Dean T - Posted - 03/04/2026:  17:30:56

I’m looking for small speakers, for small venues. Many of you probably know the situation. Small gig, perhaps a party in the church basement. Maybe 20-30 folks. You could do it totally acoustic, but that would mean playing hard, and singing your ass off. It would be nice to relax with just enough sound equipment to be heard. But lugging in all the crap for a 4-6 person band, just seems like silly overkill. So, we’ve gone to running a single mic, into a power mixer, out to a couple speakers.



The problem, is that our smallest speakers are heavy, bulky, 30 pound wood box clunkers that are overkill on steroids. So we are looking for some nice light small speakers, that I can put in a canvas bag, and carry in one hand, while toting my banjo in the other, to the gig. One guy brings a small power mixer/chords, another guy brings his really nice mic/stand, and I bring the speakers/stands. Our next small gig is in a few weeks, and I ain’t messing with them big ass speakers no more.



What we want: small, light, passive speakers that will sit on our stands, and use 1/4” Jack or speakon connectors.



What we don’t want: expensive powered speakers, towers, array’s, with built in mixer, with presets and effects and wi-fi and Bluetooth and sound cancelling, and auto eq and frequency enhancing and playback and apps for your phone, and whatever else this and all the other stuff they have. We are old, we hate complicated crap, we don’t like carrying heavy stuff, we aren’t blowing the roof off dive bars anymore, and we just want to sound like our instruments and voices do naturally. We don’t want to charge batteries, program anything, or run any more power chords than absolutely necessary. We already have several sizes of sets up for blasting outdoor gigs, large venues, or chapel. This is all about simplifying small stuff.



So I’ve spent several weeks scouring the internet, and all the normal suspects for musical equipment, and it seems there is a void between small speakers used for home sound/DJ/public address/gaming/etc… and available PA speakers used for performing musicians. The smallest post mounted cable connecting PA type speakers from the major players like Bose, EV, Behringer, Yamaha, JBL, etc, are 8”. Small, but still quite lunky and over kill for enhancing an acoustic group in a small venue. There is an entire universe of smaller high fi speakers out there, but it’s all wall mount, book shelf, Bananna plug or bare wire connections.



So if you’ve made it this far… and know what I’m talking about… why doesn’t anyone make smaller lighter PA speakers, when the technology is certainly available? Has anyone here found or use anything smaller then the currently available 8” speakers? I’d love to hear about it.



And here’s the inspiration for this post. My wife and I went out for lunch today, at a local restaurant. It was good, but the canned background music was a little loud. I didn’t mind, because it was mostly classic rock. The sound quality was surprisingly good… and I was amazed that the only speaker in the room, was a little 3” Bose. I couldn’t help but think that the sound coming out of that little sucker was plenty loud, with surprising bass, and would be more than enough to cover everything I talked about in this post.

Edited by - Dean T on 03/04/2026 17:45:42

Dean T - Posted - 03/04/2026:  18:14:11

Here’s a perfect example of what we are looking for. This is from a recent funeral. The mixer is out of the picture. But in the foreground and background, you can see our very old dilapidated hot spot monitors, turned around and used for mains. They are at least 50 years old, and the grills have long rotted off, and we just put fabric on them. We’ve resoldered the connectors and speakers countless time over the years. Their sound quality is questionable, but they were fine for this application. We would love to replace them with some nice modern small hi fi mains.

randybartlett - Posted - 03/04/2026:  18:15:52

Studio monitor speakers are often small and light.

I know the overhead of bulky gear. I just got one of those red carts from Harbor Freight.

Dean T - Posted - 03/04/2026:  18:29:05

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Studio monitor speakers are often small and light.



I know the overhead of bulky gear. I just got one of those red carts from Harbor Freight.

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I was actually looking at the studio monitors at guitar center, and going back tomorrow. They are also trending towards future shock, with powered and Bluetooth etc. and also a confusing blend of different connections and mounting methods. I'd love to hear about anyone elso who's used these as an option. I'll be looking closer at them tomorrow. 

We also have carts to haul gear. Mine is a permanent resident of my car trunk, alway ready to haul stuff

TScottHilton - Posted - 03/04/2026:  19:53:59

Dean, how many inputs are we talking about? Is it all microphones or are there instrument pickups and other media?



