The intellexual page is pure bunkum and full of untruths. I don't care for Bose's sub-sat systems personally, but let's pursue the truth about that infamous graph.
First, S&V measurements are not anechoic at all, they are an averaged in-room response including off-axis measurements. The Bose graph is therefore actually pretty good. Audioholics recommend an Infinity TSS system - here are the lab results from S&V for the TSS-1100:
Infinity TSS-1100
For comparison, an expensive floorstander has a typical graph like this:
Snell Acoustics Signature Series C7 Speaker
I haven't cherry-picked some bad measurements, these are entirely representative of how graphs look in S&V. (Sorry, cant post direct links due to post count).
Second, look at the numbers quoted on intellexual. "Satellites: 280 Hz to 13.3kHz at ±10.5 dB" Now look at the graph. The curve doesn't even extend to cover that range! It is more like +/-4dB 280hz to 16khz which again for this type of measurement isn't bad whatsoever. It's a nonsense to say "this Bose system only produces 13,176 of the 19,980 Hertz in the audible sound spectrum. That's roughly 66% of the actual recording being played back to you!" Yeh, right.
Third, look at the graph - you need to add 3dB to the crossover intersection point - this means there is indeed a slight dip in this region but no worse than many top of the range audiophile floorstanders. It is a nonsense to say "That is 80 hertz of sound that is completely erased".
Fourth, yes there is a sharp high frequency rolloff after around 16khz, but this is perfecly judged speaker design given engineering versus audibility - above 16khz is very subtle stuff even for critical listening, let alone for a 3 inch cube lifestyle system.