Personally I don't really understand the Bose bashing. I've had a good listen in the Bose shop in Vancouver whilst on holidays recently and was pleasantly surprised with the 'sound quality'. I've always wondered how many of the Bose bashers actually have had a good listen to a properly setup Bose system.
Bose products are designed for a specific market - plug and play convenience and maximal WAF. Sure you pay a premium for it, and sure you don't have many upgrade options, but seriously unless you are an AV enthusiast, a nicely setup Bose system is probably all the 'sound quality' that most people would ever need. They DO sound better than most TV's and that is what MOST people are used to. Sure for the same price as their upper end systems (the $3k or so mark) you could design a much better sounding system, but you do lose the WAF by physically occupying a lot more space.
Personally I don't own any Bose products apart from their QC2 headphones which I find to make plane flights much more enjoyable. After auditioning them in Vancouver, I also don't mind their Companion 5 computer speakers but ended up buying the Razor Mako's instead as at the time, the USB connection wasn't fully working with Mac Pro's for whatever reason.
Just my 2 cents on this anyway.
