Bose Wave Music System IV – Platinum Silver

6 reviews for Bose Wave Music System IV – Platinum Silver

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   – January 1, 2024 Gideon Harber

   The Bose Music system has been really great. The sound is great and the remote is easy to use.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   – January 8, 2024 Dr. Jerod Schultz

   The Bose Wave Music System IV lives up to its hype. It is a wonderful audio component that plays good quality FM and CD music from an easy-to-use, compact component that requires minimal setup. It’s weaknesses: (1) the unit comes without an external FM antenna. A cheap dipole antenna is sold as an option for around $10. Be sure to get the one with a 1/8 inch (3 mm) plug. Most FM dipole antennas sold on the internet come with an “F-type male” or coaxial end that will require the purchase of a 3.5mm or 1/8″ Male to F Type Female Coaxial Adapter to work with the Bose IV. (2) The AM antenna supplied is cheap and does a poor job of pulling in AM stations with any clarity. I’m not an AM radio buff, so this was not a deterrent to me. (3) The Bose Wave Music System 1V does NOT have Bluetooth or WiFi. To add Bluetooth capability, one must purchase and connect a Bluetooth adapter to the unit. Bose offers two different Bluetooth adapters: the Bose 727012-1300 Bluetooth Audio Adapter ($59.99) and the Bose Wave Bluetooth Music Adapter ($99). The Bose 727012-1300 Bluetooth Audio Adapter connects to the Bose unit through a 3.5mm/0.25 inch cable plugged into the “AUX” input on the back of the unit. The Bluetooth unit must also be plugged in to a power outlet.The Bose Wave Bluetooth Music Adapter comes with a cable end that can only be plugged into a limited number of Bose Wave models. According to Bose’s product description, this bluetooth adapter is only “compatible with Wave music system III and Wave radio III. Also works with Acoustic Wave music system II, Wave radio II and Wave music system purchased since 2010”. I personally found this to be very confusing. My Bose System !V is not specifically listed, but was “purchased since 2010”, so would it work with my system? I’ll never know because the Bose Wave Bluetooth Music Adapter costs twice as much and doesn’t say anything in its literature that justifies the price difference. If someone out there takes the time to investigate this, please let me know your findings. I will pay more for the Bose Wave Bluetooth Music Adapter if enhanced features merit the price difference. I hope this review was helpful and would be happy to answer any additional questions. TKTockTom

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   – February 19, 2024 Jesus Schoen

   Arrived timely and condition was as described.

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   – February 23, 2024 Logan Brakus

   My husband told me to pick out my own birthday present so I chose this! I wanted a CD player for the kitchen so I could listen to my old MP3’s and my Cd’s in the kitchen. I have a larger Bose system with a five CD-player in my Living Room but I have two cats. They like certain music but they seem to frown on Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, and even the Eagles when I play them at the level I prefer. As a child of the 60’s, I like my music loud!Unfortunately, one of my cats has been quite sick since I received this so I haven’t been able to totally test it but I think it will work out. They’ll go into another room when I play my music.I had hoped that Bose had improved their radios’ reception but it is still lousy. I wanted to be able to listen to listen to the radio occasionally but that’s out of the question. In fact, my much older Bose has a much better antenna built into it and can pick up far more stations. Actually, I have an old transistor radio that belonged to my late father that has AC power and IT has better reception than this new Bose! But I know no one buys a Bose for the radio in them.As far as sound, you can’t beat a Bose. I’m trying to declutter my kitchen counters so I certainly didn’t want to buy a whole mini-stereo system to put on the counter. I’ve read that people haven’t had any good luck with the antennae they’ve tried on this model so I’ll just use the very long wire and hope I can occasionally get a radio station on it. In the meantime, it meets my needs very well.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   – December 4, 2024 Gaylord Casper

   Listening to radio, CD’s , etc.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   – December 30, 2024 Rhiannon Conn

   Beautiful, rich capacious sound from a little device. The seller gave it at a great price (Thanks!) for an exiguous chip off the corner.Hooked up an aux blue-tooth adapter and can stream from various devices as well.