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$500.00
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Epifani T-212, 2-12” & Horn Cabinet
This is the cabinet that started it all. tested in venues and studios of all sizes, the T-212D provides portability without compromise in sound and power handling. With a power rating of 800W RMS and 2200W peak, the T-212D delivers incredible clarity, bottom, and punch at any volume. Even in large venues the bass is as defined and chest pounding in the back of the room as it is near the stage. With the ever-growing popularity of 5 & 6 string basses in mind, this cabinet was designed and tuned to deliver outsatnding low end for the B string. The addition of a bullet tweeter delivers crisp high end that never gets brittle.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Speaker: 2 x 400W RMS Cast Aluminum Frame / 3" Voice Coil / 100W RMS Tweeter
Frequency Response: 40hz - 16khz
Power Rating: 800W RMS (2200W Peak) 4 Ohms
Suggested Power Amp Wattage: 300W - 1600W
Dimensions: 26 1/4" H x 23" W x 17 3/4" D
Sensitivity: 103 db SPL @1W 1M
Weight: 75 lbs
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joelb79
Registered User
Registered: March 2006
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Posts: 3580
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Review Date: Tue October 31, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $450.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Amazing Full Range Tone without sacrifice to punchiness.
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Cons:
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Weight (slightly heavy)
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I stopped in a music shop and saw this cabinet sans head sitting on consignment. I immediately pulled my rack and bass into the store and gave it a full 1 hour demo, which resulted in my purchase of this cabinet used. It had one owner who used it mostly for teaching bass guitar and a few shows.
My initial gig opportunities with this cab have been a weekly open mic and a weekly blues jam, as well as 2 rock shows with my band.
Running this cab flat gives you a full rich sound without any harshness on the highs, and lows that you can feel as well as hear. When i say feel, i mean anywhere in the room, not just at your ankles.
This cabinet has cued me into a sound that i thought was impossible without a ton of processing. For years i have been searching for a cabinet that can pound out the actuall hit of the string without muddying the sound. This cabinet can accurately reproduce the sub-harmonic fundamentals that make up the string strike attack and reverberation without muddying the actual tone of the bass.
What amazes me more is the fact that anybody who had played through this cabinet and is used to the 810 cabinet has said that they would replace their rig without hesitation to Epifani 12's.
I'm not sure how the UL212 sounds, but the T212 is amazing and worth the try if you can get your hands on one. I would suggest any Epifani product highly. Every one i have demoed has lived up to the expectation of Hi-Fi. Get yourself a nice tube head and you have everything you always wanted in a rig.
Drummer Quote: "That this is shaking my balls." 
Bass Player Quote: "Dude, where can i get myself one of these. That is one hell of a rig! I might have to trade my 810 for this"
Cons: Weight. Lighter than ALL 410's on the market without neo speakers, so I'm not complaining. Easily out paces just about every 410 I've tried, so weighing at 78 lbs is an amazing feat for this cabinet.
Just wish it weighed around 20 lbs less.
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"But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:" Matthew 6:20
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funkyjudge
Registered User
Registered: August 2010
Location: Langhorne, PA, USA
Posts: 491
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Review Date: Wed January 11, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $550.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Deep, rich lows; handles lots of power; portable
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none that I can think of!
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I have the first-generation T212-UL cabinet (with the Italian-made B&C 12" speakers, not the Eminence Neo 12s that were later spec'd). It is absolutely the best 2x12 or 4x12 cabinet that I have owned, and I have had several 2x12s, plus a few 4x12s, dating all the way back to the 1970s! This cabinet gives me everything that I used to get from my 2x15s, but with a bit better definition down-low .... and this baby handles as much power as I can put through it!
I sold an Epifani T310-UL when I purchased this cabinet, and I am very happy that I did so. Having always been a fan of 12" and 15" speakers for reproducing the lower frequencies (particularly when using a 5-string bass), I find this one to be the ideal cabinet for my needs -- I play blues, classic rock, R&B and funk, and a few of my gigs are with two guitarists plus a keyboard player. Using a Genz-Benz Shuttle 9.0, and currently a Streamliner 900, through this cabinet, I have never had any problems keeping-up (in fact, I rarely have to set my amp's volume above about 3 or 4, even with passive basses). Using an Auralex Great Gramma platform under the cabinet helps to keep things from getting "muddy", but even when I am in rehearsals without the platform, the sound is still "tight" and clear.
At just 56 lbs., this cabinet is very easily carried and moved ... much to the surprise of my bandmates, who always do double-takes when I pick it up with one hand. I wish that I had a couple of these cabinets back in the 70s and early 80s when I was doing huge arena shows. It would have made load-in and tear-down SOOOOO much more pleasant!
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Doug (a/k/a "funkyjudge")
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