The reason I ask is that I have good success running most gigs through acoustic combo amps rather than a PA. I still borrow a PA with big 800 watt speakers when I need to really crank it, but that's not often. There are some really affordable acoustic amp options from Fender and and Fishman that have two inputs and two speakers. Each input is compatible with either a 1/4" instrument cable or XLR cable.



So if you are only needing 4 inputs for example, you could get away with two of these amps, and not have to even mess with a mixer (and a stand for the mixer, power supply, etc). The only downside I've found is that you don't have a master volume control for all inputs at one time.



Just a thought!

Happy pickin

Edited by - TScottHilton on 03/04/2026 19:58:45

RB-1 - Posted - 03/05/2026:  06:45:32

When playing house concerts or folk club gigs, we used 2 large membrane condensor (Audix SCX25), a tiny mixing board (Soundcraft EPM-6), a stereo feedback suppressor/EQ (DBX AFS-224) a power amp and 2 speakers (JBL Control One) That's all we ever needed.

For larger venues, simply feeding the DBX output into the house PA.

Dean T - Posted - 03/05/2026:  07:59:47

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Originally posted by TScottHilton

Dean, how many inputs are we talking about? Is it all microphones or are there instrument pickups and other media?



The reason I ask is that I have good success running most gigs through acoustic combo amps rather than a PA. I still borrow a PA with big 800 watt speakers when I need to really crank it, but that's not often. There are some really affordable acoustic amp options from Fender and and Fishman that have two inputs and two speakers. Each input is compatible with either a 1/4" instrument cable or XLR cable.



So if you are only needing 4 inputs for example, you could get away with two of these amps, and not have to even mess with a mixer (and a stand for the mixer, power supply, etc). The only downside I've found is that you don't have a master volume control for all inputs at one time.



Just a thought!

Happy pickin

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Thanks Scott! For the small places we are only using one single cartoid mic input (needs phantom power), into a small power mixer, out too two speakers. We have tons of equipment, but no small speakers... which is what I'm looking for. I thought I was just going to go down to guitar center and pick up a couple small passive speakers... but that's not the case! Anything available is way overkill. And all the smaller stuff isn't compatible with PA stands and connections. Money really isn't an issue, but small light and simple is. We do have a collection of amps, but again, way overkill! 

Dean T - Posted - 03/05/2026:  08:04:38

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When playing house concerts or folk club gigs, we used 2 large membrane condensor (Audix SCX25), a tiny mixing board (Soundcraft EPM-6), a stereo feedback suppressor/EQ (DBX AFS-224) a power amp and 2 speakers (JBL Control One) That's all we ever needed.

For larger venues, simply feeding the DBX output into the house PA.

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Thanks! Great information! Thanks for the link to the speakers. How to you handle the speaker connection? The JBL description says "direct wiring connection"... which I assume is bare wires and spring clips. Is that how you do it? 

Nopix - Posted - 03/05/2026:  08:13:15

Take the guts out of some old Roland microcubes.
A clever fellow could simply rewire them as you wish, as there ain't alot of guts to them.
I gig with 2 of them, but I don't require a dozen channels.

RB-1 - Posted - 03/05/2026:  10:06:39

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When playing house concerts or folk club gigs, we used 2 large membrane condensor (Audix SCX25), a tiny mixing board (Soundcraft EPM-6), a stereo feedback suppressor/EQ (DBX AFS-224) a power amp and 2 speakers (JBL Control One) That's all we ever needed.

For larger venues, simply feeding the DBX output into the house PA.

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Thanks! Great information! Thanks for the link to the speakers. How to you handle the speaker connection? The JBL description says "direct wiring connection"... which I assume is bare wires and spring clips. Is that how you do it? 

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The connectors on the JBLs are indeed spring clips. but rugged and not a potential source of problems.

Bare ends on your cables, however...

I solved this by taking two (~1") pieces of brass tubing (~1/8" OD) and flattening these over ~1.2 ".

Soldering the cable ends into the round ends, and covering that bit with several layers of (red and black!) shrinking sleeve made those ends wear resistant. The flat ends perfectly match the spring clips.

I never had a bad contact there since.

It's important to cut frequencies below ~100 Hz, because you might grill the speaker's coils otherwise.

The combination between a large membrane mic and some low room resonances might trigger this 'howl'.

