Alright, if you wish to make a truly fair and complete comparison, you cannot ignore and discount system costs.
For $2499 you can get 1 stick and one B1. If you want stereo double that.
So for $5K you get a stereo speaker system with an amplifier rated at 500W output.
I own and can, with no fear of contradiction, opine that my 2 JBL SRX 715s ($2600) + 1 of my Crown 4000 XTi's ($1000) can outperform that Bose L1 system and for $1400 less...and the rated output is 1300W
If I add 1 SRX 718s ($1000) and feed it with another Crown 4K XTi, bridged and yielding 2400W @ 8ohms ($1000), I am only $600 over the proposed L1/B1 x 2 system but $10K better sounding.
Now you sound like Thunder.... so I say to you lets agree to disagree and live our lives in blissful naivety.
that's OK with me!

