There are people who are bose fans, and people who are not.
Bose is a pricey solution, and some think they are getting a good deal to pay $300 for a panasonic...
They can have it, I'm a Bose fan.
I think what you have in the bedroom is just too much for the room size.
We use bose's "computer speakers" in our bedroom, they work great, sound great, and do not overpower the room, although they do overpower the wife.
I haven't redone the front yet...
In the s@B's, we had a really old lifestyle 25...
It could easily overpower a 25 by 55 by 28 foot tall room.
My favorite was my GS123. How they got that kind of sound out of 2 (2 speaker) modules and the acoustimass is beyond me. The hard drive was way nice. If only it had a bluray player.