Bose L1 including bass stand, sub and two linear array poles, KB and KB stand, gig bag of wires & mics, laptop, mixer...all on a R'nR cart. One trip.

Biggest advantage over conventional speakers (other than clarity and dispersion of sound), no need for tripod stands or having to lift powered speakers over my head....or use passive speakers which require hauling in a powered mixer or rack mounted mixer.

A lot of molded speakers do not fit squarely on a cart or pack tight for moving.

So, for me, the fact that Bose may be 4 pieces, is a non-issue when compared to conventional systems.

Eddie