I know that at least a few of the L1 owners on this forum used Bose Professional products (802, 402, MB4) in the past.
Do you guys feel that the L1 has excelled in all situations or have there been instances where you felt one of the other Bose products may have been better suited for the job?
Do you still own your Bose Pro product or have you sold it off?

Robert L

Hi, Robert L:

I can't speak to your question directly, because I hadn't used Bose Pro products previously.

However, based on YOUR experiences as shared in this forum, if I *were* to try my hand at providing professional sound, I would probably invest in:

4-5 L1's with 10-12 B1's and a couple of A1's. (I would expect these to cover most 'gigs'.)

4 or 5 MA12's and related equipment (amps, etc) to make an "L1.5" or "L2" --or a couple of them -- for large venues (particularly outdoors), because it seems to me they would be better than just "more L1's" when the crowds and distances are very big. While the rigging is more work than with the L1's, you can't change the "distance" characteristics of the L1's line-array, but you can with the use of multiple MA12's.

I've learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing!

RobertL,

I still have my 402 extended bass package.

I have not used for a personal gig since getting the L1.

I have used it for others because of their percieved need of "more".

With your experience I can imagine you can and will find instances where you can effectively utilize both technologies together.

For myself and the few gigs I have provided sound for others I can honestly say conventional equipment would not be better suited, however for larger gigs or several band members then one might need to be very close to the one on one ratio to get the very most from the L1 technology.

I like the experiments you are doing with the MA12's. Do you have more than three? Maybe get a total of four and run them as a conventional setup, and see if you like it. If it's good, then you could add two more for three on each side.

If that's good you can donate the 802's to charity and the 402's to me, cause I still want to stack about 8 or 10 of them out on the farm and talk to my friends in Ohio.

Oldghm

My old system was a pair of 402s with a powered ev sub. The have not left home since I bought the L1 in 2003. I played a luncheon for 250 Senior Adults in a retreat center cafeteria yesterday. They were packed in and I had very little room to set up with people really close to me. My old system would have been a problem.
the L1 was perfect, as usual. All I got was a nice check, many compliments on the sound and lots of cd sales.
Go L1 !!!!!
rwj

Back in the 80s I played thru a pair of those Bose "802 looking speakers",
but they were covered wood cabinets and had detachable covers, forget the model.
We played new wave music...JBL monitors, no subs.

Audiences said they sounded great out front.

Sold em, bought Altec 15/horn cabs, also with removable face covers.
That must have been the big selling feature back then.


PS
Just found your board recordings of Stompy!!
I'll bet that's a fun gig.

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Originally posted by Drumr:
those Bose "802 looking speakers", but they were covered wood cabinets and had detachable covers, forget the model.

That's the Model 800, the first pro-portable offering from Bose...

That's them Chuck.
I think I paid $600 for them, new.
They were sure handy.

Here is the 800 being used by some guy from New Jersey back in the 70s.

Really.

Ken

Were you running sound, Ken?

Psychically...

I heard a rumor ... this is how all this stuff gets started ... that "the boss" came from a mispronunciation of the "bose" speakers that he was using.

Something like, "Have you seen that guy playing locally? Ya know, the boss guy". I certainly wouldn't put that in the Bruce wiki as fact, but a Bose person who was around at the time told me that story. Believe what you will.

Steve

Bruce who?

Geez guys, this is just some dude from New Jersey.

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Originally posted by Chuck-at-Bose:

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Originally posted by Drumr:

That's the Model 800, the first pro-portable offering from Bose...

Hi there, may i ask how many watts in the model 800? i have two of them but i ca't find any spec on the net.
thanks a lot

Hi thestorm,

The model 800 was a passive speaker, no built in power. I don't know what it's power handling capabilities were, but we powered ours with a Crown DC300A.

Hello thestorm,

I think it would be safe to use a 200W amp on the 800.

Those things are collector's items, you know. Don't sell em to some "kid" at a garage sale for $20.

Ken