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REL Reference Theater Connecon
Gibraltar’s filter, operangcompletelyindependentlyofthe primarycrossover, providesfordedicated.1
inputsandcrossoverfuncon.ThepureDolby®Labs.1protocolisobservedfeaturingadedicatedfourth-order
filterfixedat120Hz.ConneconisviaeitherXLRorRCAsocketsforthe.1input.Gainisadjustablecompletely
independentlyofthe high-levelconnecon.
Whenboth thehighand .1input areemployedit ispossible toobtainthe ulmate performanceavailable
fromsoundtracks,as themainspeakersarepermiedtorun fullrangeproducingthe mostnaturalsound
fromhigh qualityspeakers.The RELhigh-levelconneconextendsandsupports themain speakers,turning
themintotrulyfull-rangedeviceswhile thededicated .1channelinformaonencoded inthesoundtrackis
fed to itsownREL channeland gaincan beperfectlyset toextractmaximumdynamicsfroma film.Truly the
bestofall worlds.
A Tower of Gibraltar
Gibraltaris designedtoallowmulple unitstobe usedin conjunconeitheras vercallystackedtowers,
stereopairs,orthe ulmateset: vercaltowerstacksof stereosubs.Stackedtowersextendand strengthen
theperformance.Torenderconnecvitysimple,Gibraltarprovidesbothinputsandoutputsforallconnecons.
Thus,a stackof Gibraltarcanbe connectedusing onlyone cablefromthe mainamplifier.In a.1film sound
configuraoneachchannel willrequirea .1cableas well,butaddional unitsin atowermaybe daisy-
chainedtominimizecluer. Stacked Gibraltarsubshavetheability toeffortlesslyenergizeeventhe largest
ofsalons withhugewavefrontsof air,fromthe mostdelicatecello pizzicatotothe mostcrushingof pipe
organsplayedattripleforte,Gibraltarpossessesthe abilitytoconveythe musicalevent orfilmsound
spectacularlyandwith ease.
Insummaon,Gibraltardeliversperformanceclose to ourinternalreferenceunit—Studio III—atlessthan
halfthe costwhen usedsingly. Whenusedin mulples,especially whendeployedinvercaltowersof
stereosub basssystems,Gibraltar’s performanceis capableofoutperformingthisstandardand,in musically
relevantterms,anyothercommerciallyavailablesub systemwe knowofatthe meof thiswring.