Bob Hughes, of the Yahoo Ketron forum, was the author. As I replied to him, the one he heard probably wasn't set up right.
As one of the Pros who has been duped into buying the Bose (In fact I'm so stupid that I bought two!) I'm hoping no more folks around me buy one. I know of at least six guys who already did buy one after hearing mine. My friend HankB was the first. Joe Lee Richards came down from Arkansas and ended up with one. Billy Ledbetter, who worked the big lounges in Vegas for years, bought one after hearing mine. At least three guys from the Dallas area made the trip and went back home and bought one.
You guys keep your heads in the sand. Don't try one. Instead try to hear one that is not set up properly somewhere so you don't have to spend any money. Also, be sure to listen to NON-owners who are relying on second-hand information.
The $2000. was not nearly as much as I made from selling off my conventional gear that the L1 replaced.
I have tried using an extra sub and I can't hear any difference unless you are in a situation where you must play extremely loud.
At low volumes there is no difference. One sub supplies PLENTY of bass. As with any system, you must take a little time to set it properly.
I got interested in the system after hearing how much Uncle Dave, Gary Diamond and Donnie Pesce loved the ones they had. Yes, Donnie couldn't rave about it enough when he had one. But I didn't run and buy one. I made a trip to Memphis to audition one at G. Center. It sounded horrible. I figured out later they didn't have the sub connected properly. I bought one from M. Friend on the 45-day trial, and couldn't bear to be without one after that.
As far as being a fanatic, I supposed that's true. I have owned just about every type of p.a. system imaginable, and still have several in the garage. That's where they stay because they can't compete with the Bose under any circumstances under which I might be using them. I will say that there are situations where you DON'T want the sound to be equal all over the room, such as a restaurant where some of the diners want to get away from the music. In this case, the Bose is not suitable. That's if you don't want to hear the music at all.
Having said all this, it's true that the sound is NOT the muddy bass-heavy sound that many of us have been used to hearing. You know--you set the e.q. band in a big V, take out the middles and push up the lows and highs. It hides your true voice and makes you sound like Elvis, at least to yourself.
Instead you hear a balanced sound, with clear, distinct highs, smooth solid bass and true mids. Don't get one if you don't want to hear what you really sound like.
DonM



[This message has been edited by DonM (edited 07-20-2008).]