I don't think it's a good idea to compare these systems by costs. Let's not forget that you pay a lot of money for the brand names.
B&O is great for their "sound lens" technology, which projects pinpoint accurate staging. The Hi-fi pro (as it's called in Europe) in the f10 also does that, without being branded B&O, the clarity of the sound is exceptional and noise-free (thanks to the Dirac Live filters -
http://www.dirac.se/dirac_live.asp).
You can find here,
http://www.dirac.se/media.asp, a bunch of reviews by German magazines that are very well researched and proffesional written articles compared to Edmunds' review.