I'll take the time tonight to write a more lengthy response to this, but here's the gist of what I'd like to get across:
1) If it doesn't have CMY mixing, there's no way it can be "the perfect theater light".
2) The MAC500 as already mentioned is an ancient light as far as moving lights go, has a rather rock-n-roll based color selection, and is also very narrow and doesn't have many good theatre gobos either. Also, coming from a repair and service standpoint, it is not good in the reliability department, especially these days - motor issues, sensor issues, fans dying, boards going, things like that. I worked for a rental/production house that had a large in-house inventory of those things and it was a job in itself just keeping most of them running.
3) What purpose will these moving lights fill? Do you want to do specials? Gobo/color stage washes? How many lights will you be purchasing/do you have a budget? Answering this question in full will help guide us in our responses and give you much better information for what you are doing.
4) Arguably the best moving light for theatre would be the Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1200 or Alpha Profile 700, but those are both at the high end of the price range and you won't find many of them used. I also like the VL3500 Spot, but it's also expensive.
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