ALTO TX308 350W Powered DJ Speakers, PA System with 8" Woofer for Mobile DJ and Musicians, Small Venues, Ceremonies and Sports Events

I have a pair of 308s that have been going strong for 4 years.They sound great, they're very light, they're small, and they have more than enough power to use as floor monitors, and can easily be used as mains as well.It appears that the TX408s have replaced the TX308s, so I just purchased a pair of 408s...at a CHEAPER price than I paid for the TX308s 4 years ago!Alto, you guys are KILLING IT! I'm a very happy customer. Thank you guys so much!

I've been using a QSC CP-8 for last 5 years with my duo. We use a single CP-8 high and behind for two mics, two guitars, and bass guitar. It works great and can cover large outdoors gigs. For the last 3 years I've been playing electric into a modeler while my partner plays acoustic guitar or bass. My acoustic guitar is currently retired.But with a modeler in my gig bag (usually a Spark Go these days, but I also have a UA Dream 65), I thought it would be nice to have something lighter for informal jams that could keep up with a drummer. At 25% the price and nearly half the weight of my CP-8 the TX308 seemed like a good solution. Its only shortcoming is I need a 1/4" female to XLR male adapter.Like the CP-8 you need to turn the bass down on your modeler if the speaker is placed on the floor. They are both voiced to be up on a pole. For music listening the CP-8 is no doubt capable of more volume. I did stress test the TX308 with bass guitar and it did not buzz or have any other issue. I'm impressed given the light weight and low cost. The overall build quality of the TX308 looks quite good to my retired electrical engineer's eye. If you want to run either speaker from a battery power station, they both draw about 5 watts running their DSP with no sound and are deafening loud at 10-15 watts of power from the wall socket.BTW, the Positive Grid Spark amps don't like having left and right (tip and ring) shorted together on their headphone output on the way to your powered speaker (sounds bad regardless of how you configure the output with the app: stereo or mono). A resistive summing cable is a bullet proof solution into a female 1/4" which might be TS, TRS stereo, or TRS balanced (3.5mm TRS stereo male with ~1K Ohm summing resistors to 1/4" TS mono).One other small, good thing to report is the handle molded into the TX308 case does not have any sharp edges. One of the nice things about the CP-8 is a great handle which I think matters compared to the sharp-edged molded handle in for example, the Yamaha DBR10. Another more expensive option, the Behringer B208D has no handle at all. If you're looking to travel light and make one trip from the car this stuff matters.

Great price for something that puts out really clear live sound. I am using this to give my wind controller a full range and take advantage of the super natural sound on my AE-20. The videos demonstrating this speakers makes it sound flat. Not tuning, I am talking dimensional. I tried it out and can say that the sounds have dimension. Many pro recorded audio give dimension to sound and the Bose allows for that dimension to happen. This Alto Pro 350w tx308 is so full ranged that it makes my good earphones sound less dimensional. Next to a Bose system though, Alto Pro still lacks dimension. But Alto holds its own. I appreciate the price.Update 9/18/2024:Unbelievably there is a high bias hiss sound when turning up the volume. I tried changing the wires and got new shielded cables. The speaker just does it on it's own. So if you are doing a LINE in and go up to the highest recommended you'll hear the HISS. Using my instrument (AE-20) requires me to be at a high level to hear it on the speaker. Plus I have to have it on MONO and not STEREO. This affects the sound greatly. For what the speaker is, it is good though. I think I will have to purchase a mixer just to handle my sound so that I can avoid the HISS. But as far as range, it is awesome.

This speaker sounds great, almost warm "if" you take the grill off and cut thin fabric and tape it over the tweeter. If you don't the highs are wayyyy too overpowering. It's great as a DJ monitor, handle could be better. I carry this on the train with one hand to local gigs as it is lightweight. More sets of inputs would be great, other than that bang for buck this thing is pretty amazing.

I bought the TX308 models to have a smaller, lighter, cheaper option in my inventory for small gigs or loaners. Honestly they sound better than expected and they draw very little power. They only area where they don't compete with my more expensive speakers is in total sound output. (126 dB vs 138 dB), but I don't need to push them that hard for many events. Power draw is so low, I run them for hours on end with a 300 watt inverter and a 50 Ah battery.The basic XLR jacks and single volume knob is very desirable. I don't want to have excessive DSP features that need setup on every speaker, I'd rather do that from a central location. It's also less to features to malfunction down the road.ETA: I purchased the new TX12S subwoofer to pair with the two TX308s. I really needed a subwoofer with dual inputs and outputs to build a compact rig option without using a dedicated crossover. I have been very impressed how much punch this little 12 delivers for its size.I would highly recommend both of these speakers for anyone building a budget show rig, affordable loaner, or a home user that wants a quality backyard movie sound system.

I love everything about these speakers. They are inexpensive, weigh nothing and are loud! I use them as floor monitors for a small 4 pc. band but you could use them as main speakers for a small room. I have been a JBL guy all my life but these work rather well. I wish they had a combo input but you could easily replace the XLR input if you wanted to. They also have a XLR thru output as well. Highly recommended if you don't want to break the bank or your back.

I bought the 308 to try at home with my guitar modeler at “bedroom volumes.” It has plenty of volume on tap for that at just 9:00 on the dial. If I were to need it for a small venue gig I believe it would work just fine for that application as well, because 12:00 on the dial was rattling items in my office. My modeler sounds nice and clear, just like with my nice over ear headphones.The 308 is also a nice lightweight and compact size. I could travel with modeler in backpack case, speaker in one hand and guitar in other and have one trip load in.

I use this as a dj monitor. To hear it over the PA system I have to turn it up, which gives this poor speaker a hard time. I solved this issue by turning the bass down from my dj controller. It gives pretty good highs and the my subs provide the bass so it works out as a cheap booth monitor. Now I do have it right next to the controller, I don't think Id be able to hear it if it were any further. Also if I did turn it up any more I'd probably blow the thing even with bass turned down.