Well, I ordered an L1c on Sunday and received it on TUESDAY (I'm in CT). This thing is very cool. It sounded great when I demoed it in the Bose store; seemed to have a lot more OOOMPH than I expected. I'm a bass player, so I demoed it with my passive Fender J bass and an SM58 (oh-oh!!!). I usually use an Audix OM-5 when gigging, but when I headed out to the Bose store the 58 was on top of the mic pile, so I took that.
The bass sound was suprisingly full without any preamp and very articulate. The 58 sounded crisp but full and had good low end inside the store. I always use close-micing technique when singing. Today, I had a chance to setup the Compact outside. I hooked up my iPod and played some pre-recorded material. WOW, the volume was suprising again. Some of my neighbors looked through their windows at me to see what was happening. The low response was decent even at 20 yards away. This was while playing some Marley-era reggae.
Overall, I'm very happy with this unit so far. I'll be trying it at gigs starting this weekend. I have 2 Classics that I bring to gigs now; 1 for my bass, vocal, and e-drums with 4 B1's, and 1 for 2 horns with either no or 2 B1's depending on room size. I think I'll try the Compact at my Saturday night gig for the horns. I'll give a report on this later.

-- getrythm 8 May 2009 11:03 am --
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