Hi verynewest,
Boston Acoustic's strength has always been in small, inexpensive compact 2-way speakers. The company's first outings with aluminum drivers--I believe the models were called Lynnfield--were embarrassingly colored and inaccurate. I recall a private listening session to an early Lynnfield prototype (I was editor of Sound&Vision-Canada at the time) and I didn't have the heart to tell the president just how bad the speaker was. I suppose I should have, but many speaker designers don't want criticism.
I doubt the towers have improved much, but I've not heard the model you mention. Boston has never had the benefit of controlled scientific research and double-blind listening tests like those at the National Research Council in Ottawa, where Axiom's prototype speakers are measured and tweaked.
Regards,
