ALTO TX18S 900W 18" Subwoofer, DSP-Enhanced Powered PA Speaker with 3" Voice Coil, Superior Bass, Easy Setup

1 - Other Bad Reviews: I'm would recommend ignoring some of the bad reviews about sound quality and blown speakers. These are budget speakers... not substitutes for QSC and EV speakers that cost twice as much if not more.2 - Speaker Usage: I got the 15" speaker! I used just one as the main monitor for band in a 100 seat hotel conference room. Three mics, two keyboards, bass guitar and canon. Had a separate speaker as a floor monitor. But it did the job just fine. P.S. Would recommend just getting a second speaker and or/sub woofer for these smaller events for a fuller sound.3 - Blown Speakers: The people blowing speakers are probably using them as if they are 2000 watt 15" speakers. Also if playing tracks where you are not aware of the frequencies, not applying EQ is probably what is blowing them. These are probably not the speakers to try to thumb the kick and bass with without a subwoofer. I have never had a problem with live sound with this speaker.4. Sound Quality: Again only being 700 watt speakers and half the price of some competitors, what can you expect? Don't get me wrong, the sound is very good in these speakers. For the price it's great. Obviously the QSC and EV speakers sound much better. The only pitfall would be this: The EQ is a little odd in the speaker. They have an EQ button but it just boosts the high and low ends. Not very useful. Don't know many time's where you would want the highs boosted along with the lows. If you wanted lows boosted a subwoofer is probably the way to go. But for anything with vocals, the EQ button is useless to me. I wish it had EQ nobs.5 - Size and Weight: Pretty light weight for the size. The 15" is pretty bulky the shape is little odd. But that's not very important for me.Overall: Excellent for there price. Great standalone speaker for live sound at smaller events. Would make an excellent stage monitor. Plan on getting a second pair and a subwoofer. Don't compare to speakers that cost twice or more of the price.

I’m a touring sound man, with over 40 years of mixing experience. Even though I'm trying to retire, I still do local shows with friends. I even decided to recommission some parts of an old sound system I owned to do a small show here and there. I didn't have any good stage monitors... but for the occasional show, I didn't want to spend a lot of money getting some. There are plenty of good self-powered cabinets out there if you want to spend $600 apiece or more. Not interested.A friend has some Behringer B212Ds, which I've borrowed a few times. I thought this is the way I'd go but they just didn't have a great natural sound... no real low end and I had to crank the high tone controls just so they'd sound "normal." But there aren't a lot of cabinets that compete with them on price... until I saw a review of the Alto TX312s. I thought I'd give them a try.WOW! They just don't "sound great for the price," they sound GREAT!!!Of course, I got out my test audio setup to put them through their paces. I turned off their "contour" switch and found I might have to add just a bit of EQ to fill out the bottom and the top. But then I did something that I never do... I turned ON the "contour" switch. And this added EXACTLY what I had added on the graph to make them sound good.Here's my take on these:1. High quality build- These DO NOT feel cheap. A solid thick plastic case construction with a full metal grille.2. Simple inputs- A combo TRS / XLR input jack, a mic / line sensitivity switch and a level control. That all I would ever want. I don't need broad-band tone controls on a speaker... if I'm doing anything, I'll do it on a graphic EQ or the console.3. Indicator lights- Again, simple. Power and a signal present light that turns red if you hit it so hard as to engage its protection circuitry. But in trying to test for the red threshold... O-M-G, these things were blasting!4. Size and weight- Although not as small as some, definitely manageable and fairly light.5. Other plusses- A fan for cooling, a pass-through XLR output, easy to deal with handles and a pole-mount hole (with a safety bolt). There's even a ground-lift switch if you have any AC issues.And oh yes... the cost. WOW! IMHO, this is hands-down the best value in a powered speaker. Sounds great, easy to deal with, simple operation, loud as heck... and VERY reasonably priced. I'm hoping they do well on the gig but confidence is high.NOW I'm thinking of getting a couple of the TX315s for the MAIN P. A. Yikes!

Worker really well for the space and loved the sound. Great investment!

Used for band PA, sounds ok to me, seems well made

This speaker was plugged in and connected to Mackie ProFX10v3 and one day it just stopped working, it just blinked the lights on the back of the speaker and it didn't work afterwardsNot only am I disappointed with this product, but I am disappointed with Amazon for selling this product and allowing this distributor to continue providing such poor customer service to its customersThe worst customer service I've ever receivedThey wanted me to pay for the shipment so that they could repair the speaker a few days later they closed my caseI waited months for them to answer me and they closed the house in a few days and they didn't answer me until I wrote the review

You want a budget PA system but you want it to be good? This is the best way to go. I rented Bose L1 and JBL line array systems and they were fine, but also over a thousand dollars more than two of these. They don't sound $1000 better than these. Get a Behringer or Yamaha mixer for a couple hundred bucks and you'll have more inputs than those line array systems anyway. This is better than a Harbinger, Rockville, or Fender Passport type system with passive speakers. These get loud and they sound clear.

Nice functioning speaker great sound, has to be a small environment with not much volume needed. this will not crank if more power and volume is needed. it will clip out and then blow the speaker. which is what happened to mine. we pushed it way too hard and it blew. 700W is not alot of power but if say its going in a retail store or a small environment it will be fine and great, if it needs to go in a club or be super loud this is not the speaker you want.