Best PA System for Acoustic Guitar and Vocals

Best PA System for Acoustic Guitar and Vocals Reviewed

The common setup for performing live with an acoustic guitar and a Microphone that every solo musician experienced is a dedicated acoustic guitar amp, and a PA system with a line mixer for the microphones, and most of the time it is not pleasant transporting and setting up separate systems for your guitar and microphone.

Imagine how convenient would it be to be able to plug your acoustic guitar and your microphone on one PA System, immediately cutting cost and bringing ease on your performances, this article will review the best PA Systems for acoustic guitar and vocals.

The Bose L1 Compact is a small yet powerful PA System that can take your small performance to a whole another level. The Bose L1 is announced way back April 2009 and this speaker held its value well.

The Bose L1 offers a small durable body with a height of 16.5”, a width of 13.5” and depth from front to back of 16.75” and a total weight of around 25 pounds. And with that size this is compact. Even though this has a compact form factor, the sound quality of this system is amazing.

The Bose L1 compact has a 6-speaker array setup, and one 8” Bass Speaker. Now the speaker array setup uses a technology known as the Bose Spatial Dispersion technology, as a result, each of the 6 speakers are arranged in a specific angle, and the result is nearly 180 degrees of horizontal coverage making this setup seem much larger in presence, this also brings consistent sound quality throughout its reach.

With that feature, tweaking the tone of this PA System becomes easier because it eliminates the habit of going back and forth listening to the actual tone in the listening area.  

The speaker array is also removable giving you the ability to install the included extension bars to raise the speaker array resulting in extended sound reach. The Bose L1 Compact has up to 4 channels of input available on its integrated mixer, Channel 1 is a dedicated microphone input, and Channel 2, on the other hand, gives you a 3.5mm jack, Stereo RCA Jack, and a quarter-inch jack where you can plug your instruments on.

These 2 channels are Bose’s Tonematch channels, which the internal mixer can work on with a preset making this PA System extremely optimized for an Acoustic guitar and mic setup, making this the best choice for a PA system for Acoustic guitar and vocals.

The JBL Eon Pro is the premium option of the JBL Eon One which is made to compete with the earlier mentioned Bose L1 Compact. The JBL Eon One Pro has extra portability features that the base Eon One, and Bose L1 Compact doesn’t have, and that is the feature to use the speaker on rechargeable batteries that last for up to 6 hours on a single charge.

The Eon One Pro offers a total of 7 channel inputs, with Channels 1-4 having dedicated volume, reverb, bass, and treble dials, and dedicated On/Off and Mic/Line Switches. Channels 1 and 2 also have support for Phantom power, Channels 3 and 4 on the other hand has support for Hi-Z input which acoustic guitar pickups commonly use.

Channel 5 is a channel for a stereo RCA input while Channel 6 is a 3.5mm jack input. Channel 7 is a dedicated input for the speaker’s Bluetooth feature.

The Eon One Pro’s dimensions are 15.8 x 10.5 x 23.4 inches, and a weight of 37.5 pounds making this PA System relatively portable, considering its amazing sound quality. The Eon Pro includes a 6 speaker array, which can be elevated using the spacer poles included in the box.

One little detail that JBL did with the speaker array is putting an accessory mount at the top where you can a GoPro to record your event or a light that supports the mount. There is also a charging socket on the mixer panel to keep your devices from dying while getting in a performance, this is very useful if you are using an iPad or a phone to play your backtracks with.

This PA system is a low cons all pros product, with the 7 input capability of this PA System, together with the phantom power and Hi-Z input, this is the best PA System for an acoustic band. Add the battery capabilities and this will also work with acoustic street bands.

This portable street amp has the reputation of being efficient and being a jack of all trades. The Roland Cube Street EX has 2 subwoofers and 2 tweeters, and it offers 4 dedicated channels, and two of those are XLR inputs so, in theory, this amp can support 2 mics and 2 guitars.

This amp has the option to be used on batteries, to do so, you need 8 AA batteries, and if you’re concerned that this 50-watt amplifier will drain the batteries in mere moments, No it will not. It is because it is possible to set the wattage you need on this amplifier, at its 50-watts setting it can last for up to 5 hours, 10 hours at 25-watts, and 20 hours at 10-watts.

With the i-Cube link you can even connect your iPhone or iPad to play your backtracks and even record your performance. There’s not much to say about the Roland Cube Street EX, it is a great amplifier that can be used similarly to a PA system and with the level of portability it offers, this is the Best PA system for street performers using an acoustic guitar and vocals.

To Sum it Up

               There you have the best PA systems for Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, so much has improved throughout the years that it became hard on deciding the best of the best. Each one of us needs different things and choosing a PA system is not an exception. We hope that these products covered what you need and hopefully you made a decision on what is the best for you.