Once in awhile....

kevhed72
kevhed72 Posts: 5,064
edited March 2018 in The Clubhouse
You come across an estate sale and the owners had pretty good taste i music....not bad for a buck a piece. I did have to hear how the lady who ran the sale thought her Bose Waveradio CD player was the best.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,961
    Buck a piece isn't bad!

    Have you ever heard a Bose Wave Radio?
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,138
    I have that Mussorgsky CD with the funky, red rooster on the cover. :p
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,064
    edited March 2018
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Buck a piece isn't bad!

    Have you ever heard a Bose Wave Radio?
    She had one playing CDs the whole time I was looking around...so yes :)
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,961
    How did it sound?
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    She had one playing CDs the whole time I was looking around...so yes :)

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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,064
    Clipdat wrote: »
    How did it sound?
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    She had one playing CDs the whole time I was looking around...so yes :)

    Considering it was sitting on a carpeted floor not bad....I just find it amusing when people throw down with Bose when talking about music, but not everyone is a hardcore audio nerd like some of us. My wife, just bought a new car with a Bose sound system. I bit the tip of my toungue off when she was telling me about it.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    In a small enclosed space like a car, Bose isn't half bad.
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    Nice buy at a buck each! Not sure how well Louie Prima and the Talking Heads went with chamber music, symphonies and opera. Enjoy. :)
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,138
    aprazer402 wrote: »
    Nice buy at a buck each! Not sure how well Louie Prima and the Talking Heads went with chamber music, symphonies and opera. Enjoy. :)

    Hey, if it ain't baroque, don't fix it. :p
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    He won't go baroque at $1.00 each. :p
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,064
    Rim shot....seriously folks, Ill be here all weekend!
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,121
    edited March 2018
    I think I've got Hilary Hahn's 1st cd, she's extremely talented.

    inquiring minds would like to know, is she much MO Betta now? . . . Not that she was anything less than stellar
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited March 2018
    Viking64 wrote: »
    I have that Mussorgsky CD with the funky, red rooster on the cover. :p

    I have the Hilary Hahn. Good find.

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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,685
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    Clipdat wrote: »
    How did it sound?
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    She had one playing CDs the whole time I was looking around...so yes :)

    Considering it was sitting on a carpeted floor not bad....I just find it amusing when people throw down with Bose when talking about music, but not everyone is a hardcore audio nerd like some of us. My wife, just bought a new car with a Bose sound system. I bit the tip of my toungue off when she was telling me about it.

    Unless it has changed recently, anything "Bose" in a car is not made by or designed by Bose.

    They relabel other brands and pay Bose to use their name.
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    I use a Bose sound link mini when I’m camping, out in the yard etc. and for the size it sounds really good, in fact I love the thing, that’s why we have 2!
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    Theater:
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,064
    edited April 2018
    My GLI has an authentic "Fender" sound system....I had no idea they made more than guitars! The trunk has a small sub built in....not bad but I think the Bose sounds better. I dunno....do car sound system matter....that much beyond a certain point?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    edited April 2018
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    My GLI has an authentic "Fender" sound system....I had no idea they made more than guitars! The trunk has a small sub built in....not bad but I think the Bose sounds better. I dunno....do car sound system matter....that much beyond a certain point?

    So - I'm guessing 70 -5000 Hz overall response, just like any gee-tar speaker needs.

    :)


    Come to think of it -- cars have had Fenders for a long, long time.

    I guess these guys didn't want to pay the licensing fees...

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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    My aunt and uncle recently bought a brand new wave radio and they heard I was into audio so I got to hear all about it. They make it sound like it’s the best speaker ever. Luckily I don’t have to listen to it because they live in Minnesota :tongue: .
    They will be coming down here in a week or so and they will get to hear a real sound system.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,961
    My buddy has the Fender audio system in his Golf R and it sounds great!
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    My GLI has an authentic "Fender" sound system....I had no idea they made more than guitars! The trunk has a small sub built in....not bad but I think the Bose sounds better. I dunno....do car sound system matter....that much beyond a certain point?

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,961
    edited April 2018
    It must be something about these things that makes their owners completely enamored with them and consider it the best thing since sliced bread. My inlaws had one and they were similarly enthusiastic about it.

    It did fill up a large room with relatively clean and clear sound, from something with a small unobtrusive design. It sounded like the amplifier power was well mated to the drivers. But it's just hitting the very tip of what is possible with having good sound. Maybe if you've primarily listened to cheap boom boxes or clock radios all your life it's a huge upgrade.

    I think one thing worth keeping in mind is that it's at least getting people into higher quality of music reproduction who otherwise wouldn't be. Who knows maybe if they start out with a Wave Radio then in 5 years they'll be upgrading to bookshelf or tower speakers? Gotta start somewhere.
    mlistens03 wrote: »
    My aunt and uncle recently bought a brand new wave radio and they heard I was into audio so I got to hear all about it. They make it sound like it’s the best speaker ever. Luckily I don’t have to listen to it because they live in Minnesota :tongue: .
    They will be coming down here in a week or so and they will get to hear a real sound system.

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