S/812 takes REL’s medium chassis concept to reference-like levels of performance and does so with style, beauty and devastating power. It delivers incredible levels of all ‘round performance for both music and film sound, gives customers a taste of what our reference models offer, and does so at a fraction of the cost.
For S/812, every aspect of the previous generation’s inner workings were examined without regard to its critical and customer-driven success. We turned a fresh eye to power requirements, driver improvements, and specialty filters, upgrading each to extract all the extra performance possible. All this alongside the cabinet refinements necessary for those upgrades to emerge cleanly. This latest S range is a triumphant development that has exceeded every expectation of our design team.
Our requirements were for far stronger deep bass output between 19-35 Hz, vastly improved theatre dynamics, and an even more open and spacious soundfield which benefits both music and film. We turned to our NextGen 5 amplifier, tuned to 800 watts, with huge reserves of power beyond this, added a light film of carbon fibre to the rear of the driver to handle the extra power, and developed two new sets of custom filters to extract the utmost in brute force and spaciousness. Finally, we imbued 812 with the ability to be stacked in 4- or 6-unit line arrays, just like our reference models.
Front-firing active driver, down-firing passive
12 in. (300mm) long throw, Continuous CastAlloy™ cone structure, die cast alloy chassis
12 in. (300mm), Carbon/Carbon flat cone structure, steel chassis
-6dB at 19 Hz
High Level Neutrik Speakon, Low Level (2) RCA, (1) LFE RCA, (1) LFE XLR
High Level Neutrik Speakon, (1) LFE RCA or (1) LFE XLR
800 watts (RMS)
NextGen 5 Class D
REL AirShip II (sold separately)
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
220-240 volts, 110-120 volts for certain markets
5 Amp 220 volts operation, 9 Amp 120 volts operation
17 x 17.5 x 20 in. (432 x 445 x 514 mm)
75 lbs. (34 kg)
Piano Black Lacquer, Gloss White Lacquer 8 coats
Yes
Yes (10 Meters Nominal)
Yes