Bose Wave

[RayFinkel]

Are they as great as those commercials claim?

Anyone here own one? What's your opinion on it?

Thinking of getting one, have enough Air Miles so why not.

 

[DATYdude]

If you still listen to CDs it may be worth a listen. For most of us with mp3 players (and most of those are iPods) it's not that great an option, and very expensive.

Why don't you Google "Bose Wave Review" and see what comes up?

 

[WoodPeckr]

Give it a listen before getting it.
IMHO it's overrated.

 

[blueman]

I used one for a couple of weeks and it was exceptional!

 

[skypilot]

overrated and marketed to senior citizens whose hearing is questionable. If you go to an electronics place you can get something of similar or better quality for less than half the price.

 

[torontochris]

I love it. plays mp3 cd's as well, and you can input your computer or mp3 player as well. sound quality is fantastic, excellent for small spaces.

 

[RayFinkel]

Seems like 50/50 so far.....Hmmmmmm

 

[Garrett]

Seems like 50/50 so far.....Hmmmmmm

BOSE is a marketing machine. The wave radio is generally an inoffensive and cheaply made clock radio. The drivers are cheap. The "wave" technology is ages old speaker technology. If you like the look, it fits your space, and you want something for background music and do not mind overpaying, buy one and enjoy. If you want quality music reproduction, there are a lot better alternatives.

Here is a very good assessment of a BOSE system:
http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html

The wave radio is more of the same.. it just performs even worse than the system reviewed.

 

[porn_lover]

Yep, BOSE is just marketing. They are wayyy overpriced, not worth it. There are other comparable systems out there for way less.

Actually, I do know someone who has it and it nothing that great, especially for the price.

 

[The Bandit]

After all, he's only using "air miles" to get it so why not.

 

[erotica-hk]

I acquired the same unit using credit card points. The unit is small, good for apartment size environment. WAVE 2 can handle MP3 format. Similar to YAMAHA's sound bar technology which simulates surround sound reproduction.

There is an ipod unit that is specially make for the WAVE2 radio/CD unit and provides remote control features for the ipod. It looks exactly like the ipod charger but with a remote sensor build in to operate the ipod unit remotely. Make by Apple and blend in well if your choose white colour unit.

Spending cash on WAVE equipment is expensive, getting it from accumulated points make sense. Keep in mind that the sound reproduction is simulated stereo but it actually did a pretty good job. I am contend with the quality of sound and for those only listen to MP3, MP3 content is compressed audio from CD disk, yes I know there are compression that can keep it NEAR CD quality, but still not full signal reproduction. So if you consider CD versus compress CD(MP3) quality, the difference in quality for measurement is awash.

The CD changer which hold 3 CD is an option, expensive and I did find it useful for just keep playing CDs for a few hours, doing similar things as MP3 disk which can take a lot more audio tracks than a regular CD disk. If all your disks are in MP3 format, than you have a total of four MP3 disks to entertain.

e-hk