In my experience with Bose, they make great sounding equipment for the average user and they do this by making bass more prominent than it should be to "fool" users into thinking it's good. It's still better than a lot of stuff, and the size and tech innovations like the 3-2-1 system give it a cool factor as well. For the money, though, you can get a much better setup; but then again, being a seasoned sound man for local musicians as well as spending lots of time engineering audio, I'm a bit biased as to what good sound is.