FWIW, had a killer gig last weekend with my L1's. We played in a garage (two car) and fired the music right out of the garage into the front yard to many positive replies.

The coolest part was this house is about 30 yards/meters from a lake and the sound must have been carrying a LOOOONNNNGGG way across the lake because we had all these boats pulling up in front of the place and parking it, having a listen, and enjoying the summer day.

L1's TOTALLY rock! Now that I don't work at Bose I can tell you without any perceived bias ... L1's are the best way for a rock band to play.

If you love guitar tone, mic your amp and use an L1 to project your tone. Now your amps "sweet spot" is where ever you stand ... oh, and it's filled the room with that killer tone. My guitar was loud, lively and in the mix. With wedges and a conventional PA that happens one every 10 gigs. With L1's its SIMPLE to get and deliver killer tone.
-- JamHubSteve; August 14, 2:00pm --
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