Well, the Bose system for a singer-songwriter would not be $5,000, it would be $2,000. Plus tax. One pole, one sub. But sheesh, the 5500 and a mixer = about $300.

The Bose is supposed to have some kind of less die-off effect, where the sound you hear 4 feet away (behind you) is about the same the audience hears.

I forgot something else about the Bose... people rave about the clarity. It would have to be light years better for seven times the cost.