Jerry,
I will have 45 days to eval the L1 Compact. My play for doing so is to take it to all of my gigs along with the Classic L1 and use them side by side for at least 10 gigs both with my Tyros 3 and my PSR3000. That should give me a real good opportunity to tell if it will even come close to my current L1.
I use the L1 for any size group. I have found that the clarity and sound dispersion far outweighs using my smaller speakers even when they would probably provide more than enough sound. Style just seem to come alive with the L1.
Hammer