Should I burn these?

but you can buy them NEW for pennies on the dollar

Like 100 pennies to the dollar.

Are you using the supplied equalizer? Also setup is non negotiable with these speakers. I myself am not a fan of Bose but have heard the 901's many times setup properly with their external equalizer. They have pretty decent bass and don't sound awful. Do I enjoy them, no, but should someone, yes. The people that I have spoke to have always heard them in the store where the salesman had them pushed up against a wall and plugged directly into an amp. Of course they would sound like crap that way. The external piece is not a optional use item it is part of the speaker. The other half have only listened to them at a friends house where they are probably not setup properly or were just pulled from storage and once again don't have the little box plugged in. Anyways I am not one to normally back up Bose but I am familiar with the 901's and they normally only sound awful due to user error. Of course there is the fact that if you are looking for soundstage look elsewhere :)

"Like 100 pennies to the dollar."

No, check pricedumper. They are always blowing out Dali speakers.

It still takes 100 pennies to make a dollar !!!! :)

Actually with current inflation it takes about 500 pennies to make a dollar.