Brian wrote:
or, to put it another way, Monster Cable is to cabling as Bose is to
speakers.

Ridiculously overpriced?

Bingo. They don't make bad speakers, but they place themselves in a
market niche (both in terms of quality and price) that they don't
belong. You can get ten times the speaker for the same price, but you
won't find them in Best Buy or Circuit City.

For the benefit of those of us wanting to upgrade speakers, but don't have
the knowledge to "know what we don't know", what are the brands that rival
Bose in sound?

Thanks.

-- Mark