Bose Compact L1

[Stephen_3]

I have a pair of these which I put our band through, Kick drum, snare,bass, guitar ,keyboards and 3 vocal. It works fine but I was wondering if I took the possible stress out of it by diverting bass and kick from Aux outs to a sub woofer or similar so only higher frequencies going through the L1's. I had considered adding a sub with cross over but every advice seems to be don't

[wfs]

When you say that you have "a pair of these", what exactly are the components of your Bose system?  Do you have B1 or B2 subs?  The Bose system has a built in crossover that runs bass through the sub units and the rest of the frequencies through the towers.  In addition the B2 subs have a 3 position rocker switch that can increase and decrease bass volume depending on need. There would be little practical usefulness in adding an additional subwoofer unless you are doing rave concerts.

[Stephen_3]

Hi, I actually have 2 x Bose L1 Compacts which is a different situation. Your view would be appreciated in that context thanks

[wfs]

Got it. An externally driven sub would increase your output.  Auxiliary out to a self powered sub is workable. what do you use as a mixer?

[Stephen_3]

I've got the choice of Studiomaster 12 analogue, 32 Behringer and 16 Presonus

[Harry@SoundEvents]

I run my L1 Compacts with subs all the time, for both dj and live music applications, sounds great. I use 12" subs.

[ST - Pro]

Hi Stephen

Stephen posted:

I have a pair of these which I put our band through, Kick drum, snare,bass, guitar ,keyboards and 3 vocal. It works fine but I was wondering if I took the possible stress out of it by diverting bass and kick from Aux outs to a sub woofer or similar so only higher frequencies going through the L1's.

Sure, that should work.

I had considered adding a sub with cross over but every advice seems to be don't

There's nothing wrong with adding a sub with a crossover. Ideally, you'll run the signal path

1. Mixer to subwoofer
2. Subwoofer - high pass signal to L1 Compacts

That way you are not sending the low frequencies to the L1 Compacts.

ST