We went through the same thing about 6-9 months ago and for our purposes, playing rooms of a couple hundred people, I found our best fit was DB Lyric Opera series Powered speakers, and another smaller apir of powered speakers for monitors, 2 speaker stands, a 14 channel MAckie Board. We already had mikes and stands, so the total for all ths equipment was around $3000. These speakers are light light light. And pack a punch. PM me of you want more info. We run three guitars, a banjo miked 5 voices through the system and it is very nive for our needs