| Reviewer
| Brad Maestas
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| Experience
| 14+
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| Email
| fbass@sbcglobal.net
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| Review date
| December 09 2002
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| Manufacturer
| AccuGroove
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| Model
| Tri 112
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| Price
| USD$1138 (List), USD$853 (street)
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| Item owned for
| Less than 1 month
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| Dimensions
| 21”H x 18 ¼”W x 19 ¼”D
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| Weight
| 55 1/2 lbs.
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| Power
| 400 Watts!
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| Speakers
| 1 - 12” Sub Woofer with die-cast aluminum frame and Kapton™ coils, |
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1 - 6” Mid Range with Kapton™ coils, 2 - Critically damped catenary soft dome |
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textile tweeters with ferrofluid-cooled voice coil and high energy dual neodym |
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ium magnets.
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| Ohms
| 8 Ohms
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| Other
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Some technical specs: Separate 350 Watt Heavy-Duty Attenuators for midrange
and tweeters, maintenance-free self-resetting Tweeter & Midrange
Protection Circuit, they hand-build their own Circuit Board for the
crossover. They handle 4,000 watts. 2 Speakon jacks & 2 sealed 1/4"
jacks, High Grade 3/4" Void-Free Birch Plywood with Rabbet and Dado
Construction, Frequency Response & SPL: 33 Hz - 18 kHz (30 Hz @-6db) 99 dB
SPL.
Dig that frequency response! I recently made a test for myself. I wanted
to be able to go up the two flights of metal stairs in the back of the
Jazzhaus, here in Lawrence, Kansas, to my Monday-night jam with all of my
gear in one trip. I gig there a lot and it really sucks when you have to
make four trips just for the bass gear. This cabinet is one of the
answers to a very good question that bass players are posing for gear
manufacturers. "Can you make something that sounds better, looks better,
is smaller, lighter and louder than than what is available right now?"
This answer from AccuGroove is definitely a solid and defined "Yes, we
can!"
I think that it's amazing the amount of sound that comes out of this
little guy and still, it's not ten pounds heavier than the other 1x10 and
1x12 competition. At 55.5 lbs. it does help to know how to lift
correctly but I don't think that 55.5 is very much at all, considering
the performance you get in return. My Bag End 15 was part of my previous
"as small/light as possible" rig. That thing's pushing 60 lbs., only
goes down to 50 Hz and can only handle 200 watts program. I also have
tried out the Epifani and the EA and other various 1x10 and 1x12 cabs and
they just don't hold up to the Tri 112.
This cab is great for absolutely anything. It's small-enough 12" driver
keeps your upright from feeding back and it's just big enough to handle
your low B string. I don't know of any other 112 cab that can take 400
watts and put out 99dB! I would recommend this to anyone who's in the
market. It is kind of expensive but think about where Glockenklang, and
other specialty bass-specific audio manufacturers, have had their prices
for years, most steadily rising. Most of the time you can only hope to
get what you paid for and with this piece, you're going to be certain of
it the instant you play through it.
If you're going for that "pure" sound and great portability and volume
you need this cabinet.
| Construction
| 100% | 
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| (Built like a brick $#!*house!)
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| Clarity
| 100% |
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| (Matched only by the BEST studio monitors.)
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| Volume
| 100% |
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| (IL DEVASTATORE!)
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| Portability
| 100% |
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| (Little bulky but think about the TONE!)
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| Value
| 95% |
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| (A bit pricey for most people.)
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| Overall
| 100% |
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| (Sick!)
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