Mackie 808S PPM Professional Powered Mixer Review

History:

Purchase: Purchased from Powerpoint Music Australia 11 July 2001 Paid $1780 Australian I needed a new desk and power amp

What I Like About This Unit: The Mackie 808S is a clean and tidy unit.

What I Do NOT Like About The Mackie 808S PPM Professional Powered Mixer: I am one very unhappy buyer of the 808S. I'm sure it's tones are rich and wonderful, but then again, I wouldn't know, as I haven't heard a peep out of mine yet. Why you ask? When I took this baby out of the box, to my horror, one of the speaker outputs was unusable due to the screws threading. The self tapping screws had been screwed in too hard at the Mackie factory. Basically, you couldn't plug the speaker lead into the back! I'd just placed myself into hock to buy this badly constructed piece of #@*^. I'm really upset about this and want the world to know. If you're buying Mackie products of any description, don't buy them unless you've inspected the actual unit you intend to walk out of the shop with. There is obviously little quality inspection at the factory. I'll not be spending my hard earned dollars on Mackie products again!

808S PPM Professional Powered Mixer Quality: Plastic, In a word. I feel like I've been mugged. Like someone has ripped out my heart and jumped on it. The EQ faders feel sticky and cheap. The box looks the goods, but is backed up by plastic everything else.

Summary: I've been robbed. I'm really upset. It's like saving for years, buying that new car you've always wanted and having it break down before you even got it home. My two cents. NEVER Purchase Mackie products without checking that everything works in the shop. They obviously have real quality issues! NEVER buy Mackie products if there is an alternative at the same price. NEVER place your trust in Mackie or internet reviews, funny how the bad ones like this never seem to air. I'm going to build a website for all the upset Mackie buyers out there, I'm sure there will be a heap. I'm sure there are those of you that are happy with Mackie, and all power to you, But in 30 years of buying over $100,000 of musical equipment, this is the first time this has happened, I'm not happy!

Rating of this product: 1

This Mackie Mixers Review Submitted By: Jonathon Duvall

Date: 2001-07-15