Alto TS 308

If you're looking for a pair of loud, good quality PA speakers, so light and compact that a 3 year old could carry them about then look no further!

I was going to go for the Yamahas but decided to give these a try and boy I'm glad I did. Alto have really got it right here and you won't find a better balance between quality and price (the TS308s are HALF the price of the Yamahas).

Inspire of their stature they feel very solid and well made, with a nice finish and sturdy switches.

I used these at an outside event with 200 odd people present and everyone was very impressed with the enveloping, punchy sound. Transport, set up and tear down was dead easy because they're so light and compact and their small size means they didn't block what was going on onstage.

I wholeheartedly recommend these TS308s without hesitation.

A rose by any other name is still a rose...and this is perfectly suited for monitoring yourself using electric guitar amp modelers. Don't think you have to spend the extra for the Headrush. You're not going to use this as direct sound anyways (though I actually have done that live - and it sound fine).

This works perfect as a monitor and actually at a smallish venue (150 people crammed into a small room), I've used it as direct sound (mounted on a stand). It works and sounds good. I use line out, not xlr, from a Boss GT1000. XLR out has some hiss (maybe due to the microphone preamp in the unit but its really not a significant amount even so).