that's how bose sells their speakers nowadays. I do believe that when they first came out they were great speakers. mostly for those that wanted a fuller sound but didn't have the space for it. Now bose seems to have made their speakers worse and sells them solely off of their reputation.
I would have to agree with that, I own the older acoustimass 5 system, these were before the cubes went through the 40% shrink and lost all the mid-range response in the late 90's so they aren't too shabby. The module on it I wouldn't call a subwoofer, but more of a woofer. it's response around...