Bose do work, but they are very overpriced. The Internet is absolutely littered with Bose-generated flame wars, and there is a lot of information about the Acoustimass line available online (here are two: the Bose FAQ and Better Profit Margins Through Shortcuts ). On the bright side, they also retain their value well (wave "hello" to the Bose marketing team, we have them to thank for that ) so if/when you are overcome by the desire to step up a level you'll be able to recover a good bit of your original investment by putting them up on eBay.

If you've got a DVD player already and your wife noticed a difference, wait until you play a DVD in Dolby Digital or DTS -- that really opened my eyes!

As for the "gunslinger" thing -- after you've made 15 posts, you will become a gunslinger.

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