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Originally posted by ironchefkorea
The obvious choice for audio is Bose, but I don't know how that'll work out with my money situation.
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Unless you've been recently lobotomized, Bose is not the obvious choice. If you were deaf.... then maybe.
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Originally posted by shakran
"If there's no highs or lows, it's gotta be Bose"
Nuff said 
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HA!!! You totally beat me to the punch on that one!! Bose is an embarassment to audio. I really lose it when people talk about Bose... so allow me to debunk few things on their
Lifestyle 35 System (piece of shit):
Jewel Cube Speakers: The award-winning Jewel Cube speakers are the most visible components of our Lifestyle systems. The product of more than 40 different innovations and technologies, they're about the size of a computer mouse, yet they're able to fill a room with rich, lifelike sound. == Tiny speakers, tiny sound. Can give no realism at "elevated" (by no means cranked-) volume levels.
Changing the Video Output for Component Video Connections: If your TV or video monitor is capable of component video input signals, and you have connected your TV to your system using the component video adapter (included), you must change the video output setting in the settings menu to "YPbPr". This will enable the media center to output a component video signal through the S-video and composite video jacks. == For $3000, you would think they would give you a true component video output.
I'll leave the fact that they give you no specifications on the units power, sub power, and that it doesn't have a progressive output.
Unless you want crappy sound and no room for expansion, stay away from "in box" systems. For a little more money than what you spend on HTIB systems, you can put together a much better system with a reciever, dvd player, decent small speakers, and sub. This will far surpass any HTIB system.
You can pick yourself up a decent sized speaker package from Klipsch (Quintet, Cinema 8, or Cinema 10), Definitive, Paradigm, PSB, or pretty much any other reputable speaker manufacturer. You can get a decent receiver for as low as $299 (Yamaha RX-V440, a Pioneer DVD-V/DVD-A/SACD player for $179, add some decent cables are you're ready to rock. You'll have agreeable sound quality, flexibility to play the new high resolution music formats, expandibility, and your wallet will have some room left in it.