Bose is usually overpriced, but if you can find a good deal.......... Listen first, and buy if you like them.

Onkyo makes some spectacular new system-in-a-box setups. Circuit City sells them, as does www.crutchfield.com

I'd say they have one of the better mass-market HTiBs, right now. But you're always better off buying separates. Maybe find a used surround-sound receiver with 50W per channel or more, and start with some bookshelf speakers. Use the proper gauge cable, but don't buy Monster or any of the expensive stuff. Bare-wire connections with 14 or 12-gauge speaker wire works splendidly. (About $0.30/ft. at a home improvement store.)

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