That brings up an interesting point There are afaik very few direct competitors to Bose based on both price and quality probably because few others have the marketing power to sell unremarkable subsat HTIBs at such prices If youve checked their sites and they dont seem to compete in the same exact segment read where the smaller is better and more expensive is better market segments overlap I for one have no objection to removal Actually I need to trim a couple too Athena and KEF lines do not AFAIK target the highend segment of the market