I don't think either statement is true Chop, but maybe we just have different uses or different expectations or a different ear. I've listened to a few systems over the years I know I can enjoy
I'm just looking to see if someone knows of some hidden gem, some great value, some lessor known brand with great sound and easy to connect to everything
https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/the-honest-to-god-truth-about-bose-speakers-amen-165323/
They are complete garbage for the price and laughed at by the audio community.
If you want something decent for under a K Cambridge comes to mind
get Sonos, it's the best. Great sound, easy to add more speakers and easy to connect with your tv, control with remote, etc. sound is awesome too. I started with 1 speaker and now have 5 with sound in different rooms, etc. you can play different music in each room too.
The simplest and best I would imagine is SONOS - it's wireless and you can always add speakers to the other rooms or outside at a later point - and it's only about $1000 or so
Sonos playbar plus sub. Baller
Sonos playbar $649 @ best buy. Whole system around $1,300
Bose sucks
I'm dropping a few hundred more than I wanted to, but I always seem to do that
Isn't this one of Vitfraud's "other ventures"?
Put the order in with vit. He texts Jamheel and you get a $2000.00 system delivered to your local shopping center parking lot a couple of days later for four hundy. Trunk to trunk. Easy peasy.