Revel M105s and it's fantastic. Good luck!
I read a few places that the larger sub isn’t necessarily better for a smaller room. Isn’t that correct? In particular, in this video, I hear that REL T7X sounds better than TX9.
Thank you for your through reply. I’m from Canada.
You are right that REL has better marketing and looks much better than the others. And I cannot say that I'm not impacted by it’s look (and potentially better residual value).
I looked that Martin Logan. Looks promising. I never considered using DSP for the subwoofer. But I am open to it. I always thought using live room correction could cause some inconsistency in your listening from time to time. Is this true? How consistent is it in your experience?
If I decide to go with DSP? Does it make sense to get the REL (for its look and residual value) and add an standalone DSP? Do I lose anything else compared to Dynamo 800?
How all these choices are compared to my current sub (KEF Q400)? For example, moving from Q400 to Dynamo 800 (single) or T7X could bring a noticeable difference?