Cassp,

It sounds as if you ended up with all the stuff I got rid of as well. Liked the concept of the KB-300, but tipping the scales at nearly 100 pounds it was a hernia maker. Decided to go with the separate Peavey speakers and PA/Mixer, a pair of SP-5G's and a SFX-600 amp head--just as bad, took longer to hook-up, more trips to the van--bummer. Had several other systems as well, most were heavy, or just couldn't provide crisp, clean sounds, especially with the vocals.

Switched to a pair of Barbetta Sona 32-C's, much lighter, each is 450-watts biamped, 15-inch sub, 10-inch horn, built-in mixer. Much lighter (36.5-pounds), quick setup, plus having two provides a good back up if one happens to fail.

Since I rarely play for audiences of more than 125 anymore, the Barbettas spend most of their time in the music storage room and the Logitech Z-5500 system gets lots of use--love it. Lightweight, very compact, portable, inexpensive, and excellent sounds.

If I were 10 years younger, I would probably buy a pair of Bose PAS systems--they sound wonderful, relatively light, and from my perspective, outperforms everything available for OMB entertainers, especially those working the niteclub circuit.

Now, I'm thinking seriously about cutting back, might even buy a sailboat in the next couple weeks, and spend some time enjoying life more instead of working 7 days a week, 360 days a year (I get five days off). If the sail boat works out, I just might put up the main and spinaker and point the prow south to see what's over the horizon.

Cheers,

Gary