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(More customer reviews)Mackie 824s are consistently rated among the very best studio monitors, often head-to-head against far more expensive monitors from Genelec and others.
The 824s are ruler-flat across the audio spectrum. The bass is so accurate that if you are not accustomed to such, you might think it doesn't have enough bass ... until you feel the walls shaking. In other words, this is real bass, not muddy booming. The monitors have a passive radiator in addition to the speakers in order to add to bass performance.
The sonic character of these monitors is adjustable for wall placement via a 3-way switch. You adjust input sensitivity via a pot. They have high and low cut switches should you have a bright room or use a sub. They have a two-way power mode switch that swaps between always on and hot standby. Finally, they accomodate XLR, RCA, and phono connectors. The high and low filter EQ curves are smooth and introduce no odd artifacts or distortion.
In addition to sonic excellence, the 824s are thermally protected from overload, though I don't find that they run hot anyway. They are magnetically shielded, meaning you can use them quite close to monitors and TVs - important as the speaker magnets are quite large.
The 824s are THX certified. I've used them in both home studio and home theater applications and have nothing but praise for them. Be careful about your connections if you are using these for home theater! Powered studio monitors like these take LINE LEVEL signals and should not be connected directly to speaker outputs, which carry far more power! Typically both types of connections are available on home theater receivers.
Last bit of advice: these monitors are heavy, about 35 pounds, and while they will fit on a typical speaker stand, they will not be very stable set up that way. Forewarned is forearmed. One of mine took a fall, incurring some cosmetic damage on the front panel.
These are truly wonderful monitors that you can listen to all day without tiring. I would recommend them to anyone for either home or professional use.
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