ALTO TS408 - 2000W 8" Powered PA Speaker with 3 Channel Mixer, Bluetooth Streaming, Wireless Loudspeaker Linking, DSP and ALTO App

Purchased this for use as a compact vocal monitor for small live gigs. Clearly doesn't sound as full as a 12" speaker, but for the price, this punches way above it's weight quality-wise. Build "feels" just as good as my EV mains.

I got this to use during my annual fireworks party. I've tried several other systems over the years and this one does what I want. I was testing it out yesterday and my neighbor came outside and complained it was too loud... Perfect!!! I didn't tell her I was planning on getting another for the stereo effect. We'll see how that goes. ;)

Byfar, the best speaker for the price. It will serve as the only needed speaker for a room of 150 or so. Two might be best to be clearly heard, not just background, for more.

I purchased a TS408 recently mainly to use as a monitor in various scenarios. I DJ often but I also play gigs with various live music ensembles, and I wanted something that would be suitable as a convenient personal monitor so I could simply hear myself when playing with my own sound setup. For context I'm a professional musician, DJ and sound engineer who works at clubs in NYC where I have access to amazing sound systems, and I also play private parties at residences and rental spaces with minimal or no sound system. I bought a TS408 for the latter purpose.With regards to sound quality I'm highly critical and spoiled. And I don't like the sound of these as is. By default the Alto TS line sounds a bit harsh to me, with a difficult frequency band between 1.2Khz - 3.5khz where a lot of harshness seems to be apparent. I also own an Alto TS312 (Used to have two of these but one broke) and it's just what you get with cheaper speakers. There's a bit of muddiness in the low mids around 200-250hz. Highs are OK, not as rough as the low mids and high mids, but not exceptionally detailed especially when the presence of the problematic frequency bands take prominence.Why 4 stars still? Well price for one, this is a cheap speaker so I'm aware of my expectations here. But what did redeem this speaker for me was the DSP. I was able to notch out the frequencies that I didn't like and it made a huge difference in sound quality. It's still not amazing or even great to the point of completely surprising me given the price of this, but makes it functional for my purpose of having a reference speaker.It's totally fine for me playing live music, although as a DJ I don't think it gives me a very flat and honest sound monitoring experience, even with my tuning via the phone app. It does the job to help me monitor my mixing accuracy but not necessarily sound quality. But I've only used it as house parties so its fine for the purpose even professionally speaking.Other notes on this are that despite it being the smallest driver size PA style speaker you can get it still is quite large with significant weight. I also used to have a pair of Alto TX8 speakers and they were much lighter. Its a tradeoff for having a powerful amp built in. Bluetooth is a nice extra, and connectivity is standard with multiple ins and a link output.Overall Alto speakers are basic but they do the thing essentially. If you just want to have some sound these are a decent choice, but I do recommend investing more money if you are serious about sound and are considering purchasing a setup for regular events. I have bought 5 Alto speakers in total but eventually I've ended up upgrading. Still they work well to fill a space with sound at a great price. The DSP added into the new TS40X series really is a big step up tho, and puts this on a similar level as speakers in the $500 range, even though these are a notch below that in price.

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I bought this speaker as a present for a friend and I loved it so much that I had to buy me one. I have no regrets. The speaker works great in small gathering with tremendous power and the Bluetooth makes my job a lot easier. I use it almost every weekend and so far it is doing what it supposed to do. I recommend it .

Pair with a small mixer, I use this speaker as floor monitor for Yamaha P71. Probably too much for the keyboard, but i love the sound quality and the bass output.