From m.zyla@verizon.net Wed Jun 28 20:35:33 2006
Subject:Re: Mackie DFX-12 -OT

>
> Years ago, Mackie used to engineer, design and build everything in house in
> Woodinville, WA. Back then, Mackie even had manufacturing to bend and paint
> their metal chassis. Being employed by Mackie in the 90s was a coveted
> position. I even made attempts during my music retail years to get on board
> with them. Sadly, as a lot of companies like Mackie grew so big in so fast a
> time, they began to hire executives from outside the music industry to run the
> daily business. Going public with its stock also changed the old ways that
> things were done at Mackie. But most damaging of all, was the huge rush to
> China to manufacturer pro audio gear at a fraction of the cost that it could
> be done in the good ol¹ US of A... Except for their digital products, all of
> Mackies speakers and analog mixers are manufactured in China nowadays. Now
> that they have to compete with the likes of Behringer, Alesis and other
> companies offering low cost, overseas manufactured products, the intrinsic
> value of owning a Mackie product has certainly diminished considerably.
> Sadly, there isn¹t much that distinguishes most of Mackie products from any of
> the other afore mentioned lines.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> I have been using Mackie mixers for the last decade or so. Living here in
> Seattle, close to
> the land of Mackoids, I have known a few employees of this company. Though I
> have never heard the
> DFX series, my friends at Mackie seem to agree that they are inferior to the
> non-FX VLZ series.
> The VLZ series is also more expensive per channel than the DFX series. This
> does seem to be
> saying something.

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