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#349762 - 08/27/12 12:55 PM New Mackie Loudspeakers, coaxil design
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#349763 - 08/27/12 02:19 PM Re: New Mackie Loudspeakers, coaxil design [Re: frankieve]
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Any specs on weight/size?
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#349777 - 08/27/12 03:49 PM Re: New Mackie Loudspeakers, coaxil design [Re: frankieve]
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#349778 - 08/27/12 04:05 PM Re: New Mackie Loudspeakers, coaxil design [Re: frankieve]
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A bit more 'pro' than most of us here will be needing. Flying rig supports? Here? LOL!

Plus, at 2K Watts per speaker, unless we are trying to euthanize our NH and restaurant audiences, maybe a bit of overkill? eek2

Street price will be about $700 a pop for the 8", $850 each for the 12's, and $1000 for the sub. Weight, for the output DOES seem pretty good though (ClassD amplification does away with big tranformers)... 21lbs, 30lbs and 47lbs respectively.

Nice. Not shipping yet, though.
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#349782 - 08/27/12 04:24 PM Re: New Mackie Loudspeakers, coaxil design [Re: frankieve]
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Awesome Frank thanx.......Mackie is all I use

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#349790 - 08/27/12 08:05 PM Re: New Mackie Loudspeakers, coaxil design [Re: Dnj]
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This looks interesting.Now with the design, I don't know how good they will sound.

Now, 2000w?

If they deliver 1000w it's a lot.I have tried other qsc,jbl,ev that claim 1000w and they are now even close.
But they are nice speakers,especially JBL prx600 series.

Time will show about Mackies.
I do like that they have 1.75 inch driver.

Has anyone tried mackie dl1602 digital mixer?
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#349792 - 08/27/12 11:08 PM Re: New Mackie Loudspeakers, coaxil design [Re: frankieve]
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I think a lot depends more on the efficiency of the speakers than how many watts they have driving them. ClassD amps, on the whole, don't deliver the sheer oomph that ClassA or A/B amps do (the traditional, heavy transformer types), so 2000W isn't QUITE what you would expect. Plus, Mackie make no detailed specs available yet, so 2000W at what %THD? RMS or peak?

We don't know yet. They may very well need 2000W at their specs to equal 1000W of JBL or QSC (who tend to be much more 'techie' with their spec data) power, we don't really know yet. Peak volume seems to be comparable to QSC's K series (the 10" QSC's peak volume is about the same as the Mackie 12", so where all that extra power is going, I don't know). But interestingly, the QSC's claim only 1000W continuous, but 2000W peak, so this may be a more accurate indication of what the Mackie's true power output is at.

The QSC's (which a few friend's have, and I have heard and played through) interestingly also have a 1.75" horn diaphragm, so you may very well be looking at Mackie's answer to the K-Series QSC's. If the Mackie's compare sonically with the QSC's, which are among my favorite small, powerful speakers at the moment, as the price is similar, they may have a winner.

But still rather more than most here really need...
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#349797 - 08/28/12 04:08 AM Re: New Mackie Loudspeakers, coaxil design [Re: Diki]
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Right on Diki.

I think it's probably 2000w peak power.

I too like K10.Very nice for singing.
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#349800 - 08/28/12 06:07 AM Re: New Mackie Loudspeakers, coaxil design [Re: frankieve]
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I just used a pair of the Yamaha DXR10 speakers for an outside gig. They are rated at 1100w but that is a peak like mirza said. They sounded great and it was plenty of power for the event.

All the companies are playing the numbers game with their marketing strategy. QSC started it with the K series @ 1000w... Yamaha went with 1100w for the DXR and 1300w for the DSR line... then Line 6 introduced the SoundSource L3t at 1400w! Mackie has raised the number to 2000w and a new, innovative design with the science to back it up. The true test will be the ears. Are they made in China?!? In their own factory?!?

http://www.qscaudio.com/products/speakers/k_series/
http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/speakers/dxr/index.jsp
http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/speakers/dsr_series/
http://line6.com/stagesource-l3t/
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#349801 - 08/28/12 06:14 AM Re: New Mackie Loudspeakers, coaxil design [Re: shueymusic]
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Originally Posted By: shueymusic
I just used a pair of the Yamaha DXR10 speakers for an outside gig. They are rated at 1100w but that is a peak like mirza said. They sounded great and it was plenty of power for the event.

All the companies are playing the numbers game with their marketing strategy. QSC started it with the K series @ 1000w... Yamaha went with 1100w for the DXR and 1300w for the DSR line... then Line 6 introduced the SoundSource L3t at 1400w! Mackie has raised the number to 2000w and a new, innovative design with the science to back it up. The true test will be the ears. Are they made in China?!? In their own factory?!?

http://www.qscaudio.com/products/speakers/k_series/
http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/speakers/dxr/index.jsp
http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/speakers/dsr_series/
http://line6.com/stagesource-l3t/



Just curious, what were you running through those Yamaha DXR10's ? I like them because of the built in 3 channel mixer and stereo link feature. Plus yamaha quality.
Thanks
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