[quote name='Mr Bassman' post='33875' date='Jul 18 2007, 10:20 PM']We had the bose rep bring a couple of L1's plus subs to Coopers Jazz Club in Guiseley.
I was keen to try the system with my double bass, I liked the idea of having a speaker at ear level for intonation reasons.
He set one pole behind me, and one at the the front of the stage to one side.
After a lot of tweaking I got a reasonable sound.
Then he mixed in the piano and vocals and I was deafened, I was too close, but the pianist was too far away and he wanted more volume.
We had to re-position the one from behind me to other side of the stage, and I plugged into my SWR Baby Blue combo.
I wasn't keen on the sound either, very harsh, compared to the EV Eliminators we use.
Dissappointing, after reading about Ron Carter using them, but then I guess he doesn't put the whole band through his.
The system was tested at another jazz club in Boston Spa, they had similar problems.
Ideally each band member should have their own tower.
I've not heard the new model.[/quote]
This is just the sort of information I needed thanks, yes I can see that they would want everybody in the band with their own but even three units and the tonematch mixers, which are really required for the L1 Mk II system makes each unit over £2k. On the plus side for a singer songwriter or say a standup vocal pa they would work pretty well and there is no feedback even when the mic was 2" from the collum. I'm happy with my backline for the bass, it's just the old vocals getting lost/monitoring thing.