Thanks Scott,

Yes the Mackies are too heavy and louder than what I need, they are 51 lbs each.
I actually played with Barbetta Sona 32C for years and replaced them with the Mackies because I thought the Mackies sounded a bit more detailed an smoother. The new Bose PAS sounds considerably more clear and smoother to me, than my former Mackies.

I am still leaning towards the Bose PAS but am very disapointed it cannot accept a L/R stereo signal and do a proper job of summing it to mono without phase problems, because my Yamaha P120 cannot send a proper mono sum out either. Will a direct box do a proper stereo to mono sum or do I need to carry a mixer to plug my stereo Yamaha digital piano into the Bose PAS to make it sund right?

rintincop

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Scott...you are correct ....
the Barbetta Sona 32c's have served me very well gig after gig after gig with an awesome sound...
and my back thanx me every night,especially the upstairs jobs..
they are well worth every penny!!
www.barbetta.com

I have revised my initial review, I added this:

I am disappointed it cannot accept Left and Right stereo input signals without phase problems, because my Yamaha P120 does not have anything but Left and Right stereo piano samples (no mono samples). The Yamaha stereo piano samples also have phase problems when "summed".

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