Bob,

The ones that I bought are the L1 Model 1 for $1699 ($1700) I also purchased a woofer ($300) with each unit and there was a promotion that allowed me to get an extra woofer for free. So I have 3 L1’s and 4 woofers. One of the L1’s has 2 woofers; our bass player and keyboard player use that one (BTW, our keyboard player plays a B3 patch all the time and we can get the stage to vibrate with bass when we turn it up).

The ones that are $2500 each are the L1 Model 2’s. I still spent a pretty penny ($5800 with a couple of discounts) but 4 ½ years later I still think they were worth it.

The Bose Compact is $999 but I’m really not too familiar with these though.

As far as loudness goes, the room we play at in our church holds about 350 people. We can not turn these units up past 6 on scale of 12 before it is too darn loud (everywhere in the room).

For a working musician, I think these things make life infinitely easier…on your back and your ears (probably not your wallet though). Nice consistent sound every night.

If you live close to a Guitar Center, by all means, go check ‘em out. Another approach would be to order one directly from Bose. You have 45 days to put it through its paces. If you don’t like them, then send it back for a refund.

Go to their website and nose around a bit. Visit the forum too…as I said before, some friendly, helpful people there.

Here’s a link:

http://www.bose.com/controller?event=VIE...stems/index.jsp

Again, I think I’m sounding like a Bose pitchman but I’m just a satisfied customer.

Tom