I like most of the comments. BTW my home theatre is supported by an M&K sub/sat system so the Bose AM 10's are not for me. A couple of qualifications. Most folks are not going to venture into high end specialty shops to seek out unknown brands. While Hsu is well known among audiofiles you won't find it on the shelf at the local audio retailer and won't be a system you and easily audition. Yes, you can piece to together used gear at a fraction of comparable new cost, but again the average non-audiofile consumer is not going to read magazines for 4-6 months let along shop around for uesed gear component by component or "trust" that unheard gear will sound fantastic when it arrives from and on-line e-tailer. So lets focus on speakers and systems that are easy to find in most major markets.