I dislike the cube systems because they require the use of a subwoofer to get any base at all. I live in an apartment and I can't have a subwoofer because it rattles the place and pissed off neighbors. Instead I have the Bose 301's in the rear and the bose 401's in the front. They're incredible. I've never heard bookshelf speakers put out sound like that. My center channel is a yamaha. I don't like bose's center channel speakers. Those cubes are the most over rated pieces of crap if you ask me. Bose doesn't start getting good 'til you get to the 301 series.