[mwalk]

I/we currently use 1 or 2 QSC K10 speakers with a small mixer. Set up can be as small as a solo act, but at most we're still a relatively small act - 3 vox, 2 acoustics, one electric guitar, upright bass and a kick drum. We're looking to possibly move to a simpler PA system for gigs where we have to run our own sound.

The obvious place to start is BOSE, but I don't know if it's because they're better or just have the biggest marketing budget. It looks like there are lots of options for portable line array PAs now - even Fender has one. Does anyone have experience with any of them?

I like the price of the BOSE L1 Compact, but I don't know how big of a crowd it can handle comfortably. Or if it would be better to get more than one of these vs. a bigger system. Any words of wisdom in that regard would be appreciated!