All In One CD Player and Speakers


Wife has a birthday coming up. Would like to get her something to sit on the kitchen counter that plays CDs and has good sound but not a boom box. We have a Tivolio radio and she likes the retro look of that--they made what I am describing but the reviews on SQ are not so good. If it had the ability to stream or play digital files that would be OK but not necessary. She just wants to drop a CD in while she is cooking without having to fire up my rig. The idea of her not firing up my rig appeals so help me out here folks!

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We specialize in these types of devices and systems 

 

the reality is all of these small modern loudspeakers employ blue tooth or wifi streaming.

You have a number of options depending on price, features and sound quality

option Naim muso qb $1200 larger better mus0 1800

dali katch small Bluetooth speaker single or stereo pair $500.00 each

 

Nad pulse21 699 a compact streaming speaker good sound not as good as he Naim products but can be integrated with alexia

Dave and Troy

Audio Intellect NJ

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Try to find a NIB Bose Wave (fine for a kitchen/what you describe).

If you can go with small mini and/or flat wall speakers then look for a low mileage Linn Classik.

DeKay

 

Try to find a NIB Bose Wave

Please don't, they are awful. My father had the large double stack one and some music was unintelligible. They lack a full frequency range so some music is missing so much information it is unlistenable. Buy the 99 buck system at Walmat and add two bookshelf speakers, 1000 % better. 

I would not buy anything remotely expensive, as it will become coated with cooking grease. I would just get a cheap boom box player from Amazon 

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I really dislike anything automated, streaming, etc. so unlike most folks am ACTUALLY looking for something that  plays CDs and makes them sound pretty good. A radio is unimportant since there are few stations with a signal we can pull in where we are living. Honestly, just a nice CD player with good quality speakers that doesn't look or sound like a cheap plastic boom box is what I am after. Maybe it doesn't exist in the 21st century--which is why I'm a fish out of water in this digitized world we occupy.