Buy Mackie HR824mkii 8-inch2-Way Studio MonitorMackie HR824mkii 8-inch2-Way Studio Monitor Product Description:
- 8.75'' high-precision, low-distortion LF driver (1'' titanium dome ferrofluid-cooled tweeter)
- Twin FR Series amps: 150W LF, 100W HF
- Internal damping eliminates midrange artifacts
- Balanced XLR, TRS, and unbalanced RCA inputs
- OmniMount for easy wall or ceiling placement
Product Description
With its smooth sound and design, the 8.75-inch HR824mk2 high-resolution Active studio reference monitor turns your studio?s sweet spot into a full-on sweet zone.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Among the best
By New England Yankee
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.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.One of the best of the breed!
By Alex Vox
Mackie makes some legendary equipment including monitors. These are VERY precise and have wide and nice sweet spot. On the omnirack's 36 workstation they fit nicely with perfect spread and coverage. The exactness, the ability to expose all of the subtle components in a performance is exceptional. Even on low volumes the monitor provides transparent and full image. I often use these with digital EQ for modeling and in this role it is one indispensable monitor.I must say that technology and competition brought prices down drastically. It was unimaginable 3-4 years ago to buy such fine device for a moderate price. Considering number of "fake monitors" from many newly appeared "brands" it is a rare find and terrific value. Go and listen to this thing, you will be pleased.
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