Has anyone used the DAS Audio Action series? I am specifically interested in the M12 passive wedge.
The Action M12 is a good little wedge. You will find its build quality is way above where the price point would suggest - it shares many hardware components and the same quality of woodwork as the premium touring Road series of monitors.
The drivers are pretty decent and extremely affordable to replace if the need arises. There are protection fuses on the crossover.
I have 8 x Passive Action M12s in hire stock (along with Turbo TXD M12s and JBL MRX512M wedges at an price equivalent level to these)
To cut a long story short, the Action M12s blow the TXDs and MRXs out of the water.
We have just sold a load of them into a venue who have replaced D&B Max15s with them. Louder, cleaner, clearer and drop lower than the Max 15. The venue couldn't beliieve that they were able to sell their Max15s and upgrade significantly in performance and end up with money in their pockets as well!
Like any passive wedge, I would recommend running them with DSP. Set a high pass filter to 65Hz, a (very) little corrective EQ and a well set limiter and they are really quite astonishing.
We do admittedly drive ours with Powersoft X4s as we have standardised on these amps in our hire stock. We did used to run them on Crown XTi 2002 but found they were very happy on the extra current of the XTi4002. And yes, voiced properly and using the advanced limiter settings on the Powersoft X4s (we did also use Linea Reasearch 44M10s) they really come to life in a way that you just would not expect for a box at this price point.
As an experiment I put out a stage full of them for a well known international touring act as I was that confident in their performance. They stated that it was the best on stage sound they had ever had!
Not bad for a wedge that retails here in the UK for less than £450.
Give them a demo, you will find that they are a whole different league to the Mackies that you were using before.