Okay, tried the MicroCube in the path, on Clean (vs acoustic), with a little reverb, and it sounds much better!
I have so many options with EQ settings, which I'm sure would improve sound futher, but not enough experience to know where to focus on, ie
Taylor 214e (bass/treble)
-> Roland Cube (tone or 3 band eq )
-> mixer (3 band eq)
-> dbX 215 (15 band eq)
-> powered PA (3 band eq)
I play mainly fingerstyle (vs strumming) so I'm looking for something more clean, warm and mellow...