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MKII
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HT/1205 MKII establishes a
new performance standard for affordable home
theatre subwoofers. 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. HT/1205
MKII plays 50% louder than its predecessor,
while also delivering more precision and
subtlety. It is capable of output levels more
commonly found in models well over
$1,000/£1,000. Fantastic for music and available
HT-Air rounds out a perfect offering.
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. Over the years, our
experiments have established that this results
in a faster, deeper presentation of bass—all
while looking smashing. 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. The entire affair looks
expensive, bespoke, and tastefully restrained.
Additionally, you can stylishly combine it with
either Serie T/x or Serie S in large,
fully-immersive REL HT/3D™ setups.
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 beefed up. It is
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. The result is crazy output, while the HT/1205
MKII remains fast and liquid.
Now Hear This!
Amplifiers do the heavy lifting in a theatre
subwoofer. We turned to a true tier one amp
supplier to build our latest design for us—they
did not disappoint. They included thicker
boards, upgraded the power supplies, and did all
the stuff that results in a brutally powerful
amp with remarkable longevity. Additionally, the
MOSFET power modules rated at 800 watts mean
this amp is just cruising at its 500-watt
rating. It produces truly awe-inspiring sound.
While the theatre gets all the headlines, the HT/1205
MKII’s big secret is that it sounds sublime in
musical applications. Big and robust-sounding,
it is sure to become an instant classic.
PerfectFilters™: Where
it All Starts – Amplifier
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, our latest circuit
includes an all-analogue subsonic filter that
begins as low as 8 Hz to minimize 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. With our optional
HT-Air™, great sound has become “un-wired.” 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. This affordable circuit
includes the same LSIC chip that powers our
state-of-the-art AirShip II, minus the expensive
analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue (DAC)
convertors. 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.
Specifications
- 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
- Passive Radiator Size & Material: NA
- 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
- Dual Parametric Filter: N/A
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
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