Ok..here goes, the 1210 scientific living room test !
My first reaction was amazement. Alot of sound comes out of that little box.
The cabinet is roughly the size of an Aguilar GS112. And it is loud for it's size, don't worry, the porcalain kitties that jumped off the wall are ok ! Ok, now the volume is down.
The frequency response is rated at 40 to 18k, and it does cover the range of a 4 string nicely.
For comparason I used a Mesa 4x10 w/EV's. I drove this with a Mesa 400+. The Schroeder sounds as full (to my ear) as the 4x10, with better lows and more pronounced mids and highs. There is a pronounced bump in the mids around 200hz from what I can tell. It's not at all unpleasant, but it's there.
I've never been partial to horns, but the horn in this cabinet is sweet sounding, even cranked up full. Not at all harsh or brittle sounding.
I moved around the room as I murdered a Bach piece and noticed the sound didn't seem to change off axis at all.
Overall I found this to be a very articulate cabinet with smooth response thoughout the frequency range, and efficient. It's rated at 102db.
I haven't had a chance to try my Walkbout head thru it yet as it's not at home.
As Dave said, it's a keeper !
My plan now is to get rid of the Mesa cabinets, it's a no brainer, 47 lbs vs about 90. And possibly another 1210 in the future..just to add a little more depth and fullness.
I recently checked out Epi 210 cabinet, which I really liked, but I'd take the Schroeder over it, not only does it project better, it has a lower price tag.
Oh one last thing..the smell. When I took it out of the shipping box I noticed sort of a pipe smoke kind of smell, not obnoxious,just unexpected, we narrowed it down to the smell of vanilla. (did you notice that Dave ?)
