Gary,

When you asked for speakers with light weight and power the Mackie 450'2 immediatly came to mind. I know many people that love them, although I sold mine also.
When someone asks about a sound system to recomend I always would say:

GO TO THE MUSIC STORE NO MATTER HOW FAR AWAY WHO CARRIES WHAT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT NEED....
BRING YOUR KBS, MICS ETC.....SET UP IN THE STORE AND PLAY THRU THE SOUND SYSTEM AT FULL VOLUME....THEN DO IT AGAIN WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM UNTIL YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION YOU CAN LIVE WITH............

WHAT I LIKE VS WHAT HE LIKES VS WHAT THEY USE IS NOT GONNA CUT IT FOR YOUR PARTICULAR TASTE......ONLY YOU CAN MAKE THE CHOICE.....

THIS IS NOT ONLY ADVICE FOR SPEAKERS BUT FOR ANY EQUIPMENT YOU NEED TO BUY.

GOOD LUCK

You played 80 songs on one gig? man your working too hard :>)

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 01-19-2003).]