new TC K-Series bass cabs...what on earth?

I had to see what these are about:

http://www.tcelectronic.com/k-212/

Our new K212 bass cabinet doesn't just look the part, it also sounds it.

 

well maybe I'm just utterly without taste, but I think they look pretty cool! Of course, the sound is far more important, but it seems that TC tends to make well-respected cabinets. I know some folks have put up a fuss about wattage on some of their newer and larger heads, but I have a BH250 as a back-up/small practice head, and it's great.

I'd trust in the quality of these cabs based on their previous output alone, although I'd be curious how these are priced

 

I was hoping for more power handling from the 210 and 212, 400w. Most middleweight heads are batting 500.

 

Especially impressed with their 'unique' vertical stacking concept. Glad to see that somebody finally thought of this...

 

Not like TC's amps put out that kind of power at 8 Ohms....

And its not like there are a lot of full range drivers that can really handle that power either.

 

Apparently it's an entirely new concept born out of their bass development department.

 

These must be cheaper?
Tolex
They have a rear panel that comes off to access the internals.
Why put extra wood thing on the front, tweeter down a tunnel, less dispersion.
Absolutely no specs or measurements. And I don't mean 10 inches, 12 inches those are useless measurements.
Form follow fashions?
Looks like just about every cabinet introduction one could expect.

 

I like the look!

 

400 watts for an 8 ohm cabinet is just fine. Many amps aren't putting out that much at 8 ohms anyway.
I have the BC212 which is only rated at 250 watts and I'm not worried about it since I don't plan on using a head with more power than 500 watts at 4 ohms.

I like the look of these new cabs but since I just got the BC212 a week ago I won't be getting one any time soon.

 

I don't hate em- kinda jetsons VS battlestart galactica.

 

The racing stripes make them go faster.

More seriously, the "grill" is retro 1940's and the racing stripes remind me of a 1960's roadster.

 

They're different! I like them better than the RS cabs because they have feet on them.

 

I purchased a RS410 in 2009-ish and it came with some really underwhelming feet. If you touched them against the edge of a stage or slid your cab at all while loading in/out (which is pretty much expected to an extent with a 82 lbs cabinet) they would pop right off and you'd be stuck with the screw head scratching everything, ripping up the carpet in your car, or wobbling on stage. After trying a few things to keep them on including contacting TC for replacements and some advice, I found out they stopped shipping the cabinets with feet. Given how easily the "Anti-skid dual component surface" gets marked up it would be nice if they actually put real Rhino-liner on there or came up with better feet.

As for the K-Series, I've been GASing for a RS210 for a while now, but would like a chance to A-B them. Given I am seeing suggested retail of £399 and a pre-order of £315 for the K-210 or synterx's $537 USD or €335 for the K-212 it seems that they are priced pretty similarly if not slightly cheaper than the RS series. I don't love or hate the design, but I'm one of those players that really doesn't care what people think my rig looks like. If they are more or less impressed with my bass playing because of what my gear looks like, I'm doing something wrong.

 

... of cuorse they release these two months after I buy my RS 212. I have no regrets, though.

 

Those look incredible to me, I dig the tweeter, hate horn tweeters. And the red stripe is cool, I added a similar 2" purple stripe near the bottom of my hartke 410, cut it in half with a circular saw, to add 2" so I had the same internal volume as an aguilar db410.

I was a graphic designer too, the lines on those cabs are all kinds of wrong for sure. It's not the stripe that bugs me tho. They are kinda retro, almost art deco.