Bose Wave Music system

NHT speakers that will blow the Bose Wave system away

Nice suggestion, Avideo - the NHT Moo/Soo are popular in pro audio circles for hooking up to a PC. Chuck Ainlay (Dire Straits Audio Engineer) uses them. No doubt better than Bose....if you own a PC and want great sound while surfing Audiogon forums then this is definitely the way to go!

"have the all new Bose Acousic Wave Music System 2 and Its the best small system on the market! You can even compare it with BIG home stereo systems up to $5,000.00 ! "

LOL, perspective is everything; and I bet you can compare the Bose to home systems costing 2 million dollars but the question that is not answered is HOW well it compared. I installed a tube in my Wave system and it was so much better after that mod....i became very emotional after the mod. Actually its more of a hole than a tube :)

Just built a console with a Car stereo head unit and scan- speak drivers solid walnut caseb (built 2nd party) for less than $500, CD time and MP 3 remote and nothing listed above comes close. CD Changer and sub optional.

FOR PC guys Blue Sky is better than NHT and costs less, the amps are built into the subwoofer, very easy to get great 2.1-5.1 SOUND

While I was sipping the last of the Kool-Aid this statement struck me as odd for the first time..

"the audiophile marketplace doesn't demand that price be reasonable by mass market standards, it does demand that price should correlate in some identifiable way with sound quality."

Thanks for the input guys. Small, compact, is what I'm looking for so I'm not considering separates - not yet at least.

Cambridge SoundWorks makes a whole series of radios now starting at around $120 and going up to around $400. I had their old Model 88 and it was superb for the money.

Polk Audio makes the iSonic and, for about the same as a Wave radio, it throws in additional capabilities like XM plug-and-play and a DVD player.

About a month ago I spent half an hour in Target comparing the Boston Acoustics Recepter radio and the Sony table radio that Sam Tellig spilled ink on. I like the BA better, especially its design, but wouldn't spend the money charged for these on either one. The Sony sounded too nasal, congested and electronic with a grainy texture, and it distorted too early as the volume was turned up; the tone control didn't help much. The BA I think could have been very good, but unfortunately they mostly ruined it by going for an over-exagerated response curve that recesses the upper midrange and way overboosts the bass in a misguided attempt to play to the peanut gallery. If this EQ could be adjusted to make it more level by only a few dBs it could be a real winner for its size, but there's no way to fool with the fixed setting. So, too bad -- I might've bought the BA otherwise -- but as things stand neither radio is a zit on the butt of the vintage KLH and Advent table radio models for enjoyable sound.