Activier - 200W amp module for AVD cabs and One10(T)

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NEW! The Activier has proven to be so potent and cool-running that we can now fit it to our One10 or One10T bass cabs. It requires a unique enclosure so as with the guitar cabs, it can't be retrofitted.

If you're confused by the extra toggle switches you may have seen on some Activiers out in the wild, they replace the HF control knob on the back of a Reality 112FR or One10T, giving four simple settings of loudness for the rear tweeter on the Reality or the front tweeter on the One10T.

Want your new AVD cab to have its own amp built in? Have the choice of using it with any valve amp or running straight from your pedalboard? Mono or stereo? 200W RMS per channel into 4 ohms for max SPL or hold it back to 50W into 16 ohms for safe use with speakers rated as low as 20W.

"It's pronounced ACT-EE-VY-ER"

You lucky lucky guitarists! We might have started working on the electronics for our first bass amp in 2017 but the skinny stringers are the first to get a Barefaced amp product! We've combined a really nice preamp design which is super clean and accurate with a crazy efficient amp module. This miracle of tone (or maybe absence of tone?) and power has been squeezed into a tiny package that fits into every single AVD guitar cab we make, right from the tiny Upsetter 110 to the bassist-scaring Upsizing 215.

There are two choices for the Activier - the 1 (single channel, i.e. mono), and the 2 (dual channel, i.e. stereo). The Activier 1 has a single input, single gain knob, and single external speakon for an extension speaker. The Activier 2 has two inputs, two gain knobs and two external speakons. Logical!

Although the preamp may appear very simple (it's just one jack and one knob per channel!) it's actually rather clever. Although we expect 99.9% of you to plug a pedalboard, modeller or other bit of outboard kit into the Activier, you can actually plug your guitar straight in without suffering tone suck or noise. And that one knob controls a preamp which can reduce the signal down to zero (minus infinity dB gain) or increase the level by 30dB (which is a lot!)

The standard configuration for an Activier cab is that we connect the power amp to the speaker internally, just like in many combos. But if you want even more flexibility you can choose "With speaker inputs", so we also install our usual rear dish/inputs and provide a jumper lead to go between the Activier's external speaker out and the passive inputs. Yes, this one cab can be both your active modeling solution for super convenient gigging and also the studio tone monster with your beloved tube amp!

The Activier 2 can be fitted to any of our AVD cabs, you don't need to choose a two speaker model. If it's fitted to a single driver cab like a Reformer 112, Channel 2 is not wired internally but sends signal to Speaker Output 2 for you to connect another cab - so you have a stereo set-up with the Activier cab as your master, and any other cab as your slave. And with the Activier 2 module, if you only plug something into Input 1, Channel 2 is automatically slaved from that signal. Plug into Input 2 and then it drives Channel 2 separately. You can even choose to have a dual driver Barefaced AVD cab fitted with an Activier 2 but still wired mono, keeping the second channel for your slave cab.

And as with all of our cabs, you can choose from a cornucopia of different guitar drivers to suit your tonal and loudness needs.

Power? 200W per channel into 4 ohms, 100W/ch into 8, 50W/ch into 16. We'll work with you on choosing the right driver and the best impedance for that driver to give you the amp output/headroom you need while minimising the risk of blowing things up on a loud gig (it's far less of an issue than with valve amps).

Weight:

Activier 1 = 694g / 1.5lbs

Activier 2 = 775g / 1.7lbs

Weight increase for Activier 2 vs passive AVD guitar cab = 600g / 1.3lbs

(Standard guitar backplate weight = 175g / 0.4lbs)

Customer feedback

30/03/26 - Activer Reality 112FR - Germany

Hi Alex,

at the weekend, I played with the band in a small venue. The Reality Cabinet really worked extremely good. That’s where it really shows off its full potential. It felt like a friend on stage right from the very first moment. Because of the tight space, I had to place it to my front-left, and in terms of sound, that wouldn’t have been possible with any other cabinet. So cool. That was also the moment when the rest of the band were won over by Barefaced.

There was no sign of overemphasised frequencies in that environment. My guess is that the dynamics of the Reality are so much clearer than with other cabinets that the room’s beat frequency is addressed much stronger. And that this frequency is ‘charged up’ overall. Very interesting.

So, now I ask you for your help and advice.

I still have a Fender Concert Head (1982), which I’ve been using with a Marshall cabinet (4 x Celestion G12-65) up until now. The Marshall cabinet had become too big and heavy for me. I sold it and bought the Reality Active Cab instead, so I can use it with the UAFX Dream 65.

Do you have any recommendations for me as to which of your cabinets would now best suit the tube amp?

I really liked the rounder, less aggressive sound of the Marshall cabinet and the G12-65s since I’m playing a lot of clean "Mayery" Strat Sounds. I didn’t like condensed frequency spectrum and the the ‘wobbly’ part of it.

