The deeper issue is, IMO, it is SO hard for many Bose owners (or to be honest, owners of almost any gear!) to admit ANY limitations, no matter how apparent and obvious they are...

I keep bringing up the fact that these THINGS are not your grandkids, they are merely pieces of equipment. And, as such, shouldn't be invested with your protectiveness. NOTHING is perfect, nothing does all things well, and even though something might be perfect for YOUR usage, what is the problem in discussing in an adult way what it also CAN'T do? Every one of us has quite different needs and usage of equipment, what suits one does not suit all, and I simply wish that, when faced with a criticism of a much loved piece of gear, we MIGHT make an effort to understand that the other person's viewpoint might be valid FOR THEM.

I realize that, under the right circumstances, a 2X15W PA might be just the ticket. But the person with that equipment might also acknowledge that it has limitations. Same with a 100W PA, same with a 1000W PA.... Let's just keep it civilized, and perhaps acknowledge that 200 people means NOTHING unless accompanied by better info about the rowdiness of them, the music they want to hear or dance to, their age, the size room, etc..

Most of us with these smaller PA's have come from much larger ones at some time or another. And, maybe just once or twice, we had a gig that we NEEDED to crank these bigger PA's up to close to THEIR limits. So, in fairness, maybe we ARE in a position to be honest about the upper limits of our smaller stuff. But getting that honesty is like pulling teeth!

Regard it as equipment, and not family, and perhaps it might be easier to talk frankly about its' good AND bad points...