Careful goes a long way....

Like wise, while setting the feedback killer (actually an automatic, extremely narrow band EQ), take care to keep the volume low enough, preventing from blowing up the tweeters.

Dean T - Posted - 03/05/2026:  10:56:39

Thanks Bruno! That’s perfect information! I spoke with a bandmate this morning for a long time, going over all this… still going over options…

Old Hickory - Posted - 03/05/2026:  15:36:50

Having owned some of those small Bose speakers in the past, I can tell you that the good sound is because there's a subwoofer hidden someplace.

Anyway, my PA is old school like yours: "lunchbox" style Peavey powered mixer/head and two 12-inch passive Peavey plastic cabinet speakers mounted on poles. As my former band's needs grew, I added a mixer, using the Peavey head only for power. At small venues, it's two internal amps were used to drive mains and monitors. For larger setups, a bandmate brought his similar Peavey head so we could put more power into mains and monitors plus drive more monitor speakers.

More to your question: If you got by with the sound in the setup you showed us, and respecting your list of things you don't want, then I'd suggest getting this pair of 10-inch Peavey speakers for $250 and call it a day. 18 pounds each.

Dean T - Posted - 03/05/2026:  16:29:14

Thanks! I literally just came off the GC website, after comparing all the passive 8” and 10” speakers. That is the direction we are heading. Peavey is definitely in consideration… we have a 20 year old set of Peavy boat anchor 15” that have been through Kansas summer hell, and still going strong.

RB-1 - Posted - 03/06/2026:  01:54:31

I'd like to explain that our set up (without any sub woofer) is meant for small rooms ( 20-30 people max.) and for balancing vocals and solo instruments against the instrumental back up only,

As in rooms this size, most of the instruments are heard well everywhere even without PA.

For larger rooms, all we'd do is replacing the mini speakers with large cabinets, not applying any sub low cut off and of course setting the feedback killer/EQ before touching anything else.

You'd have to do this anyway before every gig in a new/different room, as room acoustics are the main source for ringing/feedback. While performing this set up step, it's better to do it before the audience comes in. If people start talking or making noise with glasses and bottles, the EQ might mistake that sound for feedback and adding compensation that makes no sense, bringing down the overall sound quality.

Another hint: As you see our stage banter in the picture (the joke about the banjo player and the crocodil), you can see my instrument mic. I'm only using that to lift the level in a solo. When playing back up I'll be to Elly's side and in case of the banjo, I'm often even partially hiding that behind her, to keep it from over powering it all.

Dean T - Posted - 03/06/2026:  05:21:04

Thanks Bruno! You’re doing what we are aspiring too, basically just enough amplification to relax while performing acoustically. We also have larger cabinets, but it’s just nuts to lug 15” or even 12” speaker cabs to play a small gathering. We’ve done these small gigs without any electronics, but it’s in the grey area where you have to play and especially sing too hard, to relax and have fun. I can also certainly identify with banjo power… I often retreat sIghtly behind or rhythm guitar player while playing back up.

rvrose - Posted - 03/07/2026:  14:46:06

Dean,

We use an old Pignose Hog30 as a powered speaker with a Rolls MX-310 channel mixer as the front end. We use one channel for a condenser mic that will pick up all the instruments, and 1 or 2 channels with dynamic mics for voice(s) . It sets up in about 10 minutes. Pignose doesn't make this model anymore, but there are several used ones that just need new 12v batteries listed on several sites for cheap. The lead acid batteries are under $20. You can use it anywhere on batteries or pug it in. We've used it for years.

Rick

Old Hickory - Posted - 03/07/2026:  22:27:27

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Thanks! I literally just came off the GC website, after comparing all the passive 8” and 10” speakers. That is the direction we are heading. Peavey is definitely in consideration… we have a 20 year old set of Peavy boat anchor 15” that have been through Kansas summer hell, and still going strong.

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If you get the 8s, I'm pretty sure you'll end up wishing you'd got the 10s. For four to six pieces I think you want more power (even aat low volume) and more range. The Behringers at GC for under $100 each and under 16 lbs looked worth a try.

I was happy with my 12s and was still lifting them up onto stands at 71 to run sound at my nephew's wedding and a year before that for one of my neighborhood's pandemic era front yard concerts. I think I could still lift them, but I'm probably done running sound. I can appreciate your wanting something smaller and lighter.

