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Originally posted by j_spot thats the joy of Active speakers, you dont use an amp. you run straight from the line out into the speaker itself. and the JBL G2 Speakers WILL NOT over heat...unless you crank em full volume for like 20 hours.(at which point you will be VERY deaf) the mackies will over heat tho. The reason the JBLs wont is that while the sub is pushing air out, venting in the front of the speaker takes that very same air and uses it to cool itself

my mackies have never overheated, and being in one of the warmer countries in the world (australia) i'd say thats pretty decent. And i crank em for hours and hours.. never had a single problem with them.

i tested the jbl eon 15 and g2's in store (cranked em) and i thought they were pretty poor for the price, was pretty dissapointed.

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Originally posted by The_Groove Thanks for backing it up! I will be checking into the Mackies and JBLs. Now what about an amp to power this stuff?

you wont need an amp with either the mackie or jbl's (unless u want to for some unknown reason)..

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Originally posted by Stiffmaster you wanna know why JBL? ok .....last summer i was on crete, great party island!!! and all the clubs there had JBLs. and it was amazing!!! i have JBLs too at my home, they are just great!

of course the speakers in clubs are gonna sound amazing, but they cost a fucking shitload. nothing you'd wanna waste you money on just for a home setup.. unless you like having your walls crumbling down and windows shattered.. :|

Got one! Getting the other this week (once the deposit goes through)

Thank you for your help. I love it!

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they are great speakers....just watch them so that they dont go thermal on you

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Why in the world would you need a 300w active monitor for home use ?! You'll probably be driving it at 10% power most of the time anyway, so why not just save a lot of money and get regular home stereo speakers. Or if you have money to burn, studio monitors. JBLs and Mackies are overkill for a bedroom DJ.

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im looking @ a set of G2 10s, because, yes I will be using them on low power most of the time, BUT then say I wanna go have a party I can use em for the speakers.

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How do active speakers work? do you just plug the mixer directly into the speakers? Do active speakers usually cost more?

Active speakers are speakers that include their own integrated amplifier. This means that, somewhere in the speaker, they have an amp, to make the speakers loud, and a preamp, so you can set the volume of the speakers. This saves space in situations such as for studio monitoring, and for PA systems, as it is one less component to deal with. Few hi fi systems use this, though some do, as it is less flexible for maximum sound quality... but it is very simple, as you can plug these speakers into any line level analog output...