Does any Surround Sound home cinema system compare to Bose?
Bose are highly overpriced for what you get. Read the article at the first link for why I would NEVER buy a Bose. There are any number of better choices. That said, your preferences and needs may be quite different to anyone here (for example you appear to want small size), so it’s important that you consider and define what they are. You would then be ready to look at reviews and listen to some possible options. After all this is not an insignificant purchase … and one you may live with for decades. From your question you are probably best looking at a Home-Theatre-in-a-Box (HTIB) system (See links 2 and 3 for some recommendations/reviews). The article at the 4th link provides some suggestions for buying a surround sound system (one option may be a virtual surround system — see below). Personally, I’d suggest combining a mid-level A/V receiver (e.g. Onkyo, Yamaha, Pioneer) with some good speakers (e.g. Klipsch (Link 5) or some of the good European brands (e.g. Jamo) … but there a
