I have had a Compact now for about a little over a year. Have used it many times indoors and out and here's what I enjoy most about it::

- Ease of transport/setup
- Great sound for the effort required to assemble it
- Sound does indeed carry to all corners of the room without being overly loud directly in front

Only drawback to the Compact for me is "no effects". I bet the next version will have them included!

Randy

Cassp, I too rarely go above the 11 O'Clock position, and tonight while performing for about 90 to 100 folks who love to dance, the 11 O'Clock position was more than enough.

Randy, you may be right about the effects. Of course you could also use an inexpensive mixer with effects for your input device, something along the lines of an Alesis 6FX, which does a great job for both your vocals and that incredible sounding sax.

Cheers,

Gary

Hi Gary - Thanks for the kind words! I bought the Behringer Xenix 1202....works great and for $108 couldn't resist! Nice effects and a small package...

With today's weather in MD - I bet you are thinking about working on your sailboat! Think I heard that the MD temps are going into the high 60's.... hope that trend continues and you and your lovely spouse are soon out on the Chesapeake enjoying the good life!

Randy

Don, Thanks ... silicone spray ... great tip.
Ciao,
Jerry

I wish I could have been at the boat today. Temperature hit nearly 70, but we still have snow on the ground. I had to work today, but tomorrow, when the weather gets nasty again, I'll be up at the boat trying to clean the hull. The Catalina 27 will be going in the water two weeks from now, and the Morgan 33 Out Island will be going in by the end of April. If you get up this way, Randy, I'll be glad to take you sailing. Just might mix up a big batch of Kickapoo Joy Juice too.

Gary

Hi Gary - thanks so much! Don't believe I've been on a sailboat since 1973! Oh yes, there was that time in 1975 when the wife consented to trying out a "Sunfish" with me. That was until I turned it upside down in the Biloxi channel (got mast stuck on the bottom!). She waited until we were picked up and safely ashore and she calmly said "I suggest we stick to power boats". I could have used a couple swigs of Kickapoo Joy Juice that day!

I accept your offer and wish you a wonderful early Spring! I know that boat maintenance is not fun but the rewards are well worth it! Hope your temps stay in the 60's from and above from here on out!

Randy

I learned on a Sunfish, too..! Got many 'happy' memories of capsizing it and bailing out the cockpit afterwards!

The wife and I sailed a lot together, cats, small monohulls, and I also taught her to sail windurfers pretty well, but we only RACED together one time.. An all day 'Round the Bay' endurance race here on Choctawhatchee Bay. We got second in class (Hobie 16's) but she had never seen me in full-on 'race mode' before, double-trapping and riding the cat on the knife edge of capsizing and pitch-poling..! Sadly, that was our first AND last race together!

Diki - glad to hear you and your wife were able to have so much fun together in the waters off Destin! This area is indeed a mecca for sailing. My neighbor is a sailor and he's got like 10 boats in the back yard. Hope our spring comes soon and lasts long before the heat sets in.

Sorry for hi-jacking the thread! I can tell you that the Bose Compact is definitely NOT to be classified as a "boat anchor".

Randy

Jerry, don't spray it on the electrical contacts, just spray some on a cloth and wipe it around the plastic where the pieces fit together.
DonM

The only trophy I won while sailing was called the "Horizontal Cup". Back then, I weighed about 130 or less. I could not keep my 14' duster (now obsolete class) upright in a stiff wind. Maybe if I had a Bose compact on the windward side I could have finished the races perpendicularly (if that is a word).

Eddie