Dean T - Posted - 03/08/2026:  07:13:38

Thanks Rick and Ken!

We’ve got power mixers, and with the single mic, set up is painless. It’s just down to speakers. We already have some old Phonics (don’t even know if the company is still around) 12” that we’ve used for just about every indoor gig for years. But they are the heavy overkill plywood cabinets, that started the search for replacements, and inspired this thread. It just kills me, when I walk into the gym, or resturaunt, etc, and hear sound to die for, coming out of speakers a fraction of the size, and yet live sound options seem to be years behind, and still in the “bigger is better” mindset.

23 years ago, we bought our first PA system. It was a cheap 4 channel set up by Kustom. The speakers were duel stacked 4” with a small tweeter sandwiched between them. They were small, light and narrow and sounded awesome. We blew the mixer within a year, and gave the whole system away. Big mistake. We should have kept those speakers, they would have been perfect. I haven’t found anything else like them since.

The Behringer 8” and 10” are at the top of the list. I’ve had the 8” in my Amazon Shopping cart for a few days, but still not sure. The case for 10” is good. After talking to bandmates, again, we’ve discussed the powered speaker, with phantom power, option. Then set up would involve plugging in one chord. But it seems crazy to spend another $800-$1000+ on more stuff, when we already have multiple powered mixers. I guess we are just old guys stuck between technologies…

RB-1 - Posted - 03/08/2026:  13:05:09

When playing in larger rooms, all we needed was replacing the -shoe box sized- JBL Contol Ones by our JBL G-734 on stands. 

For every new gig the Feedback killer/ EQ had to be set all over again anyway, so changing speakers made no difference.

Speaking of which, this 'ringing out' of the room should always be performed before setting the mixer channels EQs. All neutral!

The G-734 (16"woofer):

mmuussiiccaall - Posted - 03/08/2026:  13:58:18

I have a couple of these in the original Mackie company blue label that are the Swiss army knives of PA

Mackie

 

Dean T - Posted - 03/08/2026:  18:49:24

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When playing in larger rooms, all we needed was replacing the -shoe box sized- JBL Contol Ones by our JBL G-734 on stands. 

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Here's a good representation of what we have from back in our heyday. Using the 15's and 12's as monitors and big ass mains (dobro player owns them, no idea the size). That's our 8 channel Mackie mixer, and we also have a 10 and 5 channel versions. We still have all that stuff. But we don't do big gigs anymore, so rarely use it. I'll never forget doing a show at a renovated movie theater, in a small town. It took 30 minutes to set up and sound check, and when we were done with our set, it took 15 minutes to tear down and throw everything out the back door, and get a seat for the next band. They rolled a Bose pole in, mixing board, plugged in a few mics, had wireless instruments, and after a 5 minute set up, they were blowing the roof off the place. It was kind of embarrassing how much s*** we had. That left a lasting impression on us.  Since we are all acoustic, we started experimenting with single mic, and here we are, old and still trying to figure it all out. 

Edited by - Dean T on 03/08/2026 18:57:10

2012

 

Dean T - Posted - 03/08/2026:  19:01:20

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I have a couple of these in the original Mackie company blue label that are the Swiss army knives of PA

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I'm just now starting to learn about the whole power speaker/PA in one concept. Do those have phantom mic power? 

mmuussiiccaall - Posted - 03/08/2026:  20:03:12

Yep

Mackie 2

 

Old Hickory - Posted - 03/08/2026:  22:07:04

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I'm just now starting to learn about the whole power speaker/PA in one concept. Do those have phantom mic power? 

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Most do. You have to read the specs to be sure.

I came close to buying some type of powered speaker or low-cost column-plus-sub copy of the Bose L1 for the family wedding I provided sound for a few years ago. Then decided I probably wouldn't have any future use for it, so I didn't and just lugged my old stuff.

But I looked at a lot of products and while I thought they were interesting, most powered speakers have little in the way of EQ. Typically they either have situational presets for the type of audio material or venue or low, mid, and high control knobs.  I don't recall any having multi-band graphic EQ.

Maybe that would do. for a speaking engagement or a solo or duo musical performance. But I can't see running a full band without real EQ for the overall mix and not just individual channel EQ.

