You need to hear mine, its a crystal clear sound with well defined deep bass.
While I'm not an AudioPhool, I have spent about $12k AUD on my lounge system which uses a Denon 4311ci AVR and 5.1 Surround Speakers from Krix (big buggers the are too) - once you've heard something decent you quickly realise that Bose are using DSP tricks to fill in the midrange freqs using their sub and imo it's quite fatiguing to listen too. Base isnt an issue for Bose systems with subs, it's the mid-range that is the problem.
$12K AUD is a pretty serious amount of money for a person who is not a AudioPhool surely?
I used to have some real decent HiFi gear a few years ago but it took too much space and SWMBO objected to it every-time it was used, she hates Bass and volume, me I love it. Anyway, upshot it had to go, it just taking space, the speakers where great big Wharfedale Dovedale 3's with 12" woofers in them. So I was looking for something smaller that would give similar sound for the odd occasion I'm able to really use the power and Bass that I like.
I found these lovely Bluetooth speaker system and no they are not Bose, I have never really liked Bose and you only have to look at the size of their speakers to understand that they could not get that sound quality without resorting to DSP trickery with active feedback amps and the like.
Mine is branded Blaupunkt model B25BT and was specially imported by J Sainsbury's Ltd, one our big supermarket chains. The speaker system was made in China and features a 7" high compliance woofer with 2 x 2.5" mid range and 2 x 1" tweeters, measures 40CMs W x 20CMs H x 14Cms D and weighs a lot, the Bose that I have been given on the other hand only has 2 x 2" speakers and is 30CMs W x 18Cms H x 10CMs D and weighs a fraction of the Blaupunkt, guessing maybe 20 to 25% of the weight.
The Blaupunkt you can see through the vents at the back has massive amplifiers in it and heat sinks, the speakers have massive magnets on them and lightweight ferrous metal objects like coins etc gravitate to the unit if placed within a few inches of it.
Now I'm not claiming that it will be Hi-Fi but in comparison to the Bose it really sounds it, the Bose can get tiring after listening to it for long periods, as can the Blaupunkt but that does take a lot longer to get tiring. I have 2 of the Blaupunkt systems, 1 upstairs in my lab and the other in the living room which hardly gets used because SWMBO spends her time down there. So for my purposes, I'm more then happy with them, they can punch out some nice sweet sounds when I want them to and they take up so little space you hardly know their there.
I have a sound bar on the TV with a separate sub woofer and that is no match for the Blaupunkt and cost me a lot more (mind you I did get a super super deal on them, about 15% of their original cost).