Originally posted by: zimu
so what do you guys say? i knwo there are more "audio" based forums out there, but just to get a rough idea from a community i'm more familiar with.
tell me about bang & olufsen vs. bose vs. wharfedales vs. JBLs, how are these with respect to $$ and performance?
BOSE is horrible, do not buy their home entertainment equipment.
See
this article, about how BOSE takes shortcuts, and just plain doesn't use good audio technology in their normal home consumer products (as opposed to their professional products, some are good, some are not).
Now as far as what speakers TO buy?
I have the logitech z5300e's. They sound great, have plenty of power to fill a fairly large room, and they only costed me $140. You could also go with the z5500's, whcich are a little more expensive and have aprox 75% more power. Both systems are THX certified (NO, NONE, ZERO, Bose system has THX certification). The Klipsch systems mentioned are also good tho, my preference is just Logitech.
~new