Bottom line, very positive responses to the sound.

The setting is a nursing home facility, about 30 folks in attendance. The area I play in is the back of a large sanctuary. Also attached to this is an indoor courtyard that seats probably a 100 folks. The walls are stone and wood...very acoustically active.

I'm facing about 15 folks in front of me anywhere from 15 - 30 feet away. Another 15 or so folks are seated to my left in the courtyard at tables, 30 ft or so from me. The open speaker was facing this group. This was a small crowd yesterday...about half the size I usually see.

The SSV3 was on my rock-roller cart placed about 4 feet to my left against the wall. I tilted the SSV3 at a slight angle. The main speaker was facing the folks in front of me with the open speaker facing the courtyard. The main volume of the speaker was at 50%, width at 25% and the rest of the controls at 12. I was using my Tyros 4. My Tyros was at about 25% volume.

I started by playing a country style and just walking around the area. I was surprised that the sound was as big and full as it was. And the sound was very balanced...plenty of bass.
As I had the system set up, there was a drop off at about 50 feet...but I had the settings lower because, quite honestly, the sound was loud in the whole area.

There were about three folks I know personally at the gig and I asked them to move around the area during the gig to give me an idea of what they thought of the sound. They told me they thought it sounded very good and they are used to hearing me with two Bose Compacts.

My impression of the sound at the gig was very good. I could hear myself very clearly in the mix. The styles sounded very good to me with no lack of bass. Plus I could hear separation on parts very well.

In short, I was very happy with the SSV.3.

My original plan was to use the SSV.3 in settings smaller than this but it was good to find out that the SSV.3 sounded this good in this big a space.

At this point, my Compacts are going to be my go to speakers, but I can see using this SSV.3 much more in the coming year than I had originally planned.

Thanks for your detailed report. Another item on my never-ending shopping list!

If I can get a friend to help, I'll do a video...I've got the equipment for it. A video is worth a 1,000 words/sounds right?

Thing is, most modern equipment, iPads, stereo headphones, etc, won't help reproduce the the real sound accurately, of much of anything.

Like Bose when it came out over 10 years ago(I bought a Bose tower in 2006, it revolutionized sound), the SSV.3 revolutionizes sound....at least that was my impression yesterday when I used it.

Take care

Rog Lee

Have you had issues with a 60 Hz hum? Some reviewers on Sweetwater complained about it.

Not at this point.

That's good. Just placed an order. I told the sales person to take the speaker out of the box and make sure there is no AC hum before shipping it out to me.