Check the link and the picture of the guy walkin' into the gig with the entire PA all at once, John.
All designs of man consist of tradeoffs.
The Bose system does not sound flat and correct to my ears, and again, I would NOT try to use anything made by Bose for critical listening, mixing or mastering. A loser's recipe, as the Bose systems are all about masking what you hear. But the portability is another factor. And as I found out the other day, the sound is usable and not bad in the right sized environment. It certainly truned in a better sounding job than two 12" woofers with horn or piezo on stands...
My designs of late for my own life have a lot more to do with takin' care o' Mac, turns out he's not as indestructible as the testosterone-poisoning led him to believe... (grin)
Just the other day a guy said, "Know what, you could bring your B3... "
Right.
--Mac