This is a great mixer, it makes anything sound better without almost any tweak, I tested it with my two Bose S1 Pro speakers, and it sounds amazing, also I tried it with other "bad sounding" Harbinger speakers that were sounded very bad with the harbinger mixer, and it makes a huge difference, it makes the sound shine impressively, every person in the gig was impressed of the good sound it can produce. Also, it helped me a lot by improving my installation/ setup time using the scenes feature.
Missing features would be: 1) to include a Bluetooth channel as the S1 Pro integrated mixer, 2) to be able to recall volume of every channel when saving the scenes. 3) add the xlr/ plug option for the auxiliary inputs 4) allow the user to specify to what channel phantom power will be applied.
I purchased the T8 about 8 months ago to replace my T1 mixer. I have been generally satisfied with the T8, mostly because now I can run mix my keyboards in Stereo. However, I have found a few flaws, 2 of them serious, which I have a hard time understanding how a leader in sound like Bose would allow these in a product. 1) MOST SERIOUS is the loud pop that happens when the unit is turned ON. Don't know what causes it, but it clearly shows on the meters, as high as 0db. The problem is that the pop sound is allowed to pass through the main outs and pops the speakers! This also happens when powering down too, but to a lesser degree. Adjusting main volume down makes no difference. Why can't Bose mute the outs for a few seconds during power up?! My T1 mixer never did this. 2) ALSO SERIOUS is the terrible, crackling distortion coming out of the Aux outs when the main level goes even just +1db above 0db. The mains do not appear to be affected. This is a huge problem when feeding auxiliary systems or recording devices. 3) The Effects Delay Mix % is very different on the T8 (about ½ for similar effect vs the T1). I've learned to "translate" my T1 settings to T8, so this is a nuisance.
I purchase the T8S because I needed the 8 channel feature. I was very disappointed that the T8S only allows an Analog connection to the tower speaker base. My advise is to putchase the T4S and use a mixer board if you need additional channels. T8S is not worth the price tag Bose applied!
Scratch sound after continous use of 10-15 minutes
on May 28, 2019
Posted by: BHANU
Gender:Male
Length of ownership:1 week
I used this mixer with a mac and 2 wireless microphones and 2 wired microphones along with two F1 812 speakers and F1 Sub woofer. It sounds amazing when it works. After 10-15 minutes of continuous use, system starts giving periodic scratch sound. It starts working again if i power off and Power On, or remove audio connections and reconnect. It repeats again after 10-15 minutes. I tried replacing cables and tried with couple of MacBook Pros.