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Old 10-30-2017, 11:09 AM
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I've been a working musician for over thirty years, and I bought a Bose L1 Compact back in August to avoid carrying around a traditional PA system. Since then I've played more than a dozen gigs with it, and couldn't be happier.

The rooms I play are usually 30-80 seat pubs, or patio's. The audiences I play for are generally older and don't want it too loud. Neither do I.

I mostly use it amplify my voice and archtop guitar, and for that it sounds very good right out of the box. It also works really well for my upright bass, and I have been using it for that on jazz gigs.

Usually, I set it up about two feet behind me and about four feet to my right. Sounds good from there and I can still reach the controls.

I also bought a Heath&Allen ZED10FX mixer to use in duo situations, which makes it sound even better.

For me the best qualities of the Bose L1C are,

- easy to carry and set up

- takes up almost no space on location, especially compared to a pair of stands and speakers.

- virtually immune to feed back from the mic

- very good sound quality, especially for the audience

- looks nice and professional on stage

I doubted the concept for many years, but it works very well for my purposes.

Well said. I agree on all points. This mirrors my personal experience.
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