I finally got around to purchasing the BOSE Wave Radio, $500 and $250 for the omitted, add on base allowing for three Aux inputs. At $750 for a radio, I must admit I expect perfection - it better dance and not miss a beat!
I am sorry to report it is a mess. Bose may be a good (not the best) speaker company, but they have no, NO idea how to build a radio. It has no RF Preamp for clear AM and FM, a major error. It is very susceptible to RFI, they left out the line filters. It has a 9 volt battery for backup power that has exhausted in 2 days. There are a dozen more issues I have, but enough for this list. As a solar powered home, I cut all power when not in use, and expect this to not be a problem; it is not a problem for a Macintosh, the clock and parameter battery lasts for 5 to 7 years maintaining the initial settings and accurate clock time. The Wave radio gains 20 minutes in a 24 hour period, so much for Quartz clocks. The wave radio is an EMBARRASSMENT to the Bose name and at the outrageous price of $500 to $750 is an outrageous embarrassment. I bet Zenith would never make such obvious errors in design. Bill Neill. ===== 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 Courier fixed width font, composing line out 70 and viewing line in 72 Computer: Mac Power PC 6500 @ 300 Mh, internal 33.6 modem with Emerson SWITCHBOARD Mac OS: 8.5.1, 64Mb with V9.0 RAM Doubler = 192 Mb Disks: ATA bus, (internal) 2Mb hd; SCSI bus, (external box) 4 Gb hd; F, Zip, and CD We are a 100% SOLAR POWERED Mac, off grid!! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
