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<blockquote data-quote="Bennett Prescott" data-source="post: 35688" data-attributes="member: 4">Re: DR 260 Settings for Mackie S408/S410 RIGI always thought that loudspeaker was very interesting, didn&#039;t know it was passive... passive loudspeaker and no DSP settings = fail, IMHO. At the very least you want a real crossover between the mains and subs, since the LPF in the subs is probably not very steep (and Mackie claims it&#039;s at 180Hz!), and there is no HPF. You can probably squeeze significantly more performance out of that rig with a little TLC.Unfortunately, the spec sheet for both products gives absolutely none of the information needed to even make a conjecture as to what kind of processing might be appropriate, and what kind of performance gains might be realized. The frequency response graph for the sub seems to indicate the stated 40Hz LF corner is almost -15dB from the level at 70Hz... but it&#039;s 1/3 octave smoothed! WTF? Why bother giving specs at all? That is hardly what one might call state of the art LF response, more of a mid-bass cabinet that doesn&#039;t go high enough to be used as a mid-bass cabinet.You might try the Mackie Forum: <a href="http://forums.mackie.com" target="_blank">http://forums.mackie.com</a>John, where are you located?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bennett Prescott, post: 35688, member: 4"] Re: DR 260 Settings for Mackie S408/S410 RIG I always thought that loudspeaker was very interesting, didn't know it was passive... passive loudspeaker and no DSP settings = fail, IMHO. At the very least you want a real crossover between the mains and subs, since the LPF in the subs is probably not very steep (and Mackie claims it's at 180Hz!), and there is no HPF. You can probably squeeze significantly more performance out of that rig with a little TLC. Unfortunately, the spec sheet for both products gives absolutely none of the information needed to even make a conjecture as to what kind of processing might be appropriate, and what kind of performance gains might be realized. The frequency response graph for the sub seems to indicate the stated 40Hz LF corner is almost -15dB from the level at 70Hz... but it's 1/3 octave smoothed! WTF? Why bother giving specs at all? That is hardly what one might call state of the art LF response, more of a mid-bass cabinet that doesn't go high enough to be used as a mid-bass cabinet. You might try the Mackie Forum: [url]http://forums.mackie.com[/url] John, where are you located? [/QUOTE]

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