Scott,

A very wise man (Uncle Dave or Donny Pesce) once said "If you want good bass, you've gotta' move lots of air." That person was right on the money. I've tried lots of speakers ranging from high-quality 10-inch all the way up to custom-made 20's. They all sounded good, but the best bass can only come from the larger speakers because of the distance the cone travels. The Barbettas were about $650 each, and when I'm using just one, I plug both keyboard output plugs into two different channels of the Barbetta's mixer and the results are excellent. Talked with DNJ this morning and he's loving life doing the smaller jobs with a single Barbetta and says everyone loves the sound just as much as when he was lugging lots of equipment around. While 46 pounds don't seem like much to lift, when you're putting that much weight on a speaker stand, it sure gets heavy--at least it does at my age.

Good luck with whatever you decide to go with,

Gary