Hellopi314
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Home Cinema Choice got time with Perlisten's CTO Erik Wiederholtz ahead of auditioning the new R18s subwoofer, and the quote they led with was that the company doesn't want to make me-too products. Every brand says a version of that. Perlisten at least has receipts: they were the first company in the world to sell speakers and subwoofers certified to THX Dominus, and they did it off the back of a 2020 launch, which has to be one of the worst years anyone ever picked to introduce a high-end speaker brand. Six years on the range covers home cinema, custom install and hi-fi.
The part I want actual numbers on is the automated EQ. The piece flags it but doesn't say whether the correction runs inside the sub, in an app, or is meant to sit alongside whatever your processor already does. That distinction matters a lot in a real room. If it's sub-side only, you get bass integration without disturbing your Dirac or Audyssey curve, which is the useful version. If it just duplicates what the AVR already does, it's a line on a spec sheet.
They also build speakers for submarines, which goes some way to explaining why their cabinets are the way they are. No driver sizes, amp power or pricing for the R18s in the interview, so I'm not going to pretend I know where it lands against an SVS 16-Ultra or a Rythmik. Question for anyone who has lived with a Perlisten sub in a normal-sized room: does Dominus certification translate into anything you can hear at sane levels, or is it a headroom badge for rooms none of us have?
The part I want actual numbers on is the automated EQ. The piece flags it but doesn't say whether the correction runs inside the sub, in an app, or is meant to sit alongside whatever your processor already does. That distinction matters a lot in a real room. If it's sub-side only, you get bass integration without disturbing your Dirac or Audyssey curve, which is the useful version. If it just duplicates what the AVR already does, it's a line on a spec sheet.
They also build speakers for submarines, which goes some way to explaining why their cabinets are the way they are. No driver sizes, amp power or pricing for the R18s in the interview, so I'm not going to pretend I know where it lands against an SVS 16-Ultra or a Rythmik. Question for anyone who has lived with a Perlisten sub in a normal-sized room: does Dominus certification translate into anything you can hear at sane levels, or is it a headroom badge for rooms none of us have?
