I've had Bose speakers myself (for my home theater) and can confirm that they are too expensive for what you get. I think Bose did a great job with marketing and that's about it. They've convinced people that they've got high quality speakers. I'll never buy them again, especially not after hearing good speakers from Paradigm, Infinity, and NHT. Oh yeah, Velodyne makes great subwoofers.

In regards to car audio, without getting into aftermarket components, the best sound system I've heard in a stock car is the Mark Levinson system in the Lexus LS which is just heaven.

 

I agree with you 100% I had a SC430 for about a yr ( not a drivers car) had the best audio system that I ever had including logic 7

 

Bose is standard on A8.. the upgrade is Bang and Ofulsen which is standard on the S8..

 

That's right it's 12 speakers and a sub, the B&O system is a $5k upgrade in the A8

 

A8 is a solid car but for that kind of money the 7 and the S look more appealing.