Dave, you are right as usual. The Bose has set me a step ahead of most everybody else around here. The thing is, I don't care whether anyone else gets one, but it's something you must try for yourself to see if it suits your needs.
You must have an open mind and think outside the box.
The only time in the past 25 years I ever had people asking why my sound wasn't as good as usual was the one night I used HankB's Motionsound amp. I had customers come up and say, "whatever you changed, change it back."
It didn't sound good to me either. Maybe I did something wrong, but I sure wasn't interested in trying it any longer.
DonM