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For the last three years we've gone back to an old Yamaha powered mixer with passive cabs and it's been great, and actually sounds better than Mackie Thumps and their equivalents too.
Nothing special but fine for pub vocals and bombproof.
Low cut ... this is a filter that blocks anything below 80Hz from reaching the drivers. Keep it in if you have bins or only use the speakers for vocals and guitars
Contour ... this is like the loudness button on an old Hi Fi, it boosts the low and high end by a few dB to give impact at lower volumes
Time ... this turns the speaker off if there's no signal for a few minutes
The Mk1's are very robust in design and can do thousands of gigs due to the linear design. There's a couple of resistors that can develop bad joints and I show these on out community repair thread on here.
The newer and lighter SRM's aren't as robust but still decent enough.
@andyg_prs
We have a lot of HK passive speakers but don't discount some of the Peavey passive box's, we have a couple of sets that have taken tremendous punishment and still sound fine after 20 years.
We have Linear Pro and Premium Pro passive speakers from HK ..... 12" tops and a selection of 18" and 15" bins ... and these are run from HK amps. A lot of HK stuff comes onto Ebay as it's popular with PA companies like do who do dry hire small PA and engineered PA for theatres and small festivals.
I think the Peaveys are Hisyths or similar name ... they are wedge shaped towards the back like a lot if boxes were in the nineties and are covered in thin black carpet ... all the gears in our lockup so I can't just go and have a gander
As for "when am I ready?" You'll never be ready. It works in reverse, you become ready by doing it. - pmbomb