I've got a drummer friend who also does sound gigs regularly. He was doing sound for a band I'm in and used a pair of these speakers. It was an outdoor gig but he had me walk around and listen to them and I was impressed.
Then, after hearing the price point, I decided to pull the trigger and pick up a pair for my other bands to use.
We've used them now for a couple of gigs in good-sized venues, 400+ people at each gig and all I can say is wow! I can't imagine you getting a better value than these.
We used the Exotons as our mains, but set up a pair of QSC KC12.2s to use as center-fills and a couple QSC KS112's to supplement the low end ... We barely used the QSCs at all. Had them at about 10-20% volume when the room was full of people.
The Exotons were plenty loud enough on their own, the highs reached all the way to the back of the event center, and we even had some folks that have heard us before say that "the sound" was excellent.
True audiophiles and pro sound techs might have a more discerning ear/point of view, but I can't imagine getting a better value than a pair of these Exotons! They are plug-and-play.
For comparison, a pair of these run ~$1200 vs. $4k for a pair of QSC's new KC12 column array speakers. And listen, I'm sure the QSC's sound awesome, but you'll have to decide how much the extra cost is worth to you when the average listener won't notice a huge difference between the two systems.
