Boston Acoustics shouldn't really be used as a barometer for quality at B&M stores. About 2 years ago, Wooch linked this article on the affects of WAF. The part regarding Boston was thus:

Boston Acoustics, a speaker manufacturer, designs products around WAF. Products like "flush-mount speakers," recessed into a wall or ceiling, are targeted to "almost affluent" consumers, said David Kroll, national sales manager. Shipments to US dealers of in-wall and wall-mounted speakers more than doubled to 275,000 units in the first four months of this year, compared with the same period in 2003, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. Sales of floor speakers are dropping. "Originally you bought speakers for the sound quality," Kroll said, but "the aesthetics now play a more important role than the performance."

Sound quality has taken a back seat to aesthetics? As I said back then, so rings the death knell of another quality manufacturer.

I do like BB's incorporation of the Magnolia stores into their larger outlets. At least there you can find Martin Logan and Parasound ('course, you can get Martin Logan at Costco, too! )