cgar18 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 HAs anyone used the mackie thump 15 or 12 inch speaker for their helix or other modeler.Im on the fence zzsounds has them cheap and great payment plans another store has the alto ts212 so im debating.http://www.zzounds.com/item--MACTHUMP15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHamm Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I think a 15" is just too big for guitar modeler FRFR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorbeats Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Both are good choices although a 15 is a bit much unless you play bass as well, or 7 string. My big thing is weight. Compare the weight of the Alto 212 and the Mackie. I've said this before-can a normal person (wife) actually carry it without complaining? Is yes get that one. Sonically both are equal, Mackie does have some versatility though as a floor wedge, feedback filters (great for vocals if your sound man doesn't know how to run sound and you are running a monitor mix into the second channel. I tried line 6 stage source, QSC, Altos, liked the Altos, just perfect little package, light, easy to carry, no complaining from others about weight. Easier to dial in than the StageSource and QSC. The other guitarist has a Mackie for a floor wedge, he says my guitar monitor send sounds great to him but for me its pretty tough to tell, since he also has his Fender Twin on that side. I finally settled on a pair of Alto TX10's (older model), as wedges in front of me. At the time $169 each at GC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunedinDragon Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 HAs anyone used the mackie thump 15 or 12 inch speaker for their helix or other modeler.Im on the fence zzsounds has them cheap and great payment plans another store has the alto ts212 so im debating.http://www.zzounds.com/item--MACTHUMP15 We use the Mackie thump 15's for our electronic drum kit (Roland TD-15kv) and they do a pretty decent job on those. We chose them because they do have a nice crisp bass feel to them as that's what they're designed to do. I haven't used them on my Helix at all though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexKenivel Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I didn't like the thump when I was shopping for a wedge to go with my Pod HD. The casing seemed to rattle when it got loud. Maybe it was just that floor model... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilottes Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I use Alto 210 and can't justify buying say yamaha DRX10. The Alto is perfect. 10" has enough bass for a guitar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorbeats Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 It's interesting the 12 inch speakers with ports are the old 15's. 15's with ports are the old 18's. Those 10's with ports are about perfect for guitar. I've hardly had to dial out any bass at all with the TX10's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgar18 Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 HAs anyone used the mackie thump 15 or 12 inch speaker for their helix or other modeler.Im on the fence zzsounds has them cheap and great payment plans another store has the alto ts212 so im debating.http://www.zzounds.com/item--MACTHUMP15 I went for the Mackie thump 12 pretty good full sound I have to play with it some more its smaller than I expected which is great fits under my desk well and it is light. zzsounds is really great, good payment options and since I live close to one of their warehouses, I got it in one day, no shipping charges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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