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Mackie Thump 15a ... amazing speaker
If any of you guys remember, I was lamenting in another thread that I hadn't been able to get a sub for my new Fishman SA300x.
I have a friend that works at the UK distribution warehouse that services a lot of the music store chains in Britain, and he told me that the SA300x is being discontinued, which is why no dealers will order me in a sub to go with my system. I emailed Fishman to ask if there was any special feature (impedance load, most likely) that triggered the crossover when the SA sub was plugged in, or whether I could use another manufacturer's subwoofer, and I mentioned that I'd been told the SA300 was being discontinued. They didn't answer, so a week later I resent the same question... and I still haven't had an answer. In the past they've answered my questions quickly, so I don't know what gives. Anyway, I figured that the only way I'd find out was to try it. Only issue was that none of my friends owned a powered sub that wasn't a Bose unit. Another local musician that plays electric to backing tracks (very opposite than me) has a pair of Mackie thump 15's that he mounts on poles. He mentioned that they have a 'sub' setting on the back, and loaned me one to try. Unknown to him, the 'sub' setting is for output... to be used WITH a sub. However, I decided to try using it with the Fishman as a way to get some extra beef in the low-end, coming out of the monitor output and selecting the 'music' setting on the speaker. It works as a pseudo-sub! Amazing low end response and handles foot percussion eq'd for 'kick' via a Boss GEB-7 seven band Bass graphic pedal easily, as well as some of my Drop B songs. But more than that, I can't actually get over how good it sounds with a Sunrise and K&K straight in to the inputs. Likewise when I plugged my Orange acoustic preamp (the older dual channel, tube-driven one) and a beta58 in, vocals sounded superb. Really dynamic, loads of headroom, superb top end and no lack of bass whatsoever. Definitely on my shopping list.
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Rick Yamaha MIJ CJX32 Avalon L32 Avalon A32 Legacy Lowden 022 Gibson J-185 Takamine TNV360sc Cole Clark Fat Lady 3 Last edited by Rick Jones; 08-17-2022 at 09:54 AM. |
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If all you want is a sub check out the Behringer Eurolive B1200D-PRO 500W 12 inch Powered Subwoofer.
More like $350. _RP |
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The Mackie is cheap and cheerful and I wouldn’t sweat taking it into pubs with the Fishman (I got that on a heavy discount, perhaps as they’re outgoing). I still have a Bose L1 system I really like, but at the last pub gig I used it for someone tried to pole dance on it (I think) and it’s gone intermittent. I’ll try and get it repaired but it’s made me re-think my solo gig rig.
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Rick Yamaha MIJ CJX32 Avalon L32 Avalon A32 Legacy Lowden 022 Gibson J-185 Takamine TNV360sc Cole Clark Fat Lady 3 Last edited by Rick Jones; 08-17-2022 at 10:40 AM. Reason: iPhone and fat fingers don’t mix |
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Large (12" + ) driver powered speakers sound good. I started with Yamaha MSR400 (12") and then got a Gen1 Var series Harbinger 15". Once you play through something with a bass response below 50hz, and experience that bass, you'll be hooked. Lately, space in the car has me using 10s and a 12" sub.
Naysayers say acoustic guitars don't necessarily need anything below 70hz. My ears tell a different story. Drop D is around 73hz, and low E us around 83. BUT, large drivers reproduce those frequencies below 100hz with greater efficiency than (most) smaller drivers.
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As my username suggests, huge fan of Yamaha products. Own many acoustic-electric models from 2009-present and a couple electric. Lots of PA too. Last edited by YamahaGuy; 08-17-2022 at 01:51 PM. |
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So yeah, not surprised you found the Mackie to do what you needed. |