Tonight.....I was at a gig 180pp but a small tight room....took a shot with the Bose compact vs my big system....it worked out very well with excellent coverage..I wouldn't venture out with it alone in a bigger venue.....everything has its limits but I was happy with the results & I now know what size venues & when I can use it to cover the job......additionally the house system which the committee tried to use for announcements was terrible in the ceiling ....so I took the house mic and plugged it into the Bose compact so they could call tables for Dinner & 50/50's etc, etc, .....it sounded incredible through the XLR Mic channel. Nice useful feature.
My Bose "C" has now paid for itself in 2 gigs....

ciao

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I believe the resale value has a lot to do with the fixed pricing. But because its not a run of the mill traditional system and has a lot of supporters and a forum dedicated to its use, there is a uniqueness to the product and becasue it is a complete solution they are sold as units. I am surprises and actually like that they can command a good price second hand.
Not many items in the technological world (especially music technology) command as good a resale value.

Donny I do not know if you can run your Mic out seperate on the S9000. If you can have you tried the Mic input on the Bose?
Has anyone? I would think that may be pretty cool!!

I guess it would be ok if you needed it that way.

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Diki, I probably should have mentioned I've owned a PSR 3k, tyros2, G70 in that order although I really enjoyed all 3 something was missing.( mostly 76 keys with the Yamaha products) The G70 was great nothing like those great latin styles for my taste on the G70. But I just found it a little too heavy moving it in its' Gator case with wheels.

When I started gigging 4 years ago I needed an arranger I heard about the 3k from the PSR site pricing was right and bought it thru the Yamaha dealer I worked for in the 70s at a very discounted price. The was action too light for my taste then got caught up in the tyros2 hype despite the hype I didn't buy the T2 until a year after it's release. Believe it or not it was when a Guitar Center sales guy Jim who is a OMB demoed the board for me.( mikey maestro and tonymads know Jim too). It was his demo that sold me.

I also bought a Mackie 450 based on Donny's recommendation. Short story it wasn't for me and I took it back wound up with the Barbetta 31c highly recommended by a couple of other SZ members, ( still have it too).

Now on the Bose compact I wasn't buying the hype but I've heard it live and was very suprised by what I heard. Will I buy one? Tempting yes it is based on its sound to weight ratio ( if there's even such a ratio )

I can succumb to hype but in the end I make my decisions very carefully.

There's price to weight, sound to weight, and price to sound ratios...

Bose scores high on all of those.

Anyone playing NH/or Small venue gigs you owe it to yourself to use the Bose Compact.....but then again what do I know?

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I don’t play NH’s, but I’m considering it for my restaurant and cocktail party gigs – usual limited space problems etc. My concern is that I need a couple of inputs so I wanted to see if a small mixer can be used successfully. I have a small Alto L-6 that I could use. Hopefully, I’ll get to check out the Compact this week. I think I’ll carry my Midjay Plus into the store so I can I can get an idea of how, what I actually play on the small gigs, sounds through the Compact.
Ciao,
Jerry


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Jerry small mixer no problem...I use my Rolls Mx28
http://www.rolls.com/product.php?pid=MX28

or Alesis MM8
http://www.alesis.com/multimix8firewire

with success with the Bose compact.....

I tried it through the Bose yesterday and it was ok but too dry. Today I fired the mic through the Tyros and it was great. My feeling is the mic needs to go through something to warm it up a little. But it's an awesome unit. I was in heaven today.

Joe


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