I don't want to become a gear hog. I can't afford it. Any suggestions will be very much appreciated. I just want to be a musician entertainer.

I've heard many musicians play and enjoyed that they played excellently or I liked the tunes they played better than some other entertainer, or they could swing or jam better than other musicians but I have never liked one player over the other because his PA sounded better.

Isn't the tune selection for a given audience the most important thing. Maybe the sound is more important to the player then the audience?

I've had quite a few people say that the stereo is mostly for the entertainer himself because the audience will not even know the difference especially in a large room. Whose right here? Still trying to figure all of this stuff out.