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<blockquote data-quote="Nick Vezmar" data-source="post: 91846" data-attributes="member: 4110">Re: Ev zlxSorry for the bump a couple weeks later, but I figured I&#039;d contribute my own little mini review. I am impressed by these speakers, within their own category as a budget speaker. I just got two of these in and tested them out.What I did, and this may be unconventional for some, was I used my M-Audio box (connected to my laptop) and used the direct outs from that into the speakers, using balanced 1/4&quot; to XLR. I then opened up iTunes started playing music. Both iTunes and the laptop were at 100% volume.The inputs on the speakers were set to halfway, and the master volume was set to 0 dB. Both the low end and high end were very present. I let it run for a few minutes before I started cranking these up. I got to about +7 dB on the master before the limit notification was shown, from presumably too much low end. Keep in mind that the limit wasn&#039;t holding but rather just flashing in different periods of time. I went into the DSP menu and cut back on the bass all the way it could go (-10 dB). I then proceeded to turn the master and input gain up in short increments. It wasn&#039;t until I reached about +20 dB (+10 dB on the master, and a couple notches on the input gain) that I started hitting the flashing limit again. At that point the objects in my kitchen about 40 ft away started rattling. The bass is still very present while maintaining a good high end.I probably did not properly test these out, but I wanted to see what kind of headroom I could get out of these. I don&#039;t think these will give the EXL112Ps or the K12s a run for their money, but they&#039;re a good option for those looking to save a bit. I am impressed so far, and I can&#039;t wait to use these on a live gig.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nick Vezmar, post: 91846, member: 4110"] Re: Ev zlx Sorry for the bump a couple weeks later, but I figured I'd contribute my own little mini review. I am impressed by these speakers, within their own category as a budget speaker. I just got two of these in and tested them out. What I did, and this may be unconventional for some, was I used my M-Audio box (connected to my laptop) and used the direct outs from that into the speakers, using balanced 1/4" to XLR. I then opened up iTunes started playing music. Both iTunes and the laptop were at 100% volume. The inputs on the speakers were set to halfway, and the master volume was set to 0 dB. Both the low end and high end were very present. I let it run for a few minutes before I started cranking these up. I got to about +7 dB on the master before the limit notification was shown, from presumably too much low end. Keep in mind that the limit wasn't holding but rather just flashing in different periods of time. I went into the DSP menu and cut back on the bass all the way it could go (-10 dB). I then proceeded to turn the master and input gain up in short increments. It wasn't until I reached about +20 dB (+10 dB on the master, and a couple notches on the input gain) that I started hitting the flashing limit again. At that point the objects in my kitchen about 40 ft away started rattling. The bass is still very present while maintaining a good high end. I probably did not properly test these out, but I wanted to see what kind of headroom I could get out of these. I don't think these will give the EXL112Ps or the K12s a run for their money, but they're a good option for those looking to save a bit. I am impressed so far, and I can't wait to use these on a live gig. [/QUOTE]

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