As for taking it out for a gig with Bass/ drums/Vocals do you intend to get a sub for it ?
Bill,
At this point, no. But most of my gigs are smaller rooms and smaller crowds. The 8 woofer on the Compacts that I use seem to provide enough bass and this SSV.3 unit seems to have at least as much bass, if not more, as the Compacts.
I don't have any gigging experience with the SSV.3 yet to know what to expect.