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I've been asked by my employer to spend up to $5000 on a system that
should be portable and will cover up to a 200 seat house. We are
thinking Mackie or JBL... possibly Turbosound. I am open to
suggestions. We will be producing acoustic acts, and jazz,
bluegrass...etc... with very little rock and
very loud music. We want good fidelity. We are in Northern
california.

Powered speakers or not? Brands? Positives and negatives?

We have a mixer (Mackie CFX 16 mk2) and mics... we need a snake
(100')
and mains speakers and 2 more 10' powered monitors... (we have two
already.)

How best to spend this chunk of $$ ? Anything I've overlooked?

We have been producing shows in a fixed location for three years and
are now goig out and doing shows in different venues, so versatility
is a plus. We are a small company and so simplicity is also a plus,
but are willing to make sacrifices for high quality sound


Any and all suggestions welcome and many thanks!

Kai