While I totally agree with you guys that Bose products are poorly made, overpriced, speakers using the cheapest drivers and only making them sound tolerable by designing the cabinet and driver array to try to get the most out of these cheap drivers. I will agree that they have never been a good candidate for a real high end system.

But I did get not this hobby by buying my first speakers, the Bose 4.2 series II. They were real good sounding speakers for me as a beginner into this hobby back in the 80's and their sound got me to take the next step into bettering my system. While Bose products where never true high end products in my mind they did do the job of getting the normal everyday person into listening to music and enjoying it to possibly one day upgrade to true high end. So in that respect I will honor the late Dr. Bose.