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This relatively small instrument can fill a large room with wonderful sound. I have enjoyed a Bose Radio for over ten year, and visitors to our house admired it's sound and capabilities. How is that possible. I found out that my sister, who lives in Canada, secretly wished for one. So, as a joint project, family members contributed and made my sister a very happy lady. A very big Thank You to Bose. Olaf.
But I've had better radios (I'm in my late 70s) that cost relatively a lot less. I live in southern Ohio, about a hundred mils from major cities. I've owned my Bose radio-CD for about six or seven years, and it is the best alarm clock I ever owned. I tried an antenna. All in all, though it is solidly built and has some nice features, and is a status symbol, but it is overpriced and I would not buy another one. The celebrated Bose "full" sound is not all that it's cracked up to be, though you may be impressed at first. I have a much cheaper radio that does much better.
I lost mine early on and ordered a new one, but that did not work very long. Seriously. Oh, and that tiny remote that comes with it. And the reception is poor. Not much improvement. I did research and found that's not unusual. The alarm clock feature is what I appreciate most, but $500 for that.
I say it is worth every penny. Set the time you want to wake up and to what you want to wake up to (radio or cd).
The sound quality is amazing, everything comes through crystal clear (even when played very loud). I have hooked my Bose up so that the television plays through the AUX as well, making watching movies so much nicer.The biggest pro for me is how easy it is to use.
I have had my Bose Wave Music System for just under a year and am still impressed with it. The Bose remote only has a few buttons (there are no controls on the unit itself) making it very self explanatory (play/pause, stop/eject, seek/track and volume are your options for playing a cd).The alarm feature is also something I use all the time.
Just slide your cd in and it's ready to go. There aren't a million buttons to fiddle with like on other stereo units (I am sure there are people who like all those buttons, but that's all a bit much for me).
It's great.Several of my friends thought I was crazy to spend this amount of money on a stereo unit. I use it every day and I love it.
i opted for the model with a cd player so my wife could listen to her prefered music while getting ready for the day. i purchased this radio for music in the master bath. it sounds wonderful and is very simple to use. the remote is really easy to use and it keeps wet fingers off the radio itself for added safety. outstanding sound from a little box on the counter.
Sent it in for repair. First I purchased a rebuilt Bose with the add-on CD unit. With some delay Bose sent me a new one. It worked very good for a few weeks till I decided to leave it on (for background music for my cats) while going to the next town. After about 3 hours on my return it could not be controlled with any of the 2 remotes. Now about 1 year later the New unit is just a digital clock. It will not work with any of the now three remotes and without an on/off switch this second unit is use less.I'm not sure if I'll send it in for repair( is this going to be a yearly repair) or cut my losses and buy something else.I suggest before buying these Bose Wave units you look very hard for something else, besides the sound is really NOT that great.
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