Super Powerful Predator Upgrade with Sexy New Look
The HT/1510 (aka Predator II) powered subwoofer resets expectations for REL's standard bearer HT/1508 Predator with a confident, sexy new look that meshes perfectly into the traditional REL family. It delivers significantly increased power and improves just about everything else that its excellent predecessor provided.
Predator II delivers upgraded performance across every performance category It boasts a 1,000-watt amplifier with PerfectFilter™ inputs, a new 15" CarbonGlas™ driver that handles vastly more power, and confident, elegant styling not previously seen in home theater designs. This encourages use in multi-REL systems, allowing blending with REL Serie T/x and Serie S.
The Best Gets Better
The HT/1510 Predator II builds on REL's HT/1508 Predator subwoofer, which won Home Theater of the Year awards on multiple continents. The upgrades were based on three key requests from REL enthusiasts.
First, the sound of the previous model was so good, people wanted more of it by getting more power. Second, looks matter; despite being enjoyed in the dark, a home theater subwoofer must look every bit as stunning as its audiophile-driven kin. Finally, mating the HT/1510 with REL's high level models (such as Serie T/x and Serie S and Reference subs) produced dazzlingly rich, full, theater-quality bass.
In response to these requests, Predator II received a full 1,000-watt linear power supply amplifier and a new 15" with 40% greater power to give people what they wanted – bigger, faster dynamics and flat out POWER. This attack is combined with a gorgeous new cabinet with sleek new proportions to perfectly mate with other REL designs for a surround sound system that truly looks as beautiful as it sounds. To make sure you received the benefits of these updates, REL developed specialized HT versions of its award-winning PerfectFilter™ that delivers flatter deep bass, now down to 20 Hz. As icing on the cake, Predator II delivers the highest .1/LFE output of any REL ever.
Design Isn't Everything – It's the Only Thing
Predator II confidently delivers massive upgrades in every detail of cabinet design. Beauty, in this case, isn't skin deep. REL starts by using right-sized cabinetry, beautifully executed in horizontally line-grained black with a subtle sheen that evokes state of the art amplifiers. This brings to the HT range the same sleek, elegant proportions used in REL's Reference models at a fraction of the price. REL designs benefit from incorporating integral engineering solutions throughout their designs.
Check out the REL BrilliantBrace™. Employed inside each HT/1510, it quiets and redirects energy normally trapped in the driver, and quiets top, bottom and both sidewalls of the cabinet. Brilliant. And the full depth rails used to support and reactively brace against the powerful movements such a powerful subwoofer can produce, also means Predator II can be stacked in Line Arrays of 3/channel for the ultimate in home theater compatibility with massive projection screens.
Size Matters – Now More Than Ever
Predator II's 15" driver retains the combination of a glass fiber and carbon fiber center cap that allows quick, reactive bass with slam that is the hallmark of great theater sound. The lightweight glass fiber allows the 3" voice coil to accelerate Predator II's cone instantly, while the carbon fiber center cap stiffens the composite structure, ensuring that even in the biggest of moments, its cone structure remains intact and unfazed by massive signals. Naturally, this delivers benefits for music reproduction as well. Power handling has been increased permitting the much more powerful amp to give its best without fear that the driver might not keep up. Scale, speed and signature performance are this flagship's reason for being.
Now Hear This!
If the HT/1508's 800 watts wasn't enough for you, surely the HT/1510's 1,000-watt Class A/B linear power supply amplifier in the new Predator II will do the trick. Featuring four 400-watt mosfets and a monster power supply, it possessed critically important, massive current reserves for explosions and special effects hits. Predator II's amplifier brings massive power with almost limitless reserves. This creates huge output that is available instantly, almost dismissively, and is delivered in the effortless manner worthy of the lead dog in the HT family.
Stand and Deliver
The HT/1510 offers one more uniquely REL innovation. For truly over the top performance, Predators are designed to be stacked up to three units high using included REL Couplers™ that connect lower units to upper units. These solid, milled aluminum couplers bolt securely to each sub and along with the substantial rails on the underside of each cabinet create an extremely heavy, sturdy tower of bass. When used in stereo stacks (six total, three per side) this configuration represents over 8000 watts of peak power forcing six 15" drivers to deliver oceanic torrents of bass.
Optional Wireless High Level Inputs Using Airship II
Wireless High Level Input is a new option available with the Predator II. When combined with REL's newest Airship II (optional purchase, sold separately), the latest state of the art Texas Instruments ADC-DAC chips and REL's world-famous High Level Input circuitry permit Predator II owners to add High Level Inputs driven off one's main amplifier outputs. When one's receiver or AV processor is set properly, this delivers professional transfer studio sound, sound that delivers rich, full range sound, at all times.
HT-Air™ Zero Compression Wireless Compatible
There is wireless and there is REL wireless (optional purchase, sold separately). Though HT-Air™ is affordable, it retains REL's corporate fixation on zero compression and maximum dynamics delivered via a 5.8 gigahertz network. HT-Air is designed to leave old fashioned Bluetooth-based systems in the dust, delivering latency in the 16-20 millisecond range. This permits owners to place their HT/1508 Predator where it works best for them without resorting to unsightly cables being strewn across the landscape of your living room.
