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All my home audio uses JBL Pro speakers - excellent power handling, good frequency response, good crossovers, clear reproduction. I do have a Klipsch sub in my living room because a buddy wasn't using it anymore, I tried it...and it punches quite nicely, so I use it. I did have one JBL fail - a 4408 Studio Monitor that I bought back in high school, finally tore the foam surround on the driver. $11 for a repair kit, I need to take the driver out and put the new foam on one of these days. The 4408s live in the garage - not a huge priority right now. JBLs were also a big part of my pro sound gear for a long time, until other brands started getting lighter...more powerful...and better priced. Currently all my speakers are Turbosound self-powered Class D units - 2,500 watt tops that weigh 32 lbs, and 3,000 watt single-18 subs that weigh 65 lbs. Powerful and lightweight - especially for self-powered - which is great for touring gear. Easy to move, easy to set up, no amp rack taking up space, and class D amps pull near-zero power. I can run two tops (5,000 watts) and six subs (18,000 watts) all on a single 20A power circuit - and depending on the gig...well...you never really know what you're gonna get for power at some of these shows...
Bose is decent stuff for low sound-pressure levels (low volume). They do have good processing software...but their power handling sucks. Crank them up and they lose a lot of punch - I think part of their processing includes a variable compressor that flattens a lot of the sound as the volume comes up, in order to protect the hardware (speakers). I have a set of their noise-cancel earbuds that I use for airline flights and for when I'm on the zero-turn, and they're quite nice.... but again, low sound pressure levels, and heavily processor-based.
For the original question - I echo the idea of getting a DVD player, which will also play CDs just fine. You may have to fiddle with your amp settings going from CD (stereo) to DVD (surround)...but that's up to you. Sometimes music sounds best in L/R stereo....sometimes, surround sound is appropriate (like Dark Side of the Moon, or The Wall). A lot of it depends on how the album was originally formatted/recorded/encoded.