412 HWTT FANE

The HIWATT™ SE4123 is a closed-back 4×12 cabinet from HIWATT — produced during the "Audio Brothers Era" of HIWATT's manufacturing history, with this particular example dated to 1994.

This particular cabinet is loaded with all-original Wharfedale 12-inch speakers (S/N 1221760, dated June 23, 1994).

The product name "FANE" reflects the name used at registration, while the actually loaded speakers are Wharfedale. Both brands share the British speaker-making tradition rooted in Yorkshire, and 1994 — the year of this particular cabinet — corresponds to a transitional period for Fane Loudspeakers, suggesting that HIWATT may have adopted same-region Wharfedale drivers during this window. The sound data itself remains unchanged.

A reference capture for British high-headroom tone: the closed-back cabinet's tight low end combined with the original Wharfedale drivers' midrange character — a sound suited to clean playing, edge-of-breakup, and controlled mid-gain, resonating from this single IR.