Quote Originally Posted by MasterCylinder
To my ears, the BOSE systems sound fine except for the low end.

With the right EQ and the added sub, it ain't bad at all.
I have a Bose computer speaker system in my home office that I plug my iPod into. It's two tiny speakers and a sub. For what it is and for what I paid, it sounds pretty damn nice and kicks some pretty high volumes. But it definately needs the sub.