hello I've asked this question before with no joy...seem everyone has missed these..I've heard them localley and at reasonalble volumes they are exceptional...with vocals and acoustic...
I've looked at the spec...and they look good...
They were loud as well...getting over a drummer and pianist...
Anyone tried...
bit pricey...
I have been doing a little research...here info from Boses web site about the L1
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Bose Information
Does the new approach work for electric guitar? Aren’t guitarists particular about their guitar amplifiers?
Yes. For most electric guitarists, the guitar amplifier is considered a part of their instrument, as inseparable from the sound of their instrument as is the wood and body shape of an acoustic guitar. For example, the distortion
created by the electronic tubes in some guitar amplifiers produces tones essential to many guitarists’ sound. Even the speaker transducers and speaker cabinets used in guitar amplifiers produce unique tone essential to some players’ sound.
How can these elements of the electric guitar’s tone be included in the L1™ system approach?
There are at least three ways this can be done, and each has been extensively tested by guitarists participating in the Bose® research that led to the new approach. The advantage gained in these approaches constitutes what is arguably the most important gain in electrical guitar sound since the invention of the guitar amplifier itself. The reason is that the Cylindrical Radiator® loudspeaker overcomes the problem of uneven radiation of sound to the stage and audience from traditional guitar amplifiers. This is of particular interest for the electric guitar because the radiation pattern of typical guitar amplifiers is so harshly directional as to be painful to listeners on-axis, and dull and muddy off-axis. Before, guitarists could create the desired "sweet spot" sound in one location (theirs), while all others were blasted on-axis or couldn’t hear the detail well off-axis.
1) A number of companies have in the past 10 years produced electronic devices that model the tone produced by tubes, guitar transducers and guitar amplifier speaker cabinets. These modeling amps initially helped to solve the problem of recording electric guitar and have become increasingly popular on stage. The electric guitarist simply plugs into one of these devices and the output of the device is then plugged into the L1™ Model II system. This is the most convenient and elegant way to use electric guitar with the L1 system.
2) One of a number of tube-based or solid-state guitar preamplifiers can be used. The output of these preamplifiers is plugged directly into the power stand.
3) The third way is for purists who are not satisfied that the modeling amps (first solution above) capture all of the nuances of a traditional guitar amplifier. These guitarists can use a tube amplifier with a microphone in front of the amplifier. Exceptional results have been obtained with the use of one of a growing number of low-wattage tube amplifiers. This class of guitar amplifier is becoming popular with players who want the tone of a tube amplifier but do not want to produce extremely high sound levels in order to get that tone.
How does the output of an L1™ Model II system compare to a loud stack of guitar amplifiers and cabinets?
The full stack is considered a standard by many guitarists, both in terms of tone and output.
An L1™ Model II system can compete effectively with the output of a full stack. However, there are other benefits, such as the radiation pattern of the L1 Model II system, that distinguish it from the full stack’s acute directional beam. Moreover, the Model II system can be used to amplify other instruments at the same time. The full stack is for one thing only: electric guitar.
Can you create distortion for guitars using the L1™ system?
No. Distortion must be produced first and then fed into the power stand as a clean, non-clipping signal. To achieve distortion, the guitarist can use a few methods:
- Inline devices: One popular method would be to use any of the effects pedals on the market or use a DSP-based amplifier modeler, such as the Line 6 "Pod," which models the tone produced by amplifier tubes, guitar transducers and guitar amplifier speaker cabinets.
- Miking a guitar amplifier: Another method would be to use a guitar amplifier and mic the speaker as closely as possible. The trick here is to run the amplifier at the lowest possible level at which the correct tone is attainable but does not diminish the benefits of the L1™ Model II system. Louder amplifiers can be located and miked offstage. Miking small, low-watt amplifiers is a better technique for this method.
- Use a loading device. Some electric guitarists may prefer to use their amplifier’s output as an input signal into the power stand. Before doing this, they must use a load device such as a "Plate Soak" or a "Hot Plate" to give a line-level output suitable for the input stage of the power stand.
- Use the "line output" of a guitar amplifier. Some amplifiers have this option and may be suitable for some guitarists. The only suggestion here is to turn the volume of the amplifier down so only the L1™ Model II system is heard.
Refer to the Bose® website and Musicians Community Forum at
http://www.Bose.com/musicians to learn how to interface additional instruments with the system.
