That's kind of tough.

First off, the "old-old look" is kinda bad.

As far as the "new" vs "old". It's a bit of a toss up.

On one hand I like the "new" look as it's less wordy and you get nice/bigger pictures.

BUT...

You have to look around to find the other systems. They're a bit hidden. The "old" look, I agree, has too much text on the page, BUT it's easier to navigate and find exactly what you need.

Hmmm...

Perhaps you could have a page with the text explaining why you'd want a bookshelf system or a tower based system and links to each catagory up front...then when you clicked either "bookshelf" or "tower" it would bring you to the "new" look, with three big pictures...the M2 system, the M3 system and the M22 system, or likewise, the M50 system, the M60 system, and the M80 system. Then clicking any of those individual systems would give you the sub-catagory options of different subs, centers, surrounds etc...

I know it'd be more individual pages, but it's a way to have the good from both your "old" and "new" looks.

I hope I made even a little bit of sense.