From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Mon Mar 17 19:13:53 2003
Subject:RE: FBT Active speakers-OT/MACKIE

I will admit that they're not my IDEAL sounding
cabinet, we flew 7 of them around (and 2 Mackie
powered subs as well) the world for a total of 17
weeks last year in their ORIGINAL CARDBOARD BOXES!
Never had a problem with ANY of them, except one. Our
bassplayer hadn't brought an amp, and was pumping his
bass through his (we used them for PA and monitors)
and it tended to overheat. Once we got it off the
ground with better airflow, no problems. They are
built like tanks.

T
--- David Jacques wrote:
> One other thing... You are also buying from one of
> the best companies in
> terms of customer service...
>
> Mackie is known for building equipment that can
> survive any roadie....
> And, on the rare occasion that something does goes
> wrong (either in or
> out of warrantee), they seem to forget all the fine
> print and service it
> for free anyway....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Wells [mailto:jamesewells@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 3:56 PM
> To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CWSG] FBT Active speakers-OT
>
> Has anyone here ever heard or used FBT active
> speakers? I was going to
> buy
> a pair of Mackie SRM-450's but in every review I
> have been able to find,
>
> the FBT's are supposed to sound much better. While I
> have no loyalty to
> Mackie, I am also hesitant to purchase a relatively
> unknown brand. BTW,
> what brought all this on is I just today received my
> Barbetta Sona 41-SE
>
> back from California for repair on a bad pot, only
> to discover that
> another
> pot is bad as well. Although I love the Barbetta and
> think nothing
> sounds
> better, I must have an amp that is reliable. Should
> I just buy a pair of
>
> 450's as a backup or a pair of the FBT Maxx 4a's? I
> believe I will keep
> the
> Barbetta in any case. It just sounds too
> good...Thanks for any advice.
>
> Jim Wells
> Tallahassee, FL
>
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