I heard your music, Dave; nice. Perfect for a small coffe shop. That will help the caffiene heads to slow down a little.

I have tried the Bose system; that's the one with the big tree
of small speakers, right?

That system is perfect for your music. What was awesome about the system (and I'm saving up for one, too-- although some music
I play is RnR, a little too loud) is that you can be right next to it, and it projects the same apparent volumn to you as to people 10 to 30 ft away. I thought that was (still do) miraculous.

It had enough balls when I played it, to project to a 100 ft x 50 ft
room packed with people.

I would get the Bose that has the woofer with it, only some$$ more. See if you can try it first. As soon as I tried it (doing my solo club gig, guitar/vox) I knew I had to have one.

I found one on Ebay for $1500, but those purchases can be a little iffy.

Buena Suerte...

i wish there was a option for thouse of use who have not tried them
well at no where but guitar center.

Like anything else, there is always the right tool for the right job. I wouldn't get it for a larger-venue sound reinforcement gig, but they do seem right for what you're talking about. I heard a setup at a GC at least a year ago, and I was impressed - it did exactly what it claimed to do: Good overall ambient sound, no particular radiating point, and good for duos, trios, etc., in small environments.

Again, not something for a big venue or rock show, but certainly not a bad way to get yourself heard in the kinds of venues you play.

Thanks guys. I love the idea of the bose PAS, but like I mentioned in the first post, I already have an amp and mixer mounted in a custom cabinet that I'd like to hang onto... and isn't the bose an "all-in-one" system that both powered and eq'd within itself? I'm therefore looking for just a good set of speakers that don't feedback as awful as giant PA's do like my SP2's. Just a good reference/studio monitor type speaker that isn't powered. Maybe I'm going to have to let go of the idea of keeping my stuff and just fork out $2500 for the dern bose... who knows.

Recommend any speakers that are in line with what I mentioned above?

Hey guys, something I've been wondering about regarding this Bose system you're discussing:

Is it a monophonic unit, or does it take stereo ins and project a stereo image somehow?

Thanks!
Dino

The Bose PAS is certainly interesting. However, it has shortcomings. It also sounds like a Bose.

You mentioned Daedalus. Now that's a speaker. Incredible. You can certainly choose the 803 over the 823. Indeed, the S-81 is a fine two way speaker. I use of pair of them. A pair runs about $1,300 or so.

Dave, I sent you an email about the 823's. sdelsolray and I seem to find each other on various forums talking about Daedalus speaker cabinets. There are great speakers out there, but these are the elite speakers in a class of their own. :D

Hey Rick, can you shoot me that email again? I don't know if it caught snagged as spam or what, but I never got a note from you... I'd love to hear all I can about the Daedalus, so thanks for much for your time. (Did you just use the email address from my web site?)

Yes I used the web email addy