So if I were using a powered speaker, I'd probably run everything through an external mixer first.

Then again, if you're doing the "bluegrass ballet" with a full band sharing one mic I can't see any reason not to rely on whatever EQ control the speaker gives you.

One benefit of the column arrays or pole speakers is they're supposed to offer wider horizontal dispersion. One well-placed column covers the whole room. Within limits, of course. Not all speakers include specs for horizontal dispersion or coverage. Two small speakers give you good coverage.

eagleisland - Posted - 03/09/2026:  04:44:36

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Then again, if you're doing the "bluegrass ballet" with a full band sharing one mic I can't see any reason not to rely on whatever EQ control the speaker gives you.

 

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Boy, I sure can! Single mic setups generally use a large diaphragm condenser mic, and those are far more sensitive to feedback than SDC or dynamic mics owing to their wide input patterns. And depending on venue, you may be getting sound bouncing back from angles you hadn't considered. I speak from experience.

My system, which I haven't used in about ten years, includes a DBX Driverack unit (which cost a lot less then than they do now). It automatically EQs, using a special calibrating mic, and rings out the room quite nicely! Also runs continously and resets itself if it starts detecting feedback during performance. Great little rig.

Old Hickory - Posted - 03/09/2026:  12:16:08

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Single mic setups generally use a large diaphragm condenser mic, and those are far more sensitive to feedback than SDC or dynamic mics owing to their wide input patterns. And depending on venue, you may be getting sound bouncing back from angles you hadn't considered. I speak from experience.

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Thanks for the education. My sound days are probably done, But you never know.

We set up with walls, windows and corners behind us a lot of times over the years. Guess I never considered reflections. Probably explained some of the unexpected problems. That, and my lack of knowledge.

Dean T - Posted - 03/09/2026:  14:10:05

Yes, we are definitely doing the bluegrass ballet, or in our case, the country gospel shuffle. Or lead guitar and vocals (and boss electronics guy and sound technician) definitely shares the sentiment of getting the sound set with the mic and power mixer, and let the speakers just be speakers. He didn’t say it outright, but discouraged ideas of powered speakers, to add any complication that aren’t needed. It’s interesting, that he is so particular with the mix, yet is also the one who promotes the idea of $70 Behringer 8” speakers would be fine. Just so you guys know, I’m no sparky, and never set or touch the sound. I’m just the dork banjo player who volunteered to get new speakers to replace our tattered and worn old heavy klunkers. Since most of our gigs now are church and small groups, modern compact light easy set up is our goal. Money is not an issue. So during the course of this thread, I’ve gone from discovering that small home entertainment and small commercial background speakers aren’t a thing for live sound. With a few exceptions, 8” is as small as live sound goes. And a few comments in this thread have me gun shy going that small. And searching all the specs on speakers available, show that 10” speakers are only slightly larger, and still mostly 20 pounds or less. Since I’m the one bringing them, and setting them up, I’m leaning towards 10”.

So new question. What’s the difference between a cheapie like the $95 Behringer, and a Yamaha or Peavey of the same size for $300, and an Electro Voice of the same size for $400? Will it really make that much difference in a chapel or small pavilion?

Old Hickory - Posted - 03/10/2026:  12:08:06

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So new question. What’s the difference between a cheapie like the $95 Behringer, and a Yamaha or Peavey of the same size for $300, and an Electro Voice of the same size for $400? Will it really make that much difference in a chapel or small pavilion?

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The main differences, I believe are materials and build quality. The speaker cone material and the magnets can make a difference. The care in audio design of the cabinets. The speaker frame design and construction. (I don't really know the name of the metalwork the speaker cone sits in). Solder joints.

I have no idea how the different brands compare on those points. But one comment I often post when people ask about some banjo-shaped object on Amazon is: There's a reason it's the lowest cost banjo in the world. So there's a reason Behringer costs less than EV. Some critics say it's because Behringer copies rather than designs. I don't know that for a fact.

But I do know that the leader of my last bluegrass band was an acoustical engineer for a defense contractor and he swore by Electro-Voice speakers. So much so that for one gig when that band would be sharing the bill with a pared-down version of my Celtic-Americana band, where I supplied the sound, he insisted we use his EVs.

