no offence...I own a 12R but could I buy the T1 with 12R's price?
and I bet the T1 is min 3x what 12R is selling....u pay for what you get
and REL is a famous sub maker and u should only compare the T1 to the SPL or the new optimum series.
The CHT or DLS is only their entry level.

lightning, just curious, were the subs calibrated before auditioning?
it seems the T1 is downfiring woofer + passive front and whilst 12R is front-ported design so I guess the bass will be quite different.

I just got back from auditioning the REL T1 a while ago.  During the audition I manage to try out the Velodyne CHT-12R (not the Q) and the JBL ES250P so that give me a good opportunity to do a direct comparison between the 3 subs.

The REL T1 is a 10" sub that comes in a really tiny package while the CHT-12R and the JBL ES250P are both 12"sub in a much bigger cabinet.

When I first saw the T1, I am so surprise how small is this sub.  Its really really tiny in a cabinet that is just 1 cubic foot.  I really have doubt that this little cube can even produce good bass as the size is just too small for serious bass!

Then we play some original demo DVD with DTS audio which have some great music and HT stuffs.  I just wanna listen to the sub so I don't really care about the picture DVD is fine for this audition.  The first one we try out is a live band with some really nice drums.  After listen to this track, I am really impress with the bass quality that comes out of this little cube.  I listen to a few more music video including one songs from Eagle and then move on to some movies demo.  The T1 is surely a very capable sub producing really great sounding bass and it can goes loud too!

Then I saw the CHT-12R and the JBL Es250P so i thought i want to try it out just to compare it with the T1.  First is the 12R and i am so shock to find out that the bass is so "shallow" as compare to the T1.  The 12R can produce bass but its just don't feel that "full" as compare to the T1.  I turn up the volume of the 12R but then it sounded loud but boomy and loose.  Then I tried the JBL Es250P and this sound a little better but its no where close to the T1 and terms of quality bass.  I could not believe that botht the 12R and the ES250 which is a bigger sub could not stand up to the T1 so I swap back to the T1 just to listen to it again.  Oh man...it just sound so much better.  Its tight and so full and so musical that it really put the other two 12" sub to shame.  I hope I do not offend those 12R user here, but you really got to listen to the T1.  Its just so complete!

However there is problem with the T1 that I audition as it produce a very strange noise that feels like something is loose.  The funny thing is once we lift the T1 up from the floor, the sound disappear.  It could be from the loose wooden floor so I need to go back and do further audition before I but it.

there u go, u have found the sub u like:)  dont wait liao

where is the seller?? i wanto go n audition also b4 jump into sea n hug the bolster

Boss, you go to CMY and audition REL lah.

Lightning is in Miri      You flying there? 

Boss, you go to CMY and audition REL lah.

Lightning is in Miri      You flying there? 

Is it? Everytime I go, service quite good wor esp the branch in 1U.

tat's y i need u to teman me

my face look like no $$ ma  

TUN aiman...u just finished ur round1 of upgrade

now is our turn ma

haha....

but i still dun have dough for the JVC projector yet

Please don't get me wrong.  I am just sharing my experience with the 3 subs that I try out.  The reason I want to compare it to the CHT-12R is because I am really interest in getting the CHT-12Q which is the replacement model for the 12R with similar spec.  If the 12Q is much better than the 12R, then i would want to try it out before I jump into the REL T1. 

But from my experience, the T1 sound so much better(trust me its a huge difference) that I would not even consider the 12R or the 12Q if they are similar.  The 12Q is RM2800 and the T1 is RM2950.