Wharfedale Titan 12D Active Speaker Review

0:00 It's an active speaker, means that it's got an internal amplifier

Alright guys, this is a short hopefully product review on a speaker from a company called Wharfedale known as the Titan 12D. It's an active speaker, means that it's got an internal amplifier. Well in fact, plural really, this speaker has got two amplifiers, one for the 12-inch and also one for the high frequency. So the 12-inch has got a 250 watt amplifier and the high frequency Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor. The clarity is very good. The bass isn't booming because it's only a 12 inch, but if you're looking for say some speakers for small gigs, not medium size or not big gigs, say up to about 50 people, then two of these speakers will do quite nicely. Anything above and you're going to be stretching the limits a bit, especially if you want to play EDM electronic dance music.

If you do want to play electronic dance music, then I'd consider maybe getting a set of bass cabs as well. Now first of all as well, powered. That means, like I said earlier, internal amplifiers. So the amplifiers are actually in the speaker. Active, internal. Passive means you need an external amplifier. Now you're probably looking at that and thinking, it is a speaker. It's covered. What Wolfdale have done, they've designed covers to go over the speakers. The moment it's raining a little bit outside, I normally wouldn't bring electronic equipment outside. But because it's got a cover and it's relatively waterproof, then you're sort of safe. Now, my advice here is that if it's drizzling or there is the chance of rain, then put them outside. They're fine. If it's absolutely hammering it down, then you're a fool. You don't put them outside. Okay, so first of all, here's the cover.

2:21 Over the front of the speaker

And there is the speaker. Now what Wolfdale have done as well is they've designed a cover over the front of the speaker that will make sure if the rain falls it drips down and I've had these speakers for quite a while. The only reason I'm doing the review now is I wanted to give them a bit of a test first. There's no point buying a set of speakers or having a set of speakers than just doing a review straight away. I have done that in the past so slight contradiction there. What I realised over time, it's better to give them a go first and then give the review. So two amplifiers, one for the 12-inch, one for the high frequency. The 12-inch has got a 250 watt class D amplifier, the high frequency has got a 50 watt. And the cover itself, if you want to, you can take this off completely, revealing the speaker.

If you are outside then it's a good idea just to keep this on. I'm just going to zip this back up like so and it's quite tight but then that's a good deal because it means it's very secure. Also you've got there areas for your handles is one either side and then the back for all the gubbins and the bits and bobs and knobbly bits. So what I'll do now, I'll just put the camera a little bit closer to there. And then we can get an idea of the back. So what I'll do, I'll give you a whole idea of what all this does and then by all means have a look in the description and I'll put all the information, the specifications and also a link to the Wharfdale Pro site where you can get more info on the Titan 12D. Right, so we have two volume controls, good reason for that and it's great if you're a solo artist, I'll explain.

4:16 For your microphone or line

The next one is for your microphone or line-in. Switch there, microphone or line and a volume control. The next one is a line-in so for example you can plug in your iPod or for that matter an external mixer. Now what I do like about this area here is let's say you are a vocalist. Put your microphone in there Put your backing track in there and away you go. And you've got two volume controls, so in a way this is the equivalent of a very small, simple mixer. High frequency and low frequency, so there's no mid, just high and low. This here, a balanced output, so let's say you bought four of these and you want two either side, you would go in from... If you are familiar with band monitoring, you'll know it's great to have a monitor filter. Horn LED, you get a blue LED that shines through the horn. It's great to know if the speaker is on or off. Power on and off, and that is power in.

All right, so let's just bring the camera back out again and put it there. Right, okay, so there it is. Let me just turn that around so I can see myself. Yeah, small functions. I would say these are great for around about up to 50 people. Any more than that, you can still use 12-inch speakers, but what you probably want to do is maybe consider getting a set of bass cabs as well, maybe some 15s or maybe some 18s. So for small functions, up to 50 people, fantastic. Anything above, maybe four of them or add some bass cabs. Alright, so this is the Titan 12D active speaker. Info in the description. Practice and enjoy. Thank you. And it's going to rain in a bit.

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