212/SX surpasses, in every category that matters, the original 212 that launched 5 years ago and went on to claim 3 separate “Most Influential Products of the Past 20 Years” awards. 212/SX delivers more power and slam, more speed, and finesse in a design that extends its original beauty.
When we set out to build the original 212/SE, we felt we were taking a controlled risk. Half a decade and a couple thousand units later, we know we were right to ignore convention and go with our instincts.
PROJECT INVOLVEMENT
Industrial Design
Photo Realistic Renderings
Mechanical Engineering / Drawings / Solidworks
Rear Panel Artwork
Cost Reduction and Manufacturing Support
Most folks associate subwoofers with short, close-to-the-ground boxes despite the fact that it’s far from ideal. Years of subwoofers that look like low-slung black cubes conditioned the public to expect that, so everyone churns along looking no farther ahead than their own weak headlight beams.
Because of our extensive experience building Reference Line Arrays, (stacks of 3 individually tunable subs stacked vertically per side-6 total-) for both stereo and home theatre, we knew better. You see, we already knew that physical elevation was needed to bring bass alive, to energize the room in multiple modes. That elevation produces a number of benefits most especially in height of soundwaves and the ability to project bass on a huge canvas, spatially speaking. So what do Line Arrays have to do with 212/SX?
The Mission Remains the Same
Like its illustrious predecessor, the mission of 212/SX is to deliver some 80% of what a full-blown line array can, for around half its cost and do so occupying a footprint about that of a single mid-sized chassis from our lineup. What exactly is it that makes the new 212/SX so much better than the model that won outright Product of the Year awards the past 2 of 3 years? A string of seemingly endless modest upgrades that when combined deliver massive improvements.
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Ryan
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