Robh,

Notice the wheels under the flightcases? The only thing heavy to lift in my set-up are the 35 Kg tops. The rest I just roll into place. From trailer to music in under 20 minutes (need some help with lifting the tops, second cup of coffee down the line)

Gigging in pubs does ask for a reasonable amount of power. Remember that a 50 Watts guitar tube-amp is a lot more than a 50 Watt all-round speaker. I am gigging with this setup for some three years now, doing about a 100+ gigs a year. This setup has never failed me, was never short of power whatever the circumstance and always has a great sound. I have heard a lot of fine musicians with a crappy (inadequate) setup that didn't get a rebooking just for the fact that they "didn't sound right". It just takes a few missed bookings to make the difference in savings on a cheap system, doesn't it?