Sugarite wrote:
All the original products that gave Mackie its start have been
superceded by competitors, and most other products fall under
the SSDP heading (same ****, different pile), except that Mackie
products cost more.

IMO, for the case of my Onyx 1620 and SRM-350's the above would not apply.


I don't use plastic speakers so I wouldn't know which ones are less hideous.

Haven't heard the SRM-350's yet, have you?

They're a little limited in the bass department, but that's to be expected given the 10" LF driver. That keeps the weight down and the cabinet excitement to a minimum. Pair them with a sub and they can really put out. I wouldn't try doing a metal band with them but then again, I don't do metal bands. Better midrange than anything I can think of costing less than 3x their price.





The 1620 has a good feature set, but after 4 revisions of the preamp design,
each touting to be the best thing ever, I don't give a damn what Mackie
calls them, they're still run-of-the-mill op-amp junk, no more impressive
than the Behringer/Yorkville stuff.

Haven't heard them yet, have you?

The Onyx preamps are much more impressive than the current crop of Behringer & Yorkville stuff.

My only serious beef with the board so far is the 60mm faders.