My options would be:

· Usurper 210H / 112W (which speakers?)

· Radical 212H / 115 / 112SW (2 x Celestion G12-65)

· Uprising 212V (2 x Celestion G12-65)

Thx and regards

Volker

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Hi Volker,

That's great to hear!

If I were you I'd go for a dual AVD Radical 212H with 65 Heritage speakers.

Here's the Dual AVD customisation option:

https://barefacedaudio.com/products/specialist-avd-guitar-cab-customisations?variant=44170805149976

Best regards,

Alex

13/03/26 - Activier Reality 112FR - Germany

it’s here (safe & sound) and it’s good - and when I say good, I mean REALLY GOOD!

It keeps its promise. I'm as happy as a child!

Thanks for your kind support. Greetings to the team - have a nice weekend.

Volker

28/01/26 - Activier Reality 112FR - Spain

I've been using the reality for some time now and the truth is I'm very happy with it. I have used it in several gigs with my mood dwarf pedal with amp and cabin simulation. The cab sounds great with a lot of dynamics and accuracy in response.

Marc

30/01/26 - Activier Reality 112FR - UK

Excellent. I absolutely love mine. So so good. My Marshall is now a plant stand 😮

Danny

22/01/26 - Activier One10T - Austria

Dear Alex, Isaac, and The Barefaced Team!

I received the One10T active last week.

I was disappointed for the first five minutes, but then the round, powerful, three-dimensional sound came through. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the information from the instruction manual on the Barefaced website beforehand.

“Your cab has a high-power driver that takes time to loosen up. It will get deeper, fatter, smoother, and cleaner sounding after some loud use.”

The sound is also wonderful in a band context.

I think there will soon be an expansion with one of your 12XN bass cabs.

And by the way, the One10T looks great too.

Thank you very much, and continued success.

One more question: Can I combine the One10T with my Markbass CMB 150 Black Line? And if so, what cable do I need?

Matthias

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Hi Matthias,

You can use your Markbass combo with the Activier if you go via the Markbass amp and take cable from the FX send to the Activier. Or if there's a speaker input socket on the combo you can use the Activier to drive the combo's internal speaker. What were you planning to pair them for?

Best regards,

Alex

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Hi Alex, thank you very much for your reply.

I'm not a very experienced bass player yet, so I want to try out all the combinations I can - there was no particular reason. As a result, I can tell you that the combination doesn't work well. I'll use both cabs solo, and as I said, the Activier One 10T is fantastic.

However, I'm sure I'll want to buy a Super Mini T soon, not because I need more power at the moment, but simply to try out different cabs and have expansion options if necessary.

Best regards and continued success.

Matthias

14/01/25 - Activier One10 - Austria

Thank you Isaak and Team.

I received the cabinet yesterday.

Sounds great 👍 I‘m super happy.

Keep up the good work.

Dieter

11/01/25 - Activier Reality 112FR / Radical 212H / Upsizing 1215 - USA

I have three Barefaced audio cabs. The Activier FRFR 1x12, the Radical 212H, and the Upsizing 1215. They are all absolutely my favourite and amazing. See this though, makes me wish I had the Activier on my 212H. Even with the V30s it is outrageously light. These are worth every penny.

McClain

07/01/26 - Activier One10 - UK

I’m so sorry but I’m afraid the Activier isn’t going to work for me.

Unfortunately I cannot get to the volume I need without a second cabinet which sadly was not the goal.

Richard

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Hi Richard,

Not a problem! How loud a situation did you find it working well in and when did it max out for you? How was it loudness-wise when using a second cab (was that the Super Twin)? It all helps us advise future customers on what this little active cab can do (and what it can't!)

Best regards,

Alex

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Hi Alex

Thanks for the reply.

I found that the nearer to max volume I got, on its own the cab started to distort. So when really pushed it just sounded kind of boxy and not nice. I experienced similar if I pushed the bass level in either the guitar pre-amp or the pre-amp pedal.

At say 3/4 volume things were a lot better and I liked what I got but this did not work in my band with a couple of loud guitarists. The drummer uses an electric kit so no issues with him, though I expect a traditional kit would have life harder for me.

When hooked up to the super twin, I’d say I ran the Activier somewhere between a third and half the volume control and I was plenty loud enough.

If you would like, I can bring my bass and pre-amp pedal over so you can hear for yourself.

I am a massive fan of your products and so I want you to be as successful as possible. I wonder what a 350 Watt amp in a Two10 might be capable of 🤘

Cheers,

Richard

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Hi Richard,

That makes total sense to me! It's quite funny how the Activier One10T has developed, because I designed the 10CR speaker for the the Six10 and then it's accompanying Two10. Quite a lot of people had to persuade me to make the One10 but I'm glad they did because it's proven very popular and plenty loud enough for a surprising amount of bassists. And the One10 didn't have a tweeter option until recently, because the 10CR goes high on its own and its meant to be more coloured sounding anyway - but people kept asking so we tried it and it worked much better than I was expecting. The Activier was designed for guitar, not bass, but again someone wanted an active version of the One10T so we made one and it was way better than I was expecting, much more capable!

