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This is a different approach to amplifying your sound. The sound of your voice and/or instrument will come from an L1~~™ Cylindrical Radiator®~~ located 5-10 feet behind you. Unlike conventional approaches, you will not be behind the main speakers going to the room.

This is a different approach to amplifying your sound. The sound of your voice and/or instrument will come from an {{L1 CR}} located 5-10 feet behind you. Unlike conventional approaches, you will not be behind the main speakers going to the room.

How does it sound? - It may seem unusual for a few minutes because you are hearing yourself in much the same way the audience is hearing you. This is a big difference because you will be hearing yourself in the context of the room instead of out of context in the monitor.

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The Matrix is the title of a popular movie that deals with “what we think we perceive is what we perceive”. Of course, this is basically true. So, when we play music for an audience, we see our musical partners or band-mates, we see musical instruments and we see our audience. Normally, we also see a stage crammed full of audio equipment and technical complication. We also see the back of a PA system (“The Mains”) that is delivering, somehow, some part of our performance in someone else’s concept of a mix, to our audience at an unknown sound level. And, after the performance we ask our audience how it sounded. Many say “good” to be nice, independent of how it actually sounded. The sound man says the same, possibly to keep his job. Your band’s employer (club owner, party planner, father-of-the-bride, etc) may not know how to communicate anything about sound to you, but if you don’t get invited back to play, you can guess how you went over. You might think “they don’t understand my art” or “our tune selection is too esoteric”. One thing is for sure: you never really know how you sound.

When you play using the new Bose approach, with one or more L1 speakers behind you, the first thing you see is no PA “mains” and no stage clutter. But, other than a cleaner stage, it sort-of looks the same. You still see the other players, their instruments, microphones on stands and the audience. So, given this, you might conclude that it’s still the same old same-old. It sure looks and feels and smells like it.

When you play using the new Bose approach, with one or more {{L1}} speakers behind you, the first thing you see is no PA “mains” and no stage clutter. But, other than a cleaner stage, it sort-of looks the same. You still see the other players, their instruments, microphones on stands and the audience. So, given this, you might conclude that it’s still the same old same-old. It sure looks and feels and smells like it.

Don’t be fooled; it’s not. Not when you start to play, and listen, and hear everything and try to realize what is so different. My guess is that this would make much more of an immediate impact on blind musicians, because our world is so visual and appearances are so important. What we see tends to be our reality. I think that this is because we are such a visually-educated and appearance-driven society. Our education and focus uses sonic and artistic training minimally.

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-This is a different approach to amplifying your sound. The sound of your voice and/or instrument will come from an L1&trade; Cylindrical Radiator® located 5-10 feet behind you. Unlike conventional approaches, you will not be behind the main speakers going to the room.
+This is a different approach to amplifying your sound. The sound of your voice and/or instrument will come from an {{L1 CR}} located 5-10 feet behind you. Unlike conventional approaches, you will not be behind the main speakers going to the room.
 How does it sound? - It may seem unusual for a few minutes because you are hearing yourself in much the same way the audience is hearing you. This is a big difference because you will be hearing yourself in the context of the room instead of out of context in the monitor.
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 The Matrix is the title of a popular movie that deals with “what we think we perceive is what we perceive”. Of course, this is basically true. So, when we play music for an audience, we see our musical partners or band-mates, we see musical instruments and we see our audience. Normally, we also see a stage crammed full of audio equipment and technical complication. We also see the back of a PA system (“The Mains”) that is delivering, somehow, some part of our performance in someone else’s concept of a mix, to our audience at an unknown sound level.  And, after the performance we ask our audience how it sounded.  Many say “good” to be nice, independent of how it actually sounded. The sound man says the same, possibly to keep his job. Your band’s employer (club owner, party planner, father-of-the-bride, etc) may not know how to communicate anything about sound to you, but if you don’t get invited back to play, you can guess how you went over. You might think “they don’t understand my art” or “our tune selection is too esoteric”.  One thing is for sure:  you never really know how you sound.
-When you play using the new Bose approach, with one or more L1 speakers behind you, the first thing you see is no PA “mains” and no stage clutter. But, other than a cleaner stage, it sort-of looks the same. You still see the other players, their instruments, microphones on stands and the audience. So, given this, you might conclude that it’s still the same old same-old. It sure looks and feels and smells like it.
+When you play using the new Bose approach, with one or more {{L1}} speakers behind you, the first thing you see is no PA “mains” and no stage clutter. But, other than a cleaner stage, it sort-of looks the same. You still see the other players, their instruments, microphones on stands and the audience. So, given this, you might conclude that it’s still the same old same-old. It sure looks and feels and smells like it.
 Don’t be fooled; it’s not. Not when you start to play, and listen, and hear everything and try to realize what is so different. My guess is that this would make much more of an immediate impact on blind musicians, because our world is so visual and appearances are so important. What we see tends to be our reality. I think that this is because we are such a visually-educated and appearance-driven society. Our education and focus uses sonic and artistic training minimally.