Mackies new 1000w thump 15?

[BillESC]

Two problems as I see it.

1 - It's a Mackie.

2 - Thumps are Mackie's entry level offering.

[Incognito]

Two problems as I see it.

1 - It's a Mackie.

2 - Thumps are Mackie's entry level offering.

Harsh but accurate....

[DJzrule]

Fuck Mackie Thumps. I've already had 2 blown amp modules out of 3 of them.

[DJ Nonsense]

The new Mackie thumps clip real early like the previous series. The zlx blows them away.

[GaFFLe]

They'd be great for Karaoke, tertiary backups, and backyard BBQ duty.

[Incognito]

They'd be great for Karaoke, tertiary backups, and backyard BBQ duty.

Or a door stop.......

[mr.doom]

No. The old Thumps were rated 300w/100w RMS low/high and the new box is 400w/100w RMS low/high. How the advertising department gets "1000 watts" out of that I don't know. But anyway.. where the rubber meets the road you might just percieve a slight increase in output.. right up to the point where the woofers blow.. which was the common failure mode for the old series. I had a set of the old ones and the EV ZLX looks, sounds and performs so much better it's not funny.

I am not a hater, the two times I have heard Thumps (with a live band) I was actually surprised they sounded ok. Mostly vocals, not much low end being pumped through them.

They are a budget box like the Behringers, Alto, (JBL EON), Yamaha MSR, Peavey PR, etc. and a step below the SRM series which do not get any love around here since they switched from RCF drivers.

[robare99]

Just get a pair of LS801's and be done with it.

[GaFFLe]

I am not a hater, the two times I have heard Thumps (with a live band) I was actually surprised they sounded ok. Mostly vocals, not much low end being pumped through them...

They sound okay and surprisingly full but don't get very loud at all. You'll also quickly realize that they don't sound too good when you directly A/B them to any quality 2-way top.

[Unknown DJ]

manufactures specs are useless because there is no standard to how they measure them.

RFC art a10's with only 400 watts RMS are 127 db the new Turbosound IQ 12's with 2500 watts RMS are only 126 DB.

I know more watts does not always mean more SLP but with over 6 times more power than the RCF and with over 2 times more power than the Thumps they should play louder.