Product: Fuchs Audio Technology 212 Cabinet
Price Paid: US $659
Submitted
10/28/2004
at
09:46pm
by
Douglas Thompson
Email: magidoug<at>myinfmail dot com
Features
:
No Opinion
2004 model. Creme tolex, oxblood grill, black corners, two Eminence speakers. Closed back design with smallish ports on the front.
Sound Quality
:
10
I use this cab with my Fuchs ODS-30 head and Parker Nitefly. I was pleased to discover how good it sounded with the Fuchs amp. It has a big, full, rich sound, not sounding "hyped" anywhere in the range. It stays clean and uncompressed sounding at high volume levels with the Fuchs' clean channel selected, and compliments very well the harmonically-rich sounds of the Fuchs ODS overdrive channel. It even has that "breathy" sound on the low end of clean, along with a smooth top -- exceptional qualities, I think, for this type of cabinet. I really like it.
To my surprise, my Boogie Thiele cabs sounded "boxy" in side-by-side comparisons. No doubt this is due to both design and difference in configurations. But even so, the sound of the Fuchs through this cab is clearly superior.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
Looks and sounds like solid construction. It would have to be in order to produce the quality of sound it does.
Customer Support
:
10
Great. See my review of the ODS-30 head for more comments as to customer support. I thought Andy was even a tad more helpful in terms of the questions I asked him about this cab and speakers.
Overall Rating
:
10
I've been playing 33 years. For many years I've used 1 X 12 cabs, either alone or in a pair. Either this is an exceptionally fine cab or I've missed out on the great sound of a 2 X 12 configuration all these years. I like it a lot.
If anything, I wish it would be easier to ponder what kind of speakers would sound good in this cab. I read a lot of things about how good Webers, Jensens, etc. sound, but don't have the wherewithall to actually change out multiple brands and models of speakers to see if there's something that would offer an even more enticing sound from this cab. That certainly, however, is not a "flaw" in the cab. Just indicative of the subjective nature of different drivers.
If the cab were destroyed or taken, I definitely would replace it with another 2 x 12 cab, and more than likely with the same model from Fuchs.
