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Re: OT: Mackie SRM150 / tiny PA
Hey Daryl!
Sorry for the late reply, but we were off in Korea on a "visa run".
(If there's anybody else from the Loopy list that would know the
definition of that term, then I'm sure it's you).
I saw you mention the Roland CM-30 Cube Monitors in your original
post. I've got a pair of these that I use in a 2.1 setup along with
a Gemini 12" powered monitor. I was wondering: how much low end do
you need to reproduce for your purposes? The Roland's sound great
and have a very good frequency response all the way down through the
low mids, but their bass is fairly crippled -- which is why I
supplemented mine with a powered sub. They have a pretty hefty
rolloff below around 200 Hz, and practically nothing below around
60-80 Hz. But, with a 5" woofer, you can't expect a whole lot of low
end response.
However, if you're just using them with your acoustic, I think they
may be worth taking a look. They're extremely portable; I can easily
lift both of mine with just one arm. There are a lot of I/O options,
and They're a lot louder than you might think, with low distortion,
and, if you can live without the bass response, reproduce tones
nicely.
Just another $.02 to consider. Regardless, hope things are going
well and good luck!!! :)
-- Duke.
At 1:02 AM -0500 5/14/08, Daryl Shawn wrote:
>hey Rick, thanks for sparing the kroner from afar, good to hear your
>full and informed review. "Underwhelmed" is a strong phrase...I'm
>hearing enough dissenting opinions here and elsewhere that I'm not
>convinced I'd be happy with them for this purpose.
>
>The RCF's are getting great reviews everywhere it seems. I'm seeing
>them for $450-550 which is more than I wanted to spend, but more
>than that they're not something I can really regularly fly with,
>small as they are. I have to weigh a bit more exactly what I want to
>do and can spend, but at this point I'm thinking about getting
>several passive 10" monitors, leaving one in each of my safe houses
>on each coast, and traveling with a small power amp. I have plenty
>of choices for passive monitors, but it's been hard finding a power
>amp that's NOT rack size. There's this one
>(http://www.stewartaudio.com/pa_series.php) but it's a fair amount
>of cash for the low wattage.
>
>(Why can't everywhere that regularly hosts live music invest a few
>hundred bucks in a PA appropriate to their needs? /gripe..)
>
>Much appreciated. Hope you slew the Norse tonight! (so to speak)
>
>Daryl Shawn
>www.swanwelder.com
>www.chinapaintingmusic.com
>
>>Ted Killian asked me to make a special trip to
>>check out the Mackie SRM 150 speakers at
>>NAMM.
>>
>>I went and tested them out with a very good singersongwriter and
>>some heavy duty beat boxing.
>>
>>I have to say that I was really underwhelmed.