When you first start gigging, you quickly begin to realize that
sound dynamics are an incredibly difficult beast to tame. Different
performance spaces and crowd sizes result in dramatically different
acoustic properties from gig to gig – or even within the same gig as
people float in and out. You may find that your standard guitar
amplifier sounds great at sound check at 10 or 25 feet away and
fills the empty room with sweet tone. Suddenly, people are milling
about having a good time dancing, singing and talking. Now the
people in the front can hear you but people in the back just hear a
muddled bunch of noise – mostly low level frequencies. This problem
expands exponentially as you add bass guitars, keyboards, drums, and
vocals to the mix.

At this point most bands realize that it is time to invest in some
serious sound reinforcement equipment like mixers and loudspeakers
specifically designed to improve fidelity from the front to the back
of the room. As many of you already know, Mackie is one of the
foremost names in sound reinforcement and studio equipment, and they
have sent us the SRM350 2-Way Active Loudspeaker to review for you.

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