It's a failure? I wouldn't go that far. I'm not a bose fan...but they have their niche. Again, they are "good sound for dummies". If you don't know alot about home audio, you can fork out money and get a decent sound system that is forgiving for poor speaker placement, wired in such a way that you'd have to really try to screw it up, and is good enough at the right frequencies to fool the non-discerning ear into believing it is great sound.

I would equate it to the PC world and stuff like Compaq's, Dell's, and Gateway's. Are they the best PC's out there? No way. They are just okay...a bit overpriced. You pay for name branding. But, for someone who doesn't know any better, they suit their purpose. They aren't failures for that.