P
ower Corrupts
Or so the saying goes. Actually, a lack of power is frequently what corrupts or limits the pure pistonic performance of
a sub. REL employ an expensive but, in our vast experience, ultimate circuit topology for Gibraltar. A linear, Class AB
p
ower amplifier using 6 MOS-FETS for the G1 and 4 for the G2 backed by state of the art power supply and a power
transformer with vast over-specification. Expensive? Yes, unabashedly so. But it is both the finest and most reliable
design approach for these virtually military specification amplifiers we know of. Execution is absolutely first cabin
including subtle touches such as use of telecommunications grade printed circuit boards, high current output devices
and tight voltage regulation.
A Tower of Gibraltar
Gibraltar is designed to allow multiple units to be used in conjunction either as vertically stacked towers or as stereo
pairs; or the ultimate as vertical tower stacks of stereo subs. Doing so extends and strengthens the performance. To
render connectivity simple, each Gibraltar provides both inputs and outputs for all connections. Thus, only one cable
per stack or channel is required, all additional subs in a sub tower. In a .1 film sound configuration each channel will
require a .1 cable as well, but additional units in a tower may be daisy chained to minimize clutter. Stacked Gibraltars
have the ability to effortlessly energize even the largest of salons with huge wavefronts of air, from the most delicate
cello pizzicato to the most crushing of pipe organs played at triple forte, Gibraltar possesses the ability to convey the
musical event or film sound spectacular with ease.
In summation, Gibraltar delivers performance close to our internal reference unit—Studio III—at less than half the
cost when used singly. When used in multiples, especially when deployed in vertical towers of stereo sub bass systems,
its performance is capable of outperforming this standard and, in musically relevant terms, any other commercially
available sub system we know of at the time of this writing.
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