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Your full system setup looks a lot like mine from the Celtic-Americana band. The only difference that jumps out at me is the size of mains and monitors. As I said, our mains were Peavey 12-inch plastic cabs. Our monitors were four Fender 1270 10-inch floor speakers. Plenty loud for our purposes. And the cabinets we designed to sit at three different angles, giving you the ability to point the speakers at your ears from different distances.

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Dean T - Posted - 03/10/2026:  14:26:49

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...But I do know that the leader of my last bluegrass band was an acoustical engineer for a defense contractor and he swore by Electro-Voice speakers. So much so that for one gig when that band would be sharing the bill with a pared-down version of my Celtic-Americana band, where I supplied the sound, he insisted we use his EVs.

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Your full system setup looks a lot like mine from the Celtic-Americana band. The only difference that jumps out at me is the size of mains and monitors. As I said, our mains were Peavey 12-inch plastic cabs. Our monitors were four Fender 1270 10-inch floor speakers. Plenty loud for our purposes. And the cabinets we designed to sit at three different angles, giving you the ability to point the speakers at your ears from different distances.

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Great information! The more review and YouTube vids I watch, the more the EVs and Yamahas are looking like the go to speakers. Stuff like Rockville and Behringer are ok, but not the overwhelming/consistant good reviews. I'm kind of debating between the 8" EVs and the 10" Yamahas. I'm about to order the Yamahas for their size, weight, and two pack price. I did consider Peavey, but they run larger and heavy.

We use the monster mains for bigger outdoor stuff, and all our other speakers become monitors, then smaller outside or bigger inside stuff gets the the 15" Peaveys for mains. For probably 90% of our indoor gigs over the last 20 years, it's been the 12" Phonics. It was over 20 years ago we blew up or first Kustom PA, and I bought a $250 Phonic brand PA with a 5 channel mixer, the two 12" speakers, and one mic and mic stand. All that stuff is still going strong and has played for thousands of hours. In fact, dispite trying several replacements, including the sure m57... the old phonic mic is still the hottest, and my favorite banjo mic. when going seperate channels. 

Country Jam 2025

 

Ric in Richmond - Posted - 03/10/2026:  14:40:05

There is a Bose L1 Line array/ sub at a local pawn shop I keep thinking of snagging....how do those sound for a small BG band?

Old Hickory - Posted - 03/10/2026:  16:33:38

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There is a Bose L1 Line array/ sub at a local pawn shop I keep thinking of snagging....how do those sound for a small BG band?

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I've liked the few I've heard -- when used in the right sized space. I heard a pair of them used ineffectively for a charity battle of the  bands in a big Washington, D.C., ballroom maybe 15-16 years ago. Way underpowered for the space.  I think they were provided by one of the bands, saving the cost of renting PA.

But in smaller venues, they're pretty good. Maybe not loud places.

In fall of 2019 before the pandemic, I played in a pickup band at a farm market. We had our own 10-ft wide canopy. Sound was one shared Ear Trumpet mic into the Bose system's amp. Plus the bass player had an instrument-mounted mic (probably an SM57) going into a small bass amp. This worked really well to make everyone audible to anyone who stopped to listen.  We were guitar, banjo, Dobro, mando/fiddle, upright bass. Guitar and mando were primary lead vocalists. All the instruments played leads. Even those of us standing off-mic for backup were picked up.

If I were to use one of these for a band setup, I'd feed individual mics into a mixer and run that signal to the Bose. A pair might be better.

Kevin S - Posted - 03/12/2026:  12:25:49

My two cents .... I’d go with 10’s not 8’s. You’ll get more range and they’re not that much heavier. Good luck in your search.

Yamaha CBR10 is about 22lbs. and about $260 each
Mackie C200 is about 17lbs and about $370 each
Behringer PK110 is about 15lbs and about $100 each

Dean T - Posted - 03/12/2026:  16:33:06

Thanks for a great thread, great info, and personal experience. After all the reply’s, and all things considered, and after reading reviews until I was dreaming about speakers… we decided to go with the 10” Yamaha CBR10 (thanks Kevin!). We actually had a duh moment when we realized we could always just use one of them for the super small intimate stuff. We’ll never run out off speaker or bass for most of what we do, and we still have all our bigger stuff if we ever need it.

Edited by - Dean T on 03/12/2026 16:36:06

Yamaha speakers