Bose Lifestyle V20 Theater System

Pros: Fine sound, excellent for all but audio purists.  Excellent remote, allows control of all components.
Cons: Extreme bass response somewhat limited.  Missing some inputs and control functions for ultimate adaptability.

Review of Bose Lifestyle V20 Home Theater System Face it - the Bose V20 is a pricey system.  I imagine that for $2000 you can assemble a better-sounding system that allows the enthusiast to twiddle and adjust.  But that is not what I was ...

Pros: Amazing sound quality and styling
Cons: Remote difficult.  Wires can interfere with remote signal.  Set-up challenging.

The sound quality is fantastic.  Example, my wife and I were watching a movie when we heard a police siren go off, seemingly in our neighbors driveway, we paused the movie, got up, ran outside .... nothing there.  A little scared, we went back to the movie only to realize, the perfect pitch sound had been on the movie playing the Dolby Digital. 

The universal remote is a challenge.  Best to avoid even trying to use it for other components.  If wires are around the Bose cables there is significant interference in the remote ability to connect ot system and frankly doesn't work well at all. 

Set up of system including components is very difficult to coordinate all video and audio inputs.