Dennis,

The L1 has a lot more power than most systems. The tower is 500-watts RMS, 1,000-watts peak power, while the sub is 250-watts RMS and 500-watts peak. The total is 750-watts RMS and 1,500-watts peak power. That's one hell of a lot of wattage coming out of a total of 25 speakers (24 tower--1 sub).

IMHO, most of the folks that say the L1 does not have enough volume have never used the system. Or, they are so accustomed to having their heads blown off by conventional systems that they are unaware the falloff from conventional systems is much greater than the falloff of a vertical array system.

I realize that 600 Km to the nearest Bose dealer is a long drive to hear a sound system, but if I were in your shoes I would make the trip. However, in order to make the trip bountiful it's imperative to bring your equipment with you. Set it up just the same as you would set it up on the job, then set the Bose EQs exactly the way it is described in the instruction manual. I cannot emphasize the importance of this. There are a number of individuals that have purchased the L1 and said they could not get the same sound out of their system that I get from mine. Then when questioned about how they set it up, they said they just plugged in their keyboard and turned up the volume. There is a lot more to the setup than turning on the keyboard and turning up the volume. When set up properly the L1 and the Model 2 can do things no conventional sound system can accomplish.

The final part of the L1 question should be "Will I sound that much better, and will it make me more money?" Only you can answer this question.

Good luck on whatever you decide upon,

Gary