Just signed up for this forum. Hope this helps. Recently purchased a Bose Lifestyle 48. I was looking for the CD storage capability. Sure the cube speakers are not going to give you the possible realism of other speakers but when cranked up the woofer and speaker combo are really very sufficient. Put a smile on my face. I was also concerned with speaker space. These fit anywhere. Had the original size Bose speakers and thought they were small. New ones are smaller. Price was a bit of an issue but go to E-Bay. A lot less for brand new there. That's where I bought mine. Good Luck!
I have listend to the 48's and they are spectacular. But is it worth it and is there any other system out there that can match it.

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