Truth is,Bose has the best marketing in the audio business.They are guru`s at this.Their speaker line is a joke.They use cheap paper cone drivers,cheap plastic spring clips for speaker wire,cheap plastic enclosers and charge you BIG time for a flawed design.I owned the 901`s and the 201`s and thought they were great until I went out and auditioned other brands.The gentleman who brought up the Energy Take 5`s nailed it right on the head.For hundreds less they outperform the Bose in EVERY area.And if the gentleman who said Bose sound great when set up right had the Take 5`s in their place ,he would see why most everybody bashes them.If alot of people would do alittle homework they would NOT make the same mistake I did.