I did buy the sound bar, and it was fantastic. It works great as a monitor and it's loud enough that it projects into a room about as well as an amp on the floor would. If I wanted that extra bulk - I'd still have it. My problem was in the stand mounting - the bar pushed the kb about 6 inches away from my stand-mounted mic boom, making it cumbersome and extending the boom. I'm set now with the PA900 for a while. I might even send back the VLT2 - not sure yet ... its got so many more features than the built in unit.