I just purchased a Bose L1 Compact. (No joke!) The sound is so good I don't worry about stereo.
You have to be positioned in "the sweet spot" to hear stereo. With Bose the sound is distributed nicely throughout the room.
God Bless,
Don
Don ... best of luck with it ... I've had use of the 'full size' BOSE (I don't own one) on occasion when I fill in for a friend at his steady gig ... the sound is great and the way it fills the room at the same level I hear behind me is amazing ...