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Up until the mid ’90s, there was no such thing as an affordable professional studio monitor. Even as more people began recording in homes and project studios, great sounding studio monitors remained cost-prohibitive. Home and project recordists resorted to using hi-fi speakers—some even cobbled together their own monitors using parts from consumer speakers and the local electronics store—with less than stellar results. Mackie didn’t think this was fair—why should great sound be reserved for only those with a fat wallet?

Mackie decided it was time to level the playback field. Their audio gurus got to work, combining their hard-won expertise to design a monitor that would at last make great sound accessible to the masses. After many long days—and late nights—the HR824 Active studio reference monitor was born. With its signature Active architecture and passive radiator design, the HR824 monitor delivered performance that impressed studio veterans and hobbyists alike—and was in reach of all their budgets. Soon HR824s were perched atop speaker stands in professional control rooms, project studios and bedroom studios all over the world. With their impeccable sound, enviable reputation and affordability, Mackie's HR Series changed what people expected of studio monitors, and challenged how competitors designed theirs. Simply put, the HR Series became the new industry standard.

Since the release of the original HR Series in 1996, audio recording—and the studio environment—has changed by leaps and bounds. The greater bit depth and higher sampling rates afforded by digital audio mean recordings are more accurate than ever. Recording technology along every step of the signal chain has advanced, too, from microphones to DAWs, allowing for mixes with massive numbers of precisely captured tracks and huge amounts of processing. With these changes have come new challenges for—and expectations from—a studio monitor.

Today’s studio demands a monitor that can reproduce sound as precisely as it is recorded. The same innovation that launched Mackie's pioneering HR Series has led to the birth of just such a monitor—as well as a new studio standard. Meet the HRmk2.

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• High resolution Active studio reference monitors
• Ultra-linear frequency response for accurate mix translation
• 8.75-inch high-precision, low-distortion LF transducers
• 1-inch titanium dome, ferrofluid cooled tweeters
• Optimized Waveguide for wide, even sweet zone
• Twin FR Series amps — 150W for LF / 100W for HF
• Cast aluminum Zero Edge Baffles minimizes diffraction
• Full internal damping eliminates midrange artifacts
• Passive radiator provides tight, articulate bass extension down to 35Hz
• Acoustic Space, LF roll-off, and HF controls
• Balanced XLR, TRS, and unbalanced RCA inputs
• OmniMount ready for easy wall/ceiling placement
• THX pm3™ certified for surround sound applications
• Perfect for High-Definition audio, cinema and gaming systems
• This Price is for 2 Mackie Brand HR824MK2 Studio Monitors and 2 New Podium Pro Audio 25' XLR Cables