Matrix FR212 cabinet

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The FR212 is an FRFR cab (Full Range, Flat Response) in a traditional backline style for guitarists who want the big look and sound of guitar backline coupled with the technology to use the full features of today’s guitar amp modelling products.

The FR212 is a mono cab featuring 2 custom built, high powered (500W continuous power handling) lightweight 12″ neodymium drivers and a single 1″ HF compression driver with a custom designed passive crossover network handling the overall signal. The cabinet is tuned and ported as you’d expect to give the optimally flat response with an extended bottom end to handle 6 strings and beyond. It achieves this impressive bass performance with a flat response inherent in the design of the cabinet and porting rather than an artificial, electronically boosted bass.

We worked with one of Europe’s leading driver manufacturers on this project, trialing a number of custom built drivers before settling on one which met our exact specifications. The emphasis on this design was in matching the bass to the treble in a manner that allowed the best transient response, and maintaining a linear phase relationship throughout the working range of the cab. Minimising the phase shifts and getting the flattest possible response greatly assists in accurate reproduction of impulse responses, providing minimum coloration to the signal.

The HF compression driver we chose is particularly flat and accurate, and again, is custom built for us, specially for this speaker.