I think one of the reasons people are so opposed to bose is it's like an awakening for some. There are a lot of people who get into HT/Audio thinking Bose is the best there is. That's what all the adds tell them. Then, you have some of people who decide to listen to Bose and then do the unthinkable abd listen to other systems. They hear much better sound with more features, far better price, interchangable components and ability to upgrade to name a few. They then say, why in the world would anyone pay for Bose? It's an inferior product at a much higher price. I think some people then become a little pissed that Bose is able to get over on so many people and they feel it's their duty to warn and help as many potential Bose buyers as possible. That's why I do it. I mentioned my Wife's boss a while back. He was getting ready to get a HT for his new house and thought Bose was the way to go. I took him to an audio store and he ended up buying a full Martin Logan system. It's pretty impressive. Sure, he went to a bit of an extreme but the difference is night and day. You can spend much less than a typical Bose system and get a much better system in all aspects except maybe for size.

A quick funny story. My wife just hired a Decorator to decorate a few rooms in our house. The decorator went into our Living room where our HT is and said we had to get rid of the "BIG UGLY BLACK SPEAKERS" (Boston VR965 Towers). They just did not fit. She suggested some small speakers like Bose. MY wife had this look like maybe I would agree. My wife took one look at the disgusted angry look on my face and told the decorator they had to stay. I then told the decorator she would go before the speakers go. She looked at me with a weird look and realized I was dead serious and said "OK, the speaker stay, I can work around them." If it were me I would have fired her A$$ right there but the wife would not go for it. Needless to say, I'm watching that decorator closely.

JSE