Ted
Heard the monitors demonstrated with a KN7000 and moved quickly into my "got to have" mode. The Truth monitors do not have their own volume control so hence the Mixer.
With this mixer I can control the volume from each speaker, but I also I have equaliser control over the Hi, Mid and Lo frequencies. For me with all this sound power relegated to a smallish study in our home I needed a little more adjustment ability. For instance through the monitors, trumpets come a little too brittle for my ears, I can adjust this with the Hi equaliser control. The particular mixer allows for contol over 4 instruments and two mics, plus tape/CD input/output. More than I am using. There are also controls for panning and adding sound effects
Regards, Keith