I'm getting a pair of Bose Compacts...I loved the sound of the two Bose L1's in stereo, and got a lot of great feedback from my audience, so I expect the overall same performance from the two Compacts, only they'll be less loud, and, less in weight.

I don't need the volume of the L1's, but I want to keep the "room filling" sound that Bose does so nicely...the stereo sweet spot is hugely enlarged, more so than a conventional system.

I tried a pair of Compacts out in the store, and the room was pretty big, and they sounded terrific.

I'm thinking, in the unlikely event that one went down (they make great stuff), the other would get me by quite well as a back-up; still filling the room quite well...just not as rich as in stereo.

Ian