No "presumed nonsense" as far as I am concerned.

You must try to understand that one does NOT have to play with something, to either know how it works, or to get a good idea what its' performance will be like from the specs produced by the manufacturer. (and the RMS figures do not even enter into that)

After many years using PA's I KNOW what the specs mean, and which are fudged and which are real.

Yes it is also good to use something as well, but to berate people who are speaking from just as factual a viewpoint is silly.

I have only spoken using factual sources..The manual for one, and quoting a guy who has been with Bose for near 27 years (and NOT in sales either)....I am actually one of those who think the L1 compact (a pair) would be very good.

As you CAN also hook up either a bigger external PA, OR extra sub, they would be perfect multi purpose speakers, all with the quality of Bose.