I own 6 Mackies. (2x624s and 4x824s) I haven't had a lick of trouble with any of them. What the heck are you guys doing to yours - listening to them underwater? ;-) Greg On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 13:27 -0400, Paul Winkler wrote: > On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 12:33:16PM -0400, matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > are the event TR8XL speakers. Incredible. They sound comparable to the > > Mackies or NS10s. I've done direct comparisons. > > That's a bit confusing, as the Mackie monitors I've heard > (624 and 824) sound nothing at all like the old Yamaha NS10s. > The Mackies have good bass extension and a reasonably accurate > midrange. The Yamahas had no bass extension and a strongly exaggerated > midrange. <rant>It's a good thing Yamaha finally discontinued the NS10 or > people would probably still be buying the horrible things.</rant> > > I did kinda like the older Event 20/20p for the price, I > haven't heard the new models but historically they've made some nice > bang-for-the-buck systems. The only thing I didn't like about the > 20/20 compared to the Mackie 624 was a hint of "plastic"-sounding > resonance in the midbass, and a very slightly harsh treble that might > be annoying after a long day of mixing. But I could certainly get work > done on it, and the price is/was a heck of a lot lower. >
