Mackie 1202 Vlz question

[andycerrone]

Ok, so I've had this mixing board for a while. I'm considering selling it unless I can use it for a live PA setup without having to have powered speakers. My problem is I have a pair of unpowered PA speakers at my uncles house and I have a powered PA head that is a Peavey, and I would tend to believe the Mackie would have better sound than it if I can use it. Anyone have any knowledge on this?

 

[ssscientist]

Anyone have any knowledge on this?

I do.

I have a Mackie 1202vlz and a regular ol' 1202 from the early 90's.

Unless that Peavey head has an 'aux in' or some other way to get straight to the power amp without going through any preamping you'll be wasting your time trying to use it to 'get better sound'.

Peavey powered mixers are typically pretty good sounding as long as you don't expect them to fill a coliseum. Have you tried it in your application before you reject it?


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[2lim]

Andy, if you can sell the Peavey head, just buy a cheap Mackie Tapco power amp. I use a small mackie mixer, and a tapco Juice 800 watt power amp for my two homemade PA speakers. It works awesome!


Simon

 

[andycerrone]

I do.

I have a Mackie 1202vlz and a regular ol' 1202 from the early 90's.

Unless that Peavey head has an 'aux in' or some other way to get straight to the power amp without going through any preamping you'll be wasting your time trying to use it to 'get better sound'.

Peavey powered mixers are typically pretty good sounding as long as you don't expect them to fill a coliseum. Have you tried it in your application before you reject it?


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Oh no, it's treated me fine, don't get me wrong. I figure I need to sell one of them, and I'd rather keep the Mackie cause it seems heavier duty. But what I'm more interested in is whether the Mackie can power unpowered speakers. Every diagram I've seen in the manual shows an amp for the speakers. Would it work without the amp on unpowered speakers like it does with the Peavey?

 

[crankz1]

... But what I'm more interested in is whether the Mackie can power unpowered speakers. Every diagram I've seen in the manual shows an amp for the speakers. Would it work without the amp on unpowered speakers like it does with the Peavey?

Nope. It's only a line level output. You need some form of power amp to drive the speakers.

 

[andycerrone]

Nope. It's only a line level output. You need some form of power amp to drive the speakers.

Crap.

Nice avatar, btw.

 

[coolsoundman]

Andy,

I think I know a solution. on the mixer main outputs (L/R) connect those into an input on the powermixer, like Left - channel 1 and right - channel 2. On the back side of the mixer, connect your speakers to the outputs back here. On the powermixer, move the two channel sliders up to about half way and on the output main slider turn them up all the way or adjust to your likings. And on the Mackie mixer, you would use that anyway you like, plug in your mics and play around with the volume settings. Hope this works for you.