REL Acoustics
212/SX
Introduced 2020$5,399 MSRP
The 212/SX is REL Acoustics' large-format tower subwoofer aimed at both two-channel music and home-theater use, pairing two active front-firing 12-inch drivers with a rear-firing and a down-firing passive driver in a single tall, piano-black-lacquered cabinet. It is driven by REL's NextGen5 Class D amplification and is positioned near the top of REL's home subwoofer range below the brand's flagship reference models.
MSRP
$5,399
Used market · Good
$3,500
-35% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $5,399 at launch to $3,500 today.
Specifications
- Price
- $5,399 per REL's official page; HomeTheaterHiFi's review lists $4,999/ea.
- Finish
- Piano Black Lacquer
- Weight
- 128 lb (58 kg) net
- Drivers
- Four 12" (300 mm) drivers total: two active front-firing Continuous CastAlloy™ drivers, one rear-firing and one down-firing Carbon/Carbon passive driver
- Amplifier
- 1,000 watts RMS, NextGen5 Class D
- Dimensions
- 14.25" x 33" x 20.25" (362 x 838 x 514.5 mm)
- Frequency response
- -6 dB at 18 Hz low-frequency extension
- Dimensions w x h x d
- 14.25" x 33" x 20.25" (362 x 838 x 514.5 mm)
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