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Bose Wave SoundTouch Music System IV, works with Alexa, Platinum Silver (738031