No they don't. The other brands make equal products for similar price, but they also make cheaper products for less money. Bose just doesn't have the cheap product line. You can buy a piece of junk Sony stereo or you can buy an expensive, high quality Sony system that is as good as Bose or any other consumer brand. With Bose you can only buy their top-of-the-line version, which is "pro-sumer" level stuff. They don't offer cheap products, and they don't offer audiophile products either.

Now if you want to debate about sound quality, yes Bose has a very distinct sound that may or may not be desirable. Particularly audiophiles do not want the signal processing that Bose stuff tends to give you.