LD Systems Dave 8 XS sistema PA portatile nero

These speakers are said to be the product of a German company, although I also saw a video where it was mentioned, that they were made in the Netherlands, but let's skip that, which means, that they should be produced in Europe. I live in the Netherlands and the shipment took 6 business days (delivery was delayed one day, because of heat), where if the goods are out of stock and have to be imported from another warehouse, which is even in another country, the period should be much shorter, what makes my assumptions point towards China, where the shipment must have come from, because it's extremely hard for me to believe, that these speakers are made on client's order, that's why it took so long, however I must also admit, that they smell like new so who knows?

As for the speakers themselves, I decided on LD Systems Dave 8XS due to the lack of wireless technology (huge plus for that) for which LD Systems was distinguished and use widely in other models. It is sad to see how irresponsible are companies implementing new technologies, which do not pay attention to their harmfulness and even the possibility of spying and stealing data from customers, which in turn limits the array of choices of people like me, who pay attention to own actions, also taking into account others, including other living organisms on this planet without which we are done, and which die as a result of electromagnetic waves sent by telecommunications towers, devices and even energy weapons globaly used on citizens.

After testing the speakers, the overall experience is very good. Subwoofer and it's bass sounds amazing, mid and high range also not bad at all. The minus is the limited frequencies, the range is only up to 19000kHz, which is rare, because even in one of the cheapest headphones the range can reach up to 22000kHz not to mention the speaker in which I think this should be even more important. If comes about speaker set alone, I didn't expect it would be so big and heavy (I didn't check that carefully before purchase), it rather don't suit on desk or table, especially woofer. Next thing quite important is noise, humming coming from the speakers during standby and buzzing from subwoofer can be heared easily, from the woofer even from a longer distance noise is audible, so when I listen music louder it's not a problem, because music outloud the noice a lot, but with listening on a low volume some quiter music it can influence the experience with listening music, what might be bothering in general. Sound volume is impressive, for a room more than enough. I was testing them without any equalizer, they sounds great without it. Like for a price over 400€ if we sum up cost of cables speakers are quite good. From me a little bit less than 4 stars.

Geen toeters en bellen, maar wel kwaliteit voor een goede prijs. Ik heb de installatie gebruikt als PA met DJ op een feest met meer dan 65 personen. Half volume was al meer dan genoeg voor een gevulde dansvloer. In de toekomst zal de PA zonder moeite de zang ondersteunen in onze (rock) band.

In a word: wow.

They have exceeded my expectations for both sound quality and volume level. The reproduction is somewhere between PA and hifi and is extremely good to listen to. I have them set up in my home studio room and have used with a DJ setup, and productions directly from my computer. They are much MUCH louder than really required in this environment but it means they produce a sound effortlessly with a feeling of managed power.

The MTM satellites have a pleasing top end and great mid-range. The subwoofer has a surprising amount of bass. Not quite in the chest-shaking zone you would get from a 12" or larger sub, but still enough to shake the floor. Once the levels are setup it is a really pleasing sound that is not fatiguing at all. I could happily listen to them for pure enjoyment on a range of musical styles. For me, listening, mixing and producing electronic music they are perfect in the room setting I have them in. A great option to listen to tracks on a system that is audibly closer to what would be used at a party or club. For DJing they are just pure fun and sound fantastic. I can't wait to use them at parties and have no doubt of the quality of sound they will put out.

As the other review states, these are not usable straight from the box as require speakon-terminated cables to run from the subwoofer to the satellites. I was aware of this so ordered the accessory kit at the same time, but be aware that the cables are required. You don't need to necessarily buy the whole LD Systems pack of accessories as you may not need the stands for example, but just be sure to get the speaker cables.

Another item which I would say is important - especially if you plan to transport them - would be the speaker grilles. There is zero protection and I managed to dent a tweeter dust cap just when moving them. My fault, but where the rest of them are so solid, it's easy to forget. Luckily it was easy to pop out with some gaffer tape so no lasting issue.

Very happy with the purchase and superb service from Bax.

Update: met alle bekabeling is de geluidsinstallatie wel insane!

Heb deze installatie gekocht denkende dat ik het uitpak en direct muziek kan beginnen luisteren… neen. Ze moeten er bij zetten dat er GEEN kabels bij zitten om de 2 speakers met de woofer te verbinden. Best frustrerend.
(Geen 5 sterren het is niet aan te passen. Ik zou deze speaker wel 5 sterren willen geven maar heb ze na een week nog niet kunnen testen.)