I would characterize the sound of this unit as clean, potent and honest. The quality of the sound is great; it informs my playing and singing; it honestly sends to my ear what I gave it, (for better and admittedly worse sometimes). It suits me and my style fine. I doubt I'll ever use it with just a mic., I use it with a Mackie CFX-12, and like it; so much that I ordered the second one. I play, sing, record and play back through this speaker, and I dig it. The prompt question asks to suggest tips to make this product sound better. To my ears it sounds like this product very slightly exaggerates frequencies at 4k and 8k as I very slightly drop these two frequencies on my eq. to eliminate idol noise. Nevertheless, I still feel the product is exceptionally honest as it reproduces sounds.

I cannot really fault Mackie here for not supplying the exact lengths of XLR cable for all of my different applications of this product. I personally think it is good that the features on the back only include volume, and auto power off, the low cut and contour buttons are useless for my applications as my mixer does that. In that everyone likes a deal, included speaker stands would be a decent extra with this product.

My father picked this unit up for me and dropped it off at my place; he plugged in his Stratocaster, I plugged in my Bongo-5 and it sounded great. We turned it up, and it sounded even greater. My experience with Mackie manuals is that they are well written, clear, and advise about common errors in use. I find that when I follow their instructions I like their products.

I like the look of this black speaker. It seems solid, the handles and general shape of this essentially plastic unit are beefy in the substantial sense of seeming solid. For the weight of the unit the handles are smartly placed so that the speaker is not unduly awkward to carry. I am a bassist, and have handled my share of ridiculous cabinets.

Personally, this price range seems reasonable for the quality of this product, (it is, at the very least: two amps, two speakers, and an engineered cabinet). I have tried other speaker cabinets and chose the SRM450v2 as I like their sound better than the Berhinger, Peavey, and JBL counterparts.

Yes, I have dealt with the company; their products keep working well, and so I keep finding myself buying more of their products.

Well, try to remember that this is a speaker cabinet. It does happen to fit my applications very well; it works as: a monitor at church, a practice PA, a monitor in a big band, a monitor in small combos, a PA in larger combos and a play back monitor after recording, (mastering tracks). So, it is practical, versatile, performs well and looks nice; but I am uneasy calling it sexy. Although the blue LED is pretty excellent.

active musician

Rock, Alternative, Jazz and Contemporary Christian

Oh my! I could not believe how clear these babies sound when I play EVERY style of music through them (no matter what volume). These sound a lot clearer than the original SRM450 and are noticeably lighter (big plus). I pushed them hard for over 4 hours when I first got them in and there was barely any heat coming from the amp on the back (room temperature was about 78 degrees). I have not seen the peak light turn on no matter how loud I put them and the sound is AMAZING! I recommend a subwoofer to fill in the bass but even alone they hit hard as low as 55hz.

I was hesitant to buy these because of the blue color and the price but honestly I needed to stop carrying my amp rack and heavy passive speakers. The dark blue can only be noticed in daylight but they look great, at night they blend in and look like black speakers.

Just plug a signal and power cord and you are good to go! No need for crossovers or ANY equalizer, it is all built in!

So far they are solid, i have experience with the old SRM450 and the actual enclosure is the same, just a different color. Why re-invent the wheel when you know you have an amazing product! They only changed what they needed to change.

The price is not too bad but i feel they are worth it!

I have not had any problems yet and i hope that stays that way.

If you want to receive compliments from your audience and lighten your carrying load when traveling, these are the perfect speakers for you!

MiamiDJs4u.com

Everything!

I tested several brands/models in this price/power range. This is definitely the best of it's class. For deep bass, I am using a SRM1801 sub-woofer but enven without sub-woofer the low notes are clear and lively.

The timed auto-power off is a nice feature.

The product is light-wight and very strong. I also own a pair of SRM350V2 and once I dropped then from a 2nd level stairs. It rolled down 20ft but there was absolutely no damage. It appears that SRM450V2 are made of similar strength.

Band Director

Classic

Been Deejaying for 7 Years Professionally...Off And On For 15 Years

R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Dance, Crunk,

Clear and present in all situations. I use them for DJ work, live performances and studio mains. I just did an outdoor event in a 5 acre field using three SRM 450's. You could hear everything clearly from all points. I have been using these speakers now for 9 years and they still amaze me to this day.

Timed turn on off is excellent. They will shut themselves off after a few minutes when they have no signal, and turn themselves back on when the signal returns.

