Bose makes (I should say made) nice speakers.....in their Wave clock radio which I have. Too bad they don't make them any more.
IMHO when an audio manufacturer licenses their name to car companies for their audio systems, that is their announcement to the world that they couldn't care less about their reputation in high end audio any more. Then they demonstrate that with future products.
Why are we talking about Bose anyway? Does any self respecting high end audio store sell them? I seriously doubt it. None in my area do.