Mackie 808S Powered Mixer (Stereo, 1200 Watts)

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$799.95

Product description

This mixer is designed to run all night into brutally low impedances and to sound clean even when driven hard.

Review

on the 5/29/2006 , User said:
Feature:
The effects are lousy...most of the reverbs sound swirly, nothing like good digital reverb. A good built-in digital compressor would help more than the crappy chorus, flanger, and phaser that they included. The phantom power is the pits...it only provides 12mV when 48mV is needed for most phantom-powered microphones. I found this out the hard way, with vocals dropping out, and occasionally back in, for a whole set before going back to a regular microphone.

Quality:
Don’t take this thing on the road. This is a good practice mixer. I have mine hooked up for monitoring in my home studio. You could also use it for running a set of stage monitors. Of course, there are other pieces of equipment that will do these two tasks for cheaper.

Value:
Not worth $800, given the nice mixers that are out there, and the availability of inexpensive but decent-sounding power amplifiers.

Sound:
I have never found the sound of this mixer very pleasing. The mid-range is harsh. Vocals do not sound pleasant and present. Adjusting the EQ helps, but it never completely solves the problem. Also, this mixer is prone to feedback.

Support:
No contact with Mackie, just with the dealer I bought it from (on the phantom power issue).

Overall:
I won’t own this one any longer than I have to.

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