EBS_freak

May be of interest to @charic PS - you never came up to me - had the Woojer ready and waiting!

I'd say.

No but you do sell speaker plans that people can use to have a DIY route to the end product - you do have income from this, therefore you do have an interest.

They both have commercial interests - so one person with a commercial interest in the area commenting on the product represented by another person with the same commercial interest, is a bit discourteous at best.

Their situation changed. They should have at least asked you if your situation had changed... imho.

Yeah. Exactly. Like watching paint dry. Until a fight kicks off that is.

No need - if you aren't moving around on stage, you are unlikely to hold any attention anyway and you'll be playing to nobody.

Those subs are beasts. They did that festival I played at last year - and were barely on tick over!

https://www.jhaudio.com/p/iem-display For when life is telling you that you really have nothing better to spend your money on!

Yup - primarily because of the different woofer.

Have to say though - what I saw at the show was well built, looked great and sounded great too. It certainly got me interested enough to walk over and have a good old nosey around it and look at the website whilst I was back at the hotel having a post show soak in the bath. I don't know what the prices for these systems are at the moment though - so not entirely sure what end of the market they are sitting in and who their competitors are. Could make for a good portable solution for somebody so as mentioned above, probably a good one to add to the list as one to check out. MA have done a great job on making their system stand out too. The owl eyes certainly made me know immediately who was behind it although the liking of the "owl eyes" could be subjective. Have you managed to get it out into the wide open and got it anywhere in the dealers yet @MoJoKe? -

In practice - sonically, very little, the crossover point of the 745 is a little lower than the 735. Consequently, the 745 should be able to handle more in the woofer department as the horn in the 745 can take on a little more than the one in the 735. The woofer voice coil itself is larger in the 745 so you are going to get a little extra in that department too. For use with bass and guitar, I doubt you would tell the difference. Maybe if you tried the 735 and 745 side by side with vocals you'd notice something... but I've never done that specific test. 735 or 745, they are both class acts and certainly better speced and performance that most of their counterparts with the same retail price.

I was tempted to investigate this further at the show but didn't think people would appreciate me putting my fingers into speaker cones. The thing is, the fact they are open is an invitation for poking around... something in my opinion that shouldn't be there in the first place. Things like this always draw my attention... mostly due to the fact that some numpty threw a plectrum into a horn on a monitor I had. You can imagine what that did to the sound (made it unusable for the rest of the gig) - and the work required to remedy the situation was far from trivial. It would be easier for the manufactures just to mesh it off so that such things can't happen. In the case of the MA system - I'm not sure what the design rationale behind the semi exposed speakers is but I'm surprised that it got to market like that. The fact that these things are going to be widely used in venues where there are going to be a lot of drunk w*nkers around does worry me - as I suspect that this is the market that Mark Audio have squarely targeted these systems at.

Whatever is appropriate!

A challenge of challenging proportions nonetheless.

I think the challenge of having a more affordable line is certainly a challenge - so much to think about in terms of perception of the instrument, impact on the value of existing instruments and their potential resale rate, the perception of the brand itself etc. I'm not really sure who has managed to do it properly - I remember Fodera and their line of more affordable bases (I think they were made in Japan?) - and I for one was thinking - well, they are certainly cheaper but they aren't a Fodera. But then again, I don't really get the Fodera thing anyway. Lakland are the only brand that I can think of where they have managed to do it... maybe Sadowsky... I don't think people perceive the Skyline and Metro series as lesser instruments than the full fat models. Mind you, I'm guessing that they shift a lot more of these series of instruments than the top series... whereas the smaller luthier probably wants those figures the other way around. Difficult one.

But they haven't mastered tolex adhesive, handles that don't fall apart or feet that don't fall off?

I've played too many drunken weddings to know that the design is a bad idea. Would be good to feedback to the developers!

And to think that speaker inside costs all of about £50 trade.

Mmm. Danley. Sorry, I'm still having a moment!

Quite - manufacturers have been booted from other forums for ridiculing other manufacturers. It's a pretty lame thing to do.

Everybody has their reasons for being there - all valid of course!

I would never buy one of these Mark Audio things based on one thing. Too easy for somebody to be a prick and poke their fingers into the speaker cones.

Mmm. Danley. When I bought my last rig I nearly went Danley... til I saw saw the weights. Having said that, the rig above seems quite manageable in terms of size and weight. But then again, I was working around a TH18. What we really want is a Jehrico coming in a 20kg

Yeah - but they are made of unicorn poo!