Fender PX-2216D
The PX-2216D was the flagship of Fender's PX-2200 series of powered mixers. It was a road-cased live mixer with an onboard stereo power amplifier, digital reverb, and a dual nine-band graphic EQ. It sat at the top of a four-model line alongside the PX-2208/PX-2208D and the PX-2212D.
The road case is the defining feature of the series. The mixer is mounted inside a hinged flight case. You remove the protective cover and rotate the mixer out from between the case sides for use. That makes it a one-piece gigging solution. EQ (November 1995, p.94) described the arrangement in its review of the PX-2216D.
Sources conflict on the PX-2216D's power amp rating: Audio-Collection (August 1993, p.141) lists a 250-watt stereo power amplifier, while EQ (November 1995, p.96) lists 300 watts @ 4 ohms and 150 watts RMS @ 8 ohms, both channels driven, with a power bandwidth of 10 Hz to 68 kHz, along with a 20 Hz–40 kHz ±1 dB mixer frequency response.
The channel strip had 48-volt phantom power (globally switchable), balanced 1/4-inch inputs, channel faders, and two pre-fader monitor sends plus two post-fader effects sends, per the EQ review. Original pricing, listed in Audio-Collection (August 1993, p.141), was $2,099.99 for the PX-2216D. That made it the most expensive model in the range, above the PX-2212D at $1,899.00 and the PX-2208D at $1,650.00.
Documentation beyond the service manual and these period listings is thin, and the PX series is not well remembered today next to Fender's guitar amplifiers. It was a heavy, gigging-oriented powered mixer built into its own road case, sold for a couple of years in the mid-1990s.
- Type: Powered mixer in an integrated road case
- Power amp: 250 W stereo (per Audio-Collection 1993) or 300 W @ 4 Ω / 150 W @ 8 Ω, both channels driven (per EQ 1995) — sources conflict
- THD: >0.25% @ 20 Hz–20 kHz (mic input to any line output)
- Power bandwidth: 10 Hz–68 kHz
- Onboard effects: digital reverb, dual nine-band graphic EQ
- Inputs: balanced 1/4", globally switchable 48 V phantom power
- Sends: 2 pre-fader monitor, 2 post-fader effects
- Price (1993): $2,099.99
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