I see a lot of people talking poorly about RE's customer service, complaining about their outsourcing, talking about how their new products aren't any good...
Here is my 2 cents.
I exchanged emails with RE, and I was satisfied with their customer service. Prompt responses, etc.
They use foreign and domestic parts, some of the subs are built in China, some in the USA.
I recently picked up a R.E. SXX 15, dual 2 ohm.
Made a custom 4 cubic ft + port @ 33.6hz top firing box for my Civic sedan.
I don't care what anyone says about R.E.. This subwoofer is friggin' awesome.
I used to have an L7 15 in a station wagon. I had 2 of them in there for a month or so. I was told there was no way I was gonna be able to make my sedan as loud as that L7 was in my wagon.
Well, that was a crock.
My R.E. SXX pounds SO hard, and sounds SO clean, I can't even believe it. I'm a seriously picky
SOB, and the SXX exceeded my expectations 10 fold. Still breaking the sub in, giving it around 900
RMS @ 1 ohm, and the thing just straight up pounds. So far, it doesn't matter what I do to the **** thing. Throw some of the heaviest bass I can find at the thing for hours on end, doesn't even get warm. Not even the slightest hint of distortion. The bass is so crisp, smooth, warm, I just.. Don't even know how to explain it.
I've showed several friends my setup, and they can't believe it either.
Have a friend with 4 CVR 10s in a sealed box. Doesn't come anywhere near my SXX in SPL, or SQ.
Another friend has 2 15" somethin' or other subs in a Tahoe. No comparison.
Nobody believes it's only 1 sub. I had a.. "Gangsta" ask me if I had 2 18s in my Civic.
If this sub holds up in the long run, R.E. has pretty much won my heart...
I had 2 JBL GT5-12s in prefabs in here before on about 300 rms each, and.. Well..
On songs like Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik, I almost guarantee it would take probably 6 of those
JBLs in those crappy boxes to touch this SXX in my sweet box. I'm not even joking.
So, I don't know what your expectations are, but I'm pretty sure if you shell out 250 bucks
for an SXX you won't be disappointed. I just.. Don't see how you could be.