Tony,
Just came across your post today. I too have a CP33, which I love. Along with the new version of Band-in-a-Box, I use it as an adjunct when teaching. I run both BIAB and CP33 thru a Mackie stereo mixer (802-VLZ3), then out thru a small TASCAM speaker system [2 speakers on the piano and a subwoofer]. The whole TASCAM system cost me $100 from Sweetwater. I got spoiled! It’s a stereo sound and it sounds wonderful. Life is good. I’m a happy guy.

Now to gigging: I do basically small gigs—jazz solos, duos, trios, etc. The piano sound is all I use. Don’t need a lot of volume. I’m currently running the CP33 thru an Acoustic Image amp, Model Coda R [$1,300 when I purchased]. This amp is mono. The sound is just OK (passable) when doing jazz duos and more. However, since ‘day one’ I’ve always been dissatisfied with the sound on solo gigs, probably because the sound is so exposed. To my ears, the sound is wonky, hollow, nasal and incomplete—just for starters. It doesn’t do the CP33 any justice. I’ve tried taking the CP33 right channel and inputting it into Channel 1 of the amp, then the CP33 left channel and inputting it to either Channel 2 or the effects return. It didn’t work; the sound still summed to mono. I have a bass player friend of mine who has an extension speaker for his setup. We tried adding that speaker to my setup. No good—what I got was a mono sound coming from two speakers. I think I see a new sound system in my future.

A few questions for you:
1. We’re now 8 months or so after your original post. Having gigged with it, are you still as satisfied with sound of the two Bose L1 Compacts that you’ve purchased?
2. Being that you post on the PG Music Forums, do you use BIAB and CP33 with your L1’s? If so, any issues?
3. If you had to make the choice again, would you choose Bose L1’s?
4. Have you had any limitations with the number of inputs on the two L1’s?
5. What types of gigs do you do?
6. Did you buy an effects processor to enrich on the sound? I understand that the L1 doesn’t come with effects.
7. Did you also purchase the Bose bass module?

Thanks for your time.

Jack Tyrrell
Waterbury, CT

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