Bose Acoustic Wave Music System II - Platinum White

by Bose

Product Details

• Item Weight: 14.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000J0072M
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,416 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 23, 2006

Product Description

Our best all-in-one music system is now even better. The Acoustic WaveŽ music system ll offers more lifelike sound for larger spaces, with improved functionality and versatility, yet remains refreshingly simple to use. Acclaimed waveguide speaker technology still lies at the heart of this system's performance, so it rivals the sound of much larger, more complicated stereos. An all-new Bose digital platform fine tunes the sound for more accurate, consistent music reproduction-even at louder volume levels. Vocals sound cleaner. Instruments ring truer. The result comes closer to music in a natural, live-performance setting. The Acoustic WaveŽ music system ll plays your home-burned CDs as well as regular discs and AM/FM radio. You'll find a new headphone jack for private listening, auxiliary inputs and an updated informational display. A variety of accessories adds to your listening enjoyment at home or on the go. And you can add our optional 5-CD changer for even more continuous listening. The system hasn't changed in size or convenience. It still fits almost anywhere in your home, easily controlled from across the room by a credit card-sized remote. It accomodates your MP3 player, travels easily and goes portable with the optional power pack. The original Acoustic WaveŽ music system changed opinions of what a quality stereo system could be. Now, the Acoustic WaveŽ music system ll challenges our perceptions once again, with sound that comes even closer to the essence of live performance.

Customer Reviews

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55 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Sounding System with One Major Flaw, January 26, 2010

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Dave Mayer (Huntington Beach) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bose Acoustic Wave Music System II - Platinum White (Electronics)

A couple years ago I was wandering around Philipsburg, on the Dutch side of St. Martin, just out enjoying a hot Caribbean day, when I spied a stereo shop. I wandered in and saw an American tourist bartering with a sales clerk, trying to get him to come down on the price for this funny looking, all in one stereo system.

Who'd want that? I thought. I watched fascinated while they haggled. The salesman didn't come down and in the end the tourist bought the stereo that looked more like a model for a hotel. The salesman took his name and made arrangement to have it delivered to the cruise ship the tourist had arrived on.

"You interested?" the clerk told me.

"Nah, not really," I said, but I was interested and the clerk knew it. He turned it on, not loud, and it sounded oh so sweet. He was playing Linda Ronstadt's "Heart Like a Wheel" and I've always been a sucker for Linda.

He told me he could have it delivered to my cruise ship duty free. I asked him how it sounded played loud. He cranked it up and I opened my wallet.

Now I find myself writing a review about this odd looking stereo. First off, I have to say I love the sound for the most part and have since purchased a wave radio and a couple wave radios with CD players, both the latter for work.

The good: This machine will fill your room with gorgeous sound and if you're playing a CD that was professionally produced or if you have ripped one and are playing it back from your iPod thorough the unit's aux in jacks, you'll probably be very satisfied, more than satisfied with the sound you get.

The bad: What if you're not playing a professionally produced CD? What if you have some of those early, almost illegal Beatle tapes, which have almost no bass on them? Or a tape of a Springsteen concert, which has too much bass? What if you've ripped these to iTunes? What if you want to play them through your Bose Acoustic Wave Music System II? You're SOL if you want to do that.

I have stereos in every room and they all have bass and treble controls. Still, regarding the Bose, I can equalize the sound coming out of my iPod Touch, but I shouldn't have too. At the very least Bose should have included a bass and treble control. Heck, my dad had those in the fifteen dollar radio in his Fifty-Two Chevy.

In conclusion, if you are going to use this as your main stereo and you have a hours and hours of concert tapes as I do, then this might not be the stereo for you, but if, on the other hand, you have only professionally recorded CDs from the major record companies or if you want to run your television sound though this machine via the auxiliary inputs, you'll probably be very happy with this unit.

33 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The sound is great but too quickly it doesn'ty produce, June 28, 2010

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Nancy Eckert (Bellefontaine, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bose Acoustic Wave Music System II - Platinum White (Electronics)

After a few years - say, five - it doesn't play some CDs - and Bose has a very casual view of my complaints. To send it to Bose and have it repaired, including S&H from here to there,is, as I recall, more than $250. So again and after three years - or so - it is choicy about what it wants to play. I was asked if I play copied disks - sure, sometimes. But it too often doesn't play the Real Stuff.

I have a boom box from Walmart,for cryin' out loud, that'll play anything. DO NOT BUY BOSE - and I did buy from Bose twice. Bose does not support its buyers except to argue with them - okay, me - and charges so much that there's no point in buying what they're offering.

An addendum: I NOW HAVE A STACK OF CDs - MAYBE 8" HIGH - ALL OF THEM COMMERCIALLY SOLD THAT I SHALL HAVE TO PLAY ON THE CHEAPY BECAUSE I'M TOO IMPECUNIOUS TO PLAY THE BOSE GAME YET AGAIN.

I WOULDN'T TRUST ANY BOSE PRODUCT AT THIS POINT INCLUDING WHAT USED TO BE (AND STILL ARE?)EXCELLENT SPEAKERS.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Small Unobtrusive Sound System Ever!, December 22, 2010

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DGG "DGG" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bose Acoustic Wave Music System II - Platinum White (Electronics)

If you want to fill a big room (or two or more) with great music without having equipment, speakers, wires, etc. scattered all over the house, than this is the system you want.

The clarity of the sound coming from this very attractive small(ish) system blew my mind. I never realized how "muddy" my other sound systems were until I bought this one. If you have never heard a Bose Wave Sound System II then I strongly suggest that you find a store and check it out. The stores are listed on the Bose website link below.

I bought an additional 5 cd attachment that gave me a total of 6 CD's, enough for lots of listening. There are also attachments for other devices. The Bose replace a much larger component system with large Yamaha speakers, etc. It sounds better than the more expensive system does.

The only negative I can think of is that if you want to shake the rafters with lots of bass and very loud volume you will have to get a different system with a bigger amp, speakers, and a woofer. The Bose gives good loud base-treble balance but it will never equal a heavy amped system's throbbing bass sound. However I don't think the average Bose buyer is looking for that much sound.

This system is expensive but as long a radios and CD's are around it will last a very long time. It is very well built and yet can be portable with an accessory case and power supply. I'll write another review about it in twenty years.

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