So this past weekend I had a show at Wolf Trap for their end of year Ball/Gala/Party. There was an estimated 800-850 dinner plates sold for this shin-dig. Wolf Trap is buying the STX835 to replace Meyer MSL3 (non-powered) for small mains, side fill and drum monitor and they will be using Lab Gruppen PLM's to power these boxes. For this evening, the speakers only had a 90Hz HP and set-up in Full Range mode (they unboxed them 2 days before the gig and JBL hasn’t created DSP presets yet). The STX was stacked on top of L'Acoustic SB218 (PLM powered & processed).
I can say that these speakers do sound very good. I did have to make a few small cuts on the 31Band EQ to smooth out the box, other than that it's a good speaker out of the box. The only "down fall" that I see with these boxes is that the horn flares are in the middle of the box, so you'll need to stack it high. The speaker is a step up from the older SRX725, but it’s still a slight step behind the KF650.
So if I had the cash funds and a helping hand at my shows, I would look at buying these speakers if I was to upgrade my QRx212.
I can say that these speakers do sound very good. I did have to make a few small cuts on the 31Band EQ to smooth out the box, other than that it's a good speaker out of the box. The only "down fall" that I see with these boxes is that the horn flares are in the middle of the box, so you'll need to stack it high. The speaker is a step up from the older SRX725, but it’s still a slight step behind the KF650.
So if I had the cash funds and a helping hand at my shows, I would look at buying these speakers if I was to upgrade my QRx212.
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