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<blockquote data-quote="RYAN LOUDMUSIC JENKINS" data-source="post: 91663" data-attributes="member: 70">Re: Mackie m1400 amps. Any good? Reliable?I own five of the 1400i amps.&nbsp; I work in 115 degree weather.&nbsp; All of them had the ribbon cables replaced under warranty....you do remember the ribbon cable issues cir a 1999 approx. don&#039;t you.All that being said,I use them stereo at 8 ohms and occasionally at 4 ohms.I use then mono bridged at 8 ohms and occasionally at 4 ohms.I have never had one thermal except one time in an indoor venue with no A.C. It was 110 outside, probably 120 inside the steel building we were in.&nbsp; Poor ventilation in our tech area.&nbsp; Bridged into a very low 4 ohm load, pushed to the max on sub duty for an EDM show.&nbsp; Put a box fan in front of it and it came back on within a couple minutes and stayed on the rest of the night.I have never had a failure of one.I use them almost every single week for Texas headphones.&nbsp; One run stereo at 8 ohms for a pair of TCS TM112 and two others run mono bridged at 8 ohms, each powering a TCS 1800 sub.&nbsp; These are the monitors for the EDM DJs, gets very loud, run into limiters for hours on end in 90 - 110 degree weather.So ignore the biases that some may have, strictly looking at them from a performance point view, they work.Later on, Mackie came out with a newer line of amps that didn&#039;t fair quite so well as the originals.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t buy them if they are the newer versions from about five years ago.I would put them is the same quality league as the RMX amps.&nbsp; A little less powerful than the 1850hd.Now, I also had a Mackie 1200 amp that I liked even more, even though it was less powerful.&nbsp; That amp finally died and was not worth fixing.&nbsp; Took a big drop and had a circuit board crack and broke several traces.&nbsp; That was earlier this year.&nbsp; That amp had been bullet proof since about 1998. Or so.&nbsp; If you buy them, keep in mind, they are disposable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RYAN LOUDMUSIC JENKINS, post: 91663, member: 70"] Re: Mackie m1400 amps. Any good? Reliable? I own five of the 1400i amps. I work in 115 degree weather. All of them had the ribbon cables replaced under warranty....you do remember the ribbon cable issues cir a 1999 approx. don't you. All that being said, I use them stereo at 8 ohms and occasionally at 4 ohms. I use then mono bridged at 8 ohms and occasionally at 4 ohms. I have never had one thermal except one time in an indoor venue with no A.C. It was 110 outside, probably 120 inside the steel building we were in. Poor ventilation in our tech area. Bridged into a very low 4 ohm load, pushed to the max on sub duty for an EDM show. Put a box fan in front of it and it came back on within a couple minutes and stayed on the rest of the night. I have never had a failure of one. I use them almost every single week for Texas headphones. One run stereo at 8 ohms for a pair of TCS TM112 and two others run mono bridged at 8 ohms, each powering a TCS 1800 sub. These are the monitors for the EDM DJs, gets very loud, run into limiters for hours on end in 90 - 110 degree weather. So ignore the biases that some may have, strictly looking at them from a performance point view, they work. Later on, Mackie came out with a newer line of amps that didn't fair quite so well as the originals. I wouldn't buy them if they are the newer versions from about five years ago. I would put them is the same quality league as the RMX amps. A little less powerful than the 1850hd. Now, I also had a Mackie 1200 amp that I liked even more, even though it was less powerful. That amp finally died and was not worth fixing. Took a big drop and had a circuit board crack and broke several traces. That was earlier this year. That amp had been bullet proof since about 1998. Or so. If you buy them, keep in mind, they are disposable. [/QUOTE]

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