40-watts peak from a single speaker ain't much, and the numbers don't lie. I see this kind of tiny, battery powered PA around all the time, and most are not worth the powder to blow them to Hell. Like Larry, I want my audiences to hear the best I can offer, the full sound spectrum, nothing less. And, that's if the audience is just a dozen people in a living-room, or a couple hundred on a dance-floor. I use the same system for everyone. And, despite the fact that I'm really old and infirmed, I can still easily lift that 23-pound Bose L1 Compact with one hand.

Cheers,

Gary