Originally Posted by Siper2
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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I'd vouch for the Onkyo one as well. Asiandoood got one last x-mas. He likey.