REL HT/1205 MKII 500 Watt Subwoofer
$1,899.00
The REL HT/1205 MKII establishes a new performance standard for affordable home theatre subwoofers. HT/1205 MKII plays 50% louder than its predecessor, while also delivering more precision and subtlety. Fantastic for music and movies, and available HT-Air wireless transmitter rounds out a perfect offering.
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Description
Avoiding electronic gimmickry in favor of properly balanced priorities; cabinets that are right-sized, solidly braced and beautifully finished. A sparkling new amp design that effortlessly delivers 500W into an all-new CarbonGlas™ 12” (300mm) driver. The sexy new black lacquer top plate has a subtle REL logo floating on top, while the expensively wrought black line-grained composite for the cabinet looks the business.
Key Features
- High Power Home Theatre Subwoofer with sealed cabinet
- 500 Watt Class D Amplifier
- All new Long Throw 12” CarbonGlas™ Lightweight Bass Driver
- Optional HT-Air™ Wireless Transmitter
PERFORMANCE HOME THEATER
Serie HT is designed specifically to answer the challenge of creating affordably priced, exceptionally dynamic, pure home theater powered subwoofers. The HT/1205 MKII is the ideal combination of a lightweight, modern 12” CarbonGlas™ (300mm) driver coupled to a powerful 500W Class D amplifier that runs cool, producing extraordinary dynamics. Internally, we developed specially adapted home theater input filters that produce extremely flat bass down in the 20’s.
We set out to build the loudest, relatively compact 12” unit available for pure home theater use, and at truly attractive pricing. You’ll be the judge of how well we accomplished that goal, but critics are already lining up for reviews. We believe the HT/1205 MKII is destined to become a modern classic with svelte cabinet dimensions finished in an attractive, yet purposeful line grained black aluminum-look and topped by a 12mm thick beautifully polished top that serves to damp vibrations on the critical top surface of the cabinet.
DESIGNER EXTERIOR
The beautiful new cabinetry is bespoke; it has new textures, proportions, and finishing touches previously unseen in the category. Lower, sleeker cabinetry borrows proportions drawn from our new Reference models. Your eye is immediately drawn to the top panel, whose entire surface finished in 5 coats of hand-polished piano black lacquer. A discreet REL logo floats within the top layer of lacquer whilst the body of the cabinet is clad in horizontally streaked, line-grained composite.
DRIVE LIKE YOU MEAN IT
The HT/1205 MK II’s driver is a 12” (350mm) CarbonGlas™ construct as it has always been, but all its components were improved in both large and small ways, enabling it to deliver the greatest performance possible. Lightweight, stiff, and quiet, the combination of glass fibre primary cones with true carbon fibre centre caps results in a cost-effective yet pistonic cone. Larger, more powerful magnets produce more energy. Upgraded suspension designs control the HT/1205 MKII’s output all the way out to the limits of both the amplifier and the driver.
NOW HEAR THIS!
REL input filters are renowned throughout the audio world. They bring together ultra-fast crossovers, elevation filters that extend the flatness of deep bass, and explosive-sounding integrated limiters. This compact series of analogue circuits is REL’s secret recipe in both music and film sound. Refined in this second generation, the secondary filters are much higher in frequency; they make the rarefaction of air in the sound of an explosion to feel that much more realistic. Also, the latest circuit includes an all-analogue subsonic filter that begins as low as 8 Hz to minimise the effects of infra-noise from soundtracks that extends well below the resonance point of the driver. The result is incredible delivered power with the ability to play all the way to the driver’s limit without distortion.
WIRED FOR SOUND: HT-AIR
Wired for sound used to entail long runs of cable strewn across the floor. Wire has been replaced by a tiny transmitter and matching receiver that sends an incredibly fast 5.8Ghz wireless signal up to 60 feet with no digital compression. The HT-Air is perfect for the .1/LFE signals using RCA connectors that are HT/1205 MKII’s primary mission. At 6 dB louder than any previous REL within 50% of its price, the original HT/1205 was a remarkable value.
TYPE
Closed box, front-firing driver
ACTIVE DRIVER SIZE & MATERIAL
12 in., 300mm long-throw, CarbonGlas™ cone structure, inverted carbon fibre dust cap, steel chassis
LOW FREQUENCY EXTENSION
-6dB at 22 Hz
INPUT CONNECTORS
Dual purpose Low Level stereo RCA or LFE RCA
OUTPUT CONNECTORS
Daisy Chain Low Level stereo RCA or LFE RCA
POWER OUTPUT
500 watts (RMS)
AMPLIFIER TYPE
NextGen5 Class D
WIRELESS CAPABILITY
HT Air Wireless (Optional), Zero Compression Single Large Scale Integrated Chip
Protection System
FULLY ELECTRONIC SET SAFE
Yes
D.C. FAULT
Yes
OUTPUT SHORT
Yes
MAINS INPUT VOLTAGE
220-240 volts, 110-120 volts for certain markets
FUSES
4 Amp semi delay 230b, 4 Amp semi delay 115b operation
Dimensions
W X H X D
16.25 in. x 15.25 in. x 17.25 in. (413mm x 387mm x 438mm)
NET WEIGHT
43.2 lbs. (19.6kg)
FINISH
Horizontally Oriented Lined Grained Black Composite Cabinet, 15mm Top Plate, finished in 5 coats of Hand rubbed High Gloss Black Lacquer
Supplied Accessories
MAINS LEAD
Yes
USERS MANUAL
Yes
Additional information
| Weight | 21 kg |
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| Dimensions | 50 × 49 × 53 cm |
| colour | Black, White |
