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Usually the people who speak out against the stereo option are the ones who either could not afford it or convinced themeselves that it couldn't possibly sound good. My system has Bose speakers and the sound is excellent. I agree with Han Solo, there are times when silence is best, but it's nice to have and we use it often.
Sorry, but I can afford one, but I have a $10,500 home theater system with 1500 watts pumped through 8 pairs of Klipsch speakers. There isn't a spa system out there that can even come close to my system.Matt