REL S/510 Stereo Pair
Ever since I bought my Quad Z4 main speakers 5 years ago, I’ve wanted to add a pair of REl S/510s to provide the scale that only a full range system can provide. Until now, the time was never right; insufficient funds, insufficient room and insufficient persuasion of ‘her indoors’. Then a few weeks ago we moved house and the game was afoot, except by now the S/510 had been discontinued. Imagine my disappointment! Fortunately I managed to acquire one from The Audio Barn and another from REL via those awfully nice chaps at Brighton Richer Sounds. I have been absolutely knocked out by the upgrade to my sound. Following REL’s excellent tutorial I soon had the room position, phase, crossover and gain settings about there and have simply continued to tweak with as wide a variety of recordings as possible. Top tip: Try the Rock Candy Funk Party album The Grooove Is King for set up. You’ll soon know if the gain is too high!
As a drummer, I really appreciate the authority that bass drums now have, even on some less than stellar recordings.
If the S/510s sound this good I can only imagine what the newer S Series models are like.