DBR10 700-Watt Powered Speaker

This speaker, despite its small frame, puts out HUGE sound! Not just loud, but accurate, clear, and punchy audio! The unit is fairly lightweight, but feels solid and durable. The two-input mixer section on the back is super handy and is compatible with XLR, 1/4", and RCA connections, which is something you don't see in most units of this price. The 7-year manufacturer warranty is a real bonus, as I recently had a speaker from a lesser brand quit on me after 2.5 years. Vocals are pristine and I feel that this speaker would perform well as a monitor for live performance, or as a pair of main speakers for smaller crowds of 100-200 people when paired with a sub. It has great bass response for a 12" when on the FOH/Main setting, but it will not produce heavy hitting lows required for the dancefloor. My DJ company will be using this speaker as a monitor until we purchase the 10" model, as the 12" is a lot of sound for a monitor. We then plan to use a pair of 12s as main speakers with a sub at a 209 person capacity lounge. If you are planning on using a pair of these without a sub, you would be better off going with the 15" model. The unit was packaged remarkably well and arrived without so much as a scuff on the box!

This is my first speaker ever. I just needed an acoustic/mic set up so I was lookin lower budget. So for anyone in my situation read on! Looking up an down decent brands I found this low budget Yamaha to be the best among low budget powered speakers based purely off reviews and forums. I only bought one. If you need somethin extremely bass-ey you’re gonna need a sub. Which is kinda obvious but I thought I’d say it. But! I use a Taylor acoustic mainly.. with the guitars own EQ if I leave the bass normal the low E(E2) sounds great. If I turn the bass knob up on the guitar the speaker will rumble and rattle everything. Not chest thumping but very deep and very smooth. The highs on the guitar with the volume all the way up on the speaker and my guitar are clean and precise and a bit warm so it’s not ear piercing an harsh by any means. A nice keyboard would sound fantastic.. I can overpower our drummer with volume, not drown out but definitely get up higher then him. Especially with vocals which I use a ShureSM58 for anyone who cares. I have pierced my own ears with the mic and this speaker though haha. And it still didn’t clip. That’s in a garage band setting too with loud acoustics goin on. We opened the garage up and walked about 100 ft away and the speaker still sounded super clear and loud. I could’ve definitely walked 4-500 ft away and heard it just fine. Although that’s with no crowd or noise in between.. so take that for what it’s worth. Living on 1-2 acre properties I know my neighbors can definitely hear it with the garage open. So for my super basic use of this speaker I’m incredibly happy with it. It’s more expensive but nothing about it has disappointed me at this point. From its sound/volume to its design/weight. I’ve only used the back inputs and adjustability it has and my acoustics bass/treble EQ so I’ve done nothing fancy with the sound here and have definitely not stress tested it(except with the mic that one time which I mentioned above- in which it passed). I highly recommend this though. For anyone who’s serious about sound quality but on a budget this thing won’t disappoint.

IT'S A YAMAHA!!! What else is there to say?? Reason I went with this speaker is because a friend of mind who's a full time musician playing gig daily, indoor and outdoors, has a set of these. The sound he gets out of them is amazing! I don't crank mine up as much nor as frequent but they sound great! Nice clear sound and powerful sound! I really want to get a second pair but can't justify the purchase yet..

Anything from Sweetwater is top notch! One of the best musical supplier in the country. You can count on Sweetwater!

Good value speakers for the money. Not the most powerful, but the were plenty powerful enough for the speaking events I needed them for.

This has worked great as a speaker/amplifier for my Voss ve8 guitar and voice effects pedal. There have been no crackles or unintended distortion. The variety of input & output possiblities make this useful for many uses. This is more than enough for a medium size venue.

UPDATE: i would give this speaker 5 stars but i don’t want to mislead people. I’ve used it hard 2.5 years and it sounds very good and well worth the money. I pair it with a DXR 15 and get rave reviews for my sound at all my gigs. It was rated 3 by me on account of what i thought i would get out of it (Bass and rich mids) it has just enough of each in hindsight if you are not bass heavy. It is very sturdy and clear sounding. The wind blew it over a year ago and it took a major tumble and still works perfectly. It’s been rained on as well. Original review below ————— I bought this speaker on account of all the great review alone. I have been gigging for 15 years and did pro sound for 7 of those. Judging by the reviews I figured there was almost no way to go wrong with this speaker. I was expecting to get something that I could rate a 4 at least myself. It well-built and incredibly light-weight. The volume is great but not what I expected. However in hindsight its to be expected from the weight. I tried it at home (I am a full-time solo live-looper so I demand performance out of a speaker) and was underwhelmed. I brought it to an outdoor patio gig and was very well-received but to me it didn't sound amazing. Everyone else thought it sounded great but I genuinely felt it was lacking depth and the ability to really move air. The mids were lacking fullness and the bass was not well defined. The high end seemed pretty good. To be fair its a good speaker but if you want TRULY great quality as a performer I would avoid the B series. I returned the speaker and am getting a DXR 15". Im hoping the upgrade in quality and woofer size gets me what I am looking for.

Sounds amazing!! I love it for my DJ gigs