Paul,

Go to the first post by Frank and you can look at the specs. It appears to have 3 XLR inputs, plus an RCA stereo in for a CD player. I couldn't find any effects controls, though. All of the information is listed on the link.

Diki,

I've never pushed the Bose L1 Compacts or L1 standard to anywhere near maximum - never had to. On one occasion, while playing in a large hall, I pushed the L1 Compact's master volume to the 1-O'clock position and it was way too loud, but still very clear and crisp with lots of bottom end. There was absolutely no distortion, even at that level. At the time I was using a pair of Compacts and the audience size was approximately 450 people in a hall measuring approximately 200-feet by 150-feet. I was positioned against a wall in the middle of the hall. Someone of one of the forums said they thought that Bose had some sort of built-in AVC device that prevented over-driving the system, but I'm not sure if this is the case. Even though I occasionally play for a somewhat younger crowd at private, poolside and marina parties, I rarely crank the volume up to ear-bleed levels. Just never found it necessary.

I took a real close look at the Lucas Nano 300 specs, and from all outward appearances it's just a conventional sound system consisting of a sub and couple of satellites - not much different than some of the Logitech systems, but far more costly.

Cheers,

Gary