Plug and play, no manual but you don't really need one. There is no learning curve, everything is self explanatory.

I have a set of original Made in Woodinville WA, Mackies Version 1. There are a few cosmetic differences but the quality of construction is the same as ever.

Totally worth the price for the excellent quality you get. Consider that you are purchasing an amp, a high quality crossover and a speaker all in one package. Then go out and price those same components separately and see if you can match the sound quality you get with this speaker. You won't be able to do it for the same price that one of these cost. They sit right in the middle of that fine line between quality and price.

Mackie has an authorized service repair center near me. They have been excellent to work with. I had an annoying buzz in one of my woofers once, they replaced the woofer in one day under warranty and I was back in business. Working directly with Mackie however can be a frustrating and time consuming experience.

I have the originals, the v.2 Blueberry and now the black and I like the black versions the best. They look tough and well built. They scream quality at a glance, and I get many compliments on how good they sound from my DJ clients.

Professional MC/DJ-Performing Musician-Studio Musician-Recording Engineer

All styles, Classically trained pianist, Prefer Jazz

Been a DJ for 30 years

All types

DJ

Rock,Hip-hop,House, Top 40

Have had two of these for four months and the amp for the tweeter blew on both without pushing them. Very disappointed.

They now send you to a local store that estimates 2-3 weeks. Instead of sending you one to use.

DJ

Top 40

Seasoned veteran for over 35 years. Drums/Vocals/Guitar

Classic Rock, Blues, Christian

17 year wedding professional

Classic Rock, Classical, Hip Hop, Country, Modern Rock , Alternative, Mainstream, & whatever else anyone requests.

All kind of music

Very Clean and powerfull. Beats the QSC K12 hands down.

A built-in EQ could have been a nice feature

Simple. Plug and play

No Issue so far

Could be $50 cheaper to feel really good about this buy

Have not used it

I will buy another pair

Hobbyist

blues, pop

ok my reason for buying these may differ from most...im useing these with my ipod, computer as my primary source of music in my "man cave"..i have a marantz 2250 receiver that ive had for years...i can tell you there gone now..sold all my vintage receivers in favor of this setup...all i can say is..WOW WOW WOW...i knew i made the right choice, when i started out with some 2pac...more rap..than switching up to pink floyd..sounds like your at a live show everytime...so clear, clean and crisp sounding, bass is just perfect, the vocals are so defined...very happy..as a matter of fact writing this im listening to these...never heard anything like it

plug and play..cant get any easier

built like a tank..weighing 40 lbs...are you kidding me..how is this possible

zzsounds.com...your company is the best...dont know how you do it...but love this company

none needed...1st day with my new toy

shes a beaut!!!

hobbyist

everything

These speakers have an inherent noise output that is annoying in low volume applications and monitor use. The Hi-mid section and low-hi section tends to be very harsh sounding. I ended up selling mine at a loss and getting QSC K10 which are vastly superior.

All the DSP features are good on these speakers with ample power.

Light weight and easy to use

They are sturdy.

Spend a little more and get QSC K10 or K12 speakers.

Although Mackie has been great with my other products they didn't even respond when I asked for help with the inherent noise output.

sound tech

could be better with the low end sound

Could have rca plug ins. But, it's still has a lot of good features

They really need to bring production back to the US. I'd rather pay a little more and have a quality product then a lesser quality speaker from China. There seems to be a lack of quality control with regards to Mackie products. I bought 2 speakers. But, 1 starts to distort at a lesser volume then the other and twice as bad

Not bad, a little expensive though still. But, like i said earlier. I'd pay more if the quality control was a little better

Not Sure. Havent had to use them yet

I do like the look of it and the handles as well as the relatively ligth weight

Professional DJ

Hip-Hop and Rap

I lined them up side by side with QSD K12. No contest, Mackie wins. At flat mixer settings (Mackie CFX12) and at Unity level on the speakers, K12 don't even come close to Makie's. The sound on Mackie's is Full and rich and o K12 it is flat and low. Makies are agreat buy.

Simple

Plug-and-play

No Issues and I won several makie products,

Not much in the market that you can get with this sound quality for this much,

Had no reason to use them

Not the best looking and design, I am not crazy about the blue color and the handle is not the most the comfortable. The sound quality makes up for it.

Hobbyist

blues, rock, pop

great sound crystal clear

they come with pegs & a power cord

easy as 1.2.3

owned a pair just under 1 year and no clipping yet they are solid

yes worth it

they are very classy looking

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