I think you are right about this being an effect of the Boston acquisition. I would have thought that the effect would have been just the opposite... Boston marketing the hell out of them as the "renowned old school high end speaker company" and then basically just slap a snell name plate on some existing design. This is not to imply anything against Boston, just what you often see when a small company get's bought by a bigger one. From what I can tell they still have a small company attitute but they are under the arm of a big brother. Too bad the big brother does not at least read the magazine reviews let alone listen to the product...
Why so little discussion about Snell ?
I just picked up some Snell K.5mkII for my HT setup. I made the decision based on it's ability to do music. In short I really like them and find them simular to my ProAcs in many respects. They should work great for HT (room still under construction). The magazines give them high marks but few dealers seem to do well with them and they are rarely discussed in the forums. Do they just have bad marketing?