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Hello,I have just purchased a strata III, have set it up yesterday, and realized a really strange thing.
I have wrote Rel a week ago to ask if having High AND Low connected simultaneously would cause a proble, The answer was no, as you have separated levels the two can be used without having to unplug the low level cables when listening to Stereo source.
I have Rel booklet in front of me, and it says page 7 :
You can connect High and low simultaneously if you wish…Two paragraph belows, it says “The LFE input should be disconnected when playing CDs and other stereo source.
Let me tell you, I am bit confused...
So much confused that it goes to the real question.
My setup is preamp (5.1) and amp. I have the High levels plugged in the amp as shown in Fig2 of Rel's manual (OUT : two wire to ++ of L&R and the black wire to one of the -. IN : unbalanced), and a Y cable coming from the .1 output of my pre-amp.
When I play straight stereo (bypassing all electronics), don’t ask me why, my 5 speakers are playing… Unplugging the low input makes it stop. Is it normal ? any way to solve that and maintain pure stereo without having to plug unplug the low levels, as said by one of Rel’s rep ?
Overall I am really impressed by the sub sound, but I feel a little tricked as the one point I am facing now was the only one I have asked prior to buy.
If anyone could help or telle me "that's normal, you're tricked man, you gotta have to plug unplugged until death" I will :)
Regards, and thanks for any help
Follow Ups:
I own a Storm III and have the same connections as you. It is tied to a B&K Ref 30 and Mirage OM5 Fronts. I have talked directly to Sumiko (Sells Rel in U.S.) about proper set up and have a very good idea on how it is done. I have both high and low end connected. The low end us used for LFE in Movies and the high end is for music. Since most C.D's contain no LFE there should be no bass when they are played. Email me if you have any questions on proper set up, I think I can helpKirk Mango
Ognam1@aol.com
Hi,I too have a a REL Strata III and it's wonderful. Currently using in conjunction with my Martin Logan Aerius i's.
Anyway I think upon further investigation you witll find that the problem lies with your HT preamp/processor. The REL is incredibly flexible with regard to hookup options. I personally only use the high level amp/sub hookup. The problem is that many preamp/processors (incorrectly I believe) always send a sub signal out no matter what type of source (e.g. stereo two channel). There has been heated debate in some circles but I for one think it is wrong and results in "double bass". You may be able to correct things by looking at your preamp's setup and seeing if changing your front speakers to large will stop the extra signal from going out to the sub via LFE when playiing stereo.
In an ideal world preamp/processors would be true to the past and only output two full range signals (L+R) when you ask it to play direct stereo. Sadly, this doesn't seem to be the case with most processors. The new Outlaw 950 has this problem for example. I think the assumptions among many HT processor manufacturers is that people only use small satellite speakers so they can use all the help they can get from the sub?
I gave up on buying a processor since I use my system for both stereo and surround sound. Instead I bought the new McCormack MAP-1 mutli-channel analog preamp and use the surround output of my Sony DVD/CD/SACD player for the surround sound. I tune the REL with the high level hookup to be the most musical and it sounds wonderful with all sources without having to fiddle with it at all once it is set.
Hope this helps.
-CB
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