Mackie HR824?

[thornemaelstrom]

I've been looking into buying a nice set of reference monitors lately. The response curve on the Mackie HR824 looks simply amazing: Click here for the graph

Then, as I read around the forum I noticed that no one was really mentioning them. So I'm curious, is there a reason why the Mackie's don't get any mention? And also, I am open to monitor recomendations. I'm looking mainly in the $1000-ish range, though I am not opposed to spending (much) more or less.

 

[justharold]

I have a set of Mackies and I like them. They are clean and non-fatiguing. Another plus with them is the fact that so many studios now use them, so you will know that your mix is at least coming through on par with what the other guys are hearing (especially important if you send out to mastering houses at all).

I also own a set of KRK V-6's (with an S-8 sub). I actually like those better as they seem to have more seperation and detail. However, I use the Mackies by far the most, as they are what I am used to. And being "used to" a set of monitors is REALLY important (IMHO).

The Mackies would certainly serve you well...

 

[vestast]

I don't know about the 824's but I tried the 624's and decided to return them. They sounded great, but were lacking bass.

I ended up with the Event Studio Profile 8's. They are a little bigger than the 824's but they sound great and are getting good reviews everywhere. I would definetly recomend them.

 

[iwanarock]

I would go listen the the Blue Sky System one monitor system before making a decision. I was going to go for the Mackie HR824 myself until I heard the Ble SKy System One package. If you have a Sam Ash any where by you go there they now carry them.

 

[xstatic]

I would go listen to some Dynaudio's, or Truths, or Questeds. All can be had for not too much more money. I personally hate the Mackie 824's. The sound very muddy and dull to me. But, maybe thats why people have good luck translating mixes on them. A lot of people were using them for a little while, but now many many people are selling them off. Personally, I liked the 624's better.

 

[sonusman]

I think pipelineaudio was using one of those Mackies monitor setups for a while and was always complaining that his mixes were coming out a bit "muddy", which is weird because they seem to have a bit more bass than other near fields do.

I didn't care for them myself. Just something weird in the low end that I didn't trust.

 

[ZOWIE!]

I am very satisfied with them in terms of doing what I need: getting a very "translatable" mix after I got used to them. You will have to double check the bottom octave on something else however, and they seem to make background hiss a bit more obtrusive than it actually is which initially lead me to apply unnecessary noise reduction.