Hammer and Bill,

Sounds like both of you are on the right track. My setup time is down to about 10 to 12 minutes most of the time, but if I'm really pressed for time, I have been able to do it in 8 minutes. Last night's job was fraught with disaster from beginning to end. The night began with a light drizzle and temperatures hovering at 33 degrees. When I arrived at the job, there was no place to park, and the sidewalk was covered with a glaze of ice patches. By the time I unloaded the van and parked I had just 15 minutes to set up and no time for sound checks.

The room was very tight, I had a 6 X 6-foot space in a small corner to set up, and the ceiling was quite low, leaving just one inch of clearance to insert the top of the tower. The audience, which consisted mainly of women over 70 years of age, was very loud and the ambiance of the room was awful. If fired up the system, set the presets to 55, set the remote EQs at 12-O'clock, channel volumes at 12-O'clock and the master volume at 9 O'clock. Never touched a volume control the rest of the night. When the evening ended dozens of people came up to me and said how much they enjoyed the music and wanted to know when I would be coming back. The facility's manager called this morning and asked if she could set up a regular schedule for 2009, to which I said I would be happy to find some openings for her after the first of the year.

After nearly three years of using this system, I have yet to encounter a situation where it did not outperform any conventional system I've owned--and believe me I've owned lots of conventional systems. The Bose L1 has been a keeper for me since the fist time I heard Uncle Dave performing with his L1 in Philadelphia.

Cheers,

Gary