I've rehearsed with an Activier One10T (bass, drums, vocals, no guitarists) and it's not loud enough for me - it worked but only by virtue of the loudest moments also involving lots of distortion which blended nicely with the sound of the 10CR overdriving. But I do play really loud! ;-)

We're actually doing an Activier Two10ST for someone at the moment, and I know we've got people gigging with an Activier driving two or three One10 cabs in (moderately loud) rock bands. But there's more powerful active stuff in the works...

Best regards,

Alex

26/11/25 - Activier One10T - USA

Great also for cello!!

Andrew

05/11/25 - Reality 112FR - UK

Hi Alex,

Thoroughly enjoying the Reality!

I am now considering a Reformer with a guitar driver for two jobs: to act as a second cab powered by the Activier (with signal routing so the IR/Cab sim is bypassed for the second input etc), and as a main speaker for a 100w guitar amp. I am thinking of the Celestion Redback, because of the power handling and because I prefer a darker sound.

My existing cab, Orange 1x12 with V30 has some harsh high mid frequencies (I think) that I just can't dial out and have the tone that I like. I have watched your YT vids on the Redback, and I do like the sound.

Main types of tones are clean/teensiest edge of breakup to higher gain rock.

Just wanted to check if you think the Reformer with Redback suits the bill? Can you build this as an 8 ohm driver as well?

Thanks!

Jules

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Hi Jules,

Glad you're enjoying the Reality!

This sounds like a great plan!

We're big fans of the Redback - I think it's one of those drivers that sounds MILES better in an AVD cab because the big voice coil and stiffer cone (for the high power handling) give it narrower dispersion in a normal cab. The AVD fixes that and lets it really sing in the mids.

Best regards,

Alex

03/11/25 - Reality 112FR (Activier 2) - UK

The cab was absolutely outstanding on the road. I have been happy with it for home use for a while, but getting it up to gig volume in medium sized rooms was a revelation. The uniformity of the sound at different points in the room is an absolute gamechanger, and the clarity and accuracy is a league above my previous cab. Everyone we showed it to was blown away and I'd like another passive unit to complete a stereo rig.

Glen

14/10/25 - One10 - USA

I'm intrigued by the Activier cab for bass although my barefaced cab is still making me money. Just wanted to know if I can slave my one can I have in with the Active one?

As you know I love my cab and wouldn't trade it for anything. I recently found out there's someone else in New Orleans with a cab. Minus the white Snakeskin of course.

Thanks

Robert

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Hi Robert,

Yes, the Activier One10 can drive up to two passive One10s! Glad you're still loving yours!

Best regards,

Alex

06/10/25 - Activier Reality 112FR - Spain

I just received the Reality and have to tell you that after trying a little bit I'm amazed by the clarity and dynamics of cabinet. I like it very much and it's very quiet something I also appreciate a lot.

Today I'm taking it to my first gig so I'll see how it behaves in a stage.

I'll let you know how it goes

Thank you very much

Marc

02/09/25 - Activier Reality 112FR - USA

I have had mine (two amp version) for a few weeks now. It is mind blowing how good it is. Even had the drummer in my band saying how good it sounds!

Jules

27/08/25 - Activier One10T - USA

Pinky sounds fantastic. Better, and seemingly louder than the D400 I'd been using with my passive One10. Connecting my Two10 to the Activier sounded just monstrous. Just really the best (and prettiest) piece of kit Ive purchased in a long time.

Andrew

20/08/25 - Activier One10 - UK

Hi Alex,

First of all, many thanks for sending me the Activier ahead of schedule. I’ve been waiting to give it a try in real life setting before getting back to you.

This is going to be a tale of two halves and I am looking for some advice in all honesty! In my small office at home, I found that the Activier was really good, mounted on a PA stand it was giving a good sound and with a nice bass presence and was working well with HX Stomp with amp models and various effects such as chorus, octave and distortion. Tonight was the first time that I was able to play in a medium sized hall, with drummer and (a ridiculously loud) guitarist! The first thing I noticed was how responsive the Activier was - it responds to individual dynamics more than any other amp I have used. I am happier playing with my fingers but the Activier seems to love a plectrum as this gives a punchier sound and feel. However, I found that the Activier lost its presence and despite changing my amp model in HX Stomp and various effects, the Activier sounded (to me) very much in the middle range. Now, I appreciate the size of the cab and what I was asking it to do and I am recognising the physical limitations and I was pushing the Activier to it’s maximum level but the question I have is how do I get more presence from the Activier whilst also not driving it so hard. I guess that adding another One10 would allow for a bigger sound and more presence - do you have any other thoughts?

I know that so much is individual taster and that is very hard to diagnose in an email but if you could give that some thought and get back to me that would be appreciated.

Thanks

David

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Hi David,

A medium-sized hall and a ridiculously loud guitarist is an impossible job for a single One10 (and for most non-Barefaced cabs two or three times as large). Adding a second One10 or a Two10S will help a lot!

Best regards,

Alex

07/08/25 - Activier Reality 112FR - UK

Absolutely stunning cab/amp may I say

Danny Page

18/07/25 - One10T - Sweden

Hello, I'm currently using a One10(T) with my double bass, it's super good.

Usually with either a Acoustic Image Clarus SL or EBS Reidmar 502 amp. Before the amp, I am also using a pre-amp from EBS called "Stanley Clark Signature". This preamp is amazing for double bass and there is really no need to do anything to the signal after the pre-amp. Now I have got the attention of your new active One10.

If I understand correctly, with the active One10 I wouldn't need any amp, just plug my preamp directly to the speaker, is that correct? Also it would be possible to use my old One10(T) with an Active 2 One10(T) as a PA. I realise there is one issue with my current One10, I never added a top hat mount. Do you think it would be possible for me to add a top hat mount myself?

Cheers,

Joakim

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Hi Joakim,

That's great to hear! Yes, your preamp can go straight into an Activier One10T. And if you get the Activier 2 then it can drive other One10T as a stereo PA rig. It's possible to add a top-hat yourself, just takes a bit of woodwork - one larger hole to drill, four smaller holes and fitting a reinforcement inside. We can supply you the parts when we send you the Activier One10T.

Best regards,

Alex

11/07/25 - Activier Reality 112FR - USA

Well, my friends, you f*%king did it! I’ve installed the new Activier module today, and am very happy to report that your new design has essentially solved the EMI problem! The unit is now quite amazingly quiet, as you have proudly and rightly advertised.

EMI is gone, and the hiss is much much lower - overall, this is a much improved circuit layout if you ask me.

I would like to thank you for sticking with me as we worked together to improve the situation. You took me seriously and I’d like to think I did my part in providing good, actionable data.

How this was handled speaks quite a lot to your values as a company and something I will be sure to trumpet to those who ask my opinion. This Reality with Activier, I believe, is such a fantastic solution for us guitar modeling enthusiasts. I’ve played the Fender FR-12, which seems to be the king in everybody’s mind, and this one is just better all around. It’s a great bit of engineering, and the cabinet design itself has always been a game changer for me.

I believe that for the first time since I bought this product way back when, I’m truly experiencing what you want me to experience.

Thanks again to everyone at Barefaced, and please be sure that others on the team see this email. You've made my day.

11/07/25 - Activier Reality 112FR - USA

Received and it is amazingly accurate.

Since it was shipped to my office, I tested it with a low-end Focusrite we decided to use it to listen to music as a general mono PA. My boss likes it so much he wants to order a second (passive) reality and use the pair as an over the top office sound system.

I'll be placing an order for the second one on the company card soon.

Bill

10/07/25 - Activier One10T - USA

Hi,

Had a few weeks now and it’s a great little cab. A couple of quick questions.

1)The wattage on the back of the cab says 250W but the spec sheet online says 200W (and 150W into the 8ohm one10) Which is correct?
2) Can you give me a guess on wattage into 4 ohms total (one extra one10T cab) and the wattage with a 2.76 load?

I don’t use any distortion effects pedals, just a compressor and the Nordstrand Starlifter DI and Preamp which offers tons of gain. Any tips on do’s and don’ts as far as pre amp volume settings into the Activier goes?

Thanks,

Randy

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Hi Randy,

Glad you're enjoying it!

1. 250W is the internal speaker power handling. 200W is the power amp output into 4 ohms.

2. Around 200W into 4 ohms, maybe a bit more into 2.7 ohms

Best regards,

Alex

03/07/25 - Activier One10 - USA

If you are on the fence about getting a powered One10, hop off quick! You love your One10 already, get them a powered buddy! My stereo One10 KILLED (with the help of my Two10) at our outdoor park gig yesterday.

Andrew

30/06/25 - Activier One10T - USA

Hi guys,

I received the [Activier] One10T and it sounds great. I tried it up against a fender rumble and 4x10 I was using in a rehearsal space. It was so much more defined, especially all through the mids section (precision bass with flats)

I found another use for it you may be interested to hear about. I got some bookshelf speakers (Kanto Ora) for home use and they have a subwoofer out with crossover. I hooked up the One10T (single RCA to 1/4”) and adjusted the volume to taste, perfect. So much better than buying a subwoofer. No phase issues.

Now I can put my One10T to work when I’m not gigging.

Thanks

Dominic

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