Operation Manual

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

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.