russraff
Prominent Member
I was in the wonderful city of Edinburgh over the weekend and stumbled across Sevenoaks Hifi. I am in an extended process of deciding what sub to buy (which has been delayed somewhat due to a lack of a full time job) and thought that these fine folks would have some ideas.
I mentioned that I used to have a Storm III and, though it was good, tended to distort when pushed, or if delivering low frequencies. The guy in the shop (whoever he was) said that the new Storm V is am improvement, even though the box is smaller and is a sealed enclosure. "Yeah, right. Anything you say, mate!" was my thoughts as I walked into a larger than average dem room. The Storm V looked tiny, comfortably smaller than the Storm III and not much bigger than a B&W 675. In other words, there is no way that a sub of that size could fill that dem room with low bass without either a) distorting or b) not going deep enough. This was going to be another overpriced REL disaster like the Q150/200
I was very, very, wrong.
The Storm V was everything that I hoped a sub can be: Low bass, absolutely no overhang, superbly made, tight and, most importantly, distortion free. I listened to the bit in The Incredibles where the young boy is running away from the bad guys on floating discs, eventually running across a lake. The old Storm III was never a bad sub, and will be just as articulate as the Storm V, but only further up the frequency response or at lower spls. The new Storm V seems to be so much effective beyond what you would expect from a small box and is a marked improvement over its predecessor. For me, the smart, small box with immense power and fast musical delivery (I also listened to a DVD-Audio) is a nigh on perfect mix. Clearly a more extended listen is in order, but first impressions are very good.
I wonder is the Strata V is as big an improvement as the Storm V is?
Russell
I mentioned that I used to have a Storm III and, though it was good, tended to distort when pushed, or if delivering low frequencies. The guy in the shop (whoever he was) said that the new Storm V is am improvement, even though the box is smaller and is a sealed enclosure. "Yeah, right. Anything you say, mate!" was my thoughts as I walked into a larger than average dem room. The Storm V looked tiny, comfortably smaller than the Storm III and not much bigger than a B&W 675. In other words, there is no way that a sub of that size could fill that dem room with low bass without either a) distorting or b) not going deep enough. This was going to be another overpriced REL disaster like the Q150/200
I was very, very, wrong.
The Storm V was everything that I hoped a sub can be: Low bass, absolutely no overhang, superbly made, tight and, most importantly, distortion free. I listened to the bit in The Incredibles where the young boy is running away from the bad guys on floating discs, eventually running across a lake. The old Storm III was never a bad sub, and will be just as articulate as the Storm V, but only further up the frequency response or at lower spls. The new Storm V seems to be so much effective beyond what you would expect from a small box and is a marked improvement over its predecessor. For me, the smart, small box with immense power and fast musical delivery (I also listened to a DVD-Audio) is a nigh on perfect mix. Clearly a more extended listen is in order, but first impressions are very good.
I wonder is the Strata V is as big an improvement as the Storm V is?
Russell