What I'd like is a powered speaker, as a monitor and contributing to the house sound, that the whole band can hear with, over and above the monitors, so that I do not have to chain what I use now (10" peavey passive spkrs that I like just fine) and place one directly at the band. I have a crossover set at about 120 that works great with a powered Alesis 12" I use for a sub, and send the rest to the Peaveys. I'm really interested in taking less stuff to the gig, and I don't care about improving the peaveys' sound. Will theSS do that and keep up with the loud volume? Sounds like it would, but I hate to spend $800.00 on theory.