No offence but better, similar sized, and ultimately less expensive speakers can be had other than a Bose system. When buying a hometheater system you should put most of the budget to the speakers. Look to be spending 1/3 or less on the receiver and the rest on speakers and a subwoofer. Paradigm, Definitive Tech, PSB, HSU, SVS; these are all manufacturers that offer more value and quality in their speakers and offer sub/sat configurations. You could also do inwall speakers, which are very discrete.
Bose is a marketing master, they market to the mass consumer audience and do it very well, their audio products have a very high mark-up. They use inexpensive parts (paper woofers and cheap thin cabinet structures), and they cut corners. Unless you have absolutely no choice...WAF... then try to get something else, much better can be had than Bose for the price. I assume that you want to research this, as you came to Audioholic's Forum to get some information, so I hope you will take this into consideration.
