Bose Wave Music System - Graphite Gray by BOSE
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Digital camera reviews of Bose Wave Music System - Graphite Gray
Digital camera Review: Bose the best
Summary: 5 Stars
Great sound, great looks, pricey but worth every penny! Replaces the large component system that took up a lot of space and block the window view in our dining room. It's like going from the large back breaking 500 lb big screen TV to the large plasma and HD flat screen TVs. I have purchase three Bose music systems in the last year - two radio/CD players - one for my 74 year old Mom and one for my dinning room and one entertainment system for my husband's Jazz room to go with his 52 plasma TV. My husband now wants to purchase another radio/CD player to replace the stereo component set and enhance our 42 plasma TV in our bedroom.Digital camera Review: Bose, way to go with the Wave Music System!
Summary: 5 Stars
My Bose Wave Music System arrived today, and I love it. It is unbelievable the dynamic range this little box can send out, when I IMd some friends they responded that they already knew. Wish they told me a few years ago.
The volume you can turn this baby up to, without distortion, is amazing. My wife said that the walls in our bedroom rang when I turned up the supplied demo disk. Our Wave Music System was in our kitchen, at the time. Pretenders, Van Morrison and Skyhooks have all sounded great.
I also have the Multi CD Changer. Sure, it is a little noisy when it changes CDs, but only for 5 seconds or so. It is small, and there is probably no room for sound insulation. My other CD changers are just as loud, anyway. Maybe louder.
This is indeed an expensive unit, but I love it, and my non audiophile wife does too. We have no regrets with our purchase. The unit will live in our family room.
BTW, the radio (AM/FM) works fine too!
Digital camera Review: Cambridge and Bose A/B Comparison
Summary: 3 Stars
Wanting to replace the boombox in my kitchen with something premium, I decided to compare my boiled-down list of tabletop radios- the Cambridge Soundworks 740 and the Bose Wave CD. If you could only have seen the looks my wife gave me as I sat and AB'd them. :)
I was initially impressed by the Wave's good looks... until I took out the 740. It made the Wave look more like a plain-old clock radio. Although the front display on the 740 is more attractive, the Wave was easier to read when standing on angle to the unit. The 740's display of CD Text and FM radio song/station info is a really nice feature. The buttons on the 740 are arranged in a logical order with fairly easy to read function descriptions. The absence of buttons on the Wave is unfortunate. I'd rather not have to rely soley on a remote control as my only means to control the radio. Both remotes are pretty similar, but the Wave's did work a little better at further distances and angles.
The 740 can store more radio stations than the Wave, which I realized when I ran out of buttons trying to program the Wave. Speaking of radio, the 740 required more messing with the antenna to pull in the stations that the Wave was able to pull in without an antenna. The 740 comes with FM and AM antennas. The Wave comes with nada.
The sound quality difference is evident even before adjusting the settings on the 740. The Wave sounded good but the 740 was much better. Turning-on the subwoofer and setting the bass to -3 gave the best sound, IMHO. I was appalled to realize the Wave comes with no treble and bass controls- only a talk-radio feature that acts like a loudness button only when the radio is in use, not the CD.
Unfortunately for the 740 and in-line with many other comments about it, the CD transport failed to take my disc. I was very gentle at first then became more aggressive as I figured I'd have to return it anyhow. Well, when I moved it to another room it magically started working. Maybe it isn't as mechanically reliable as the Wave, but I'm willing to take my chances. This potential issue is the only reason I'm not giving five stars. I haven't noticed the clock losing time yet as other reviewers have noted.
In summary, the 740 is sounds better, has more features, and is more attractive than the Wave. If the Wave was $250 I might have kept it instead, but at $500 this A/B comparison is over and Bose has one more open box to contend with.
Digital camera Review: Check out the BOSE company before purchasing through Amazon.com
Summary: 5 Stars
I was all set to purchase the Bose Wave Music System for $499.00, the Wave Connect Kit for my I-Pod for $99.95 and a Bose Wave Antenna for $9.99 when I got a hunch to just buzz over to the official BOSE website to see what their prices were, and low and behold they had a SALE going on and I am getting all of the above for $99.95 less that purchasing all 3 items through amazon.com (the Wave Connect Kit for my I-POD IS FREE, yes, that is right, absolutely Free if I order before a certain date). Isn't that amazing?. BOSE might not always have a sale on, but I always try to check out a manufacturers website first before I order their items from another company. Tonight it surely paid off!!. Shipping was $10.00 at BOSE and free here from Amazon, so I still saved $89.00. So then I went back over here to Amazon.com to buy the antenna, as I didn't find the place quickly to buy one on the Bose site, which is a little strange.Digital camera Review: Christmas gift for wife who cooks
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this last year for my wife who loves to cook and often listens to the radio/sterio while doing so. Bose unit is compact with rich, full sound that can go to high volumes with no distortion. It is extremely simple to use. We've had it one year with no problems. Although stuck in the corner of a cluttered kitchen counter it absolutely rocks or can play sensitive symphonic music with crystal clarity.
Caution: if you need to adjust knobs or need a thumping base for rap music this unit may not please you. But for us its perfect and from all our playing evidence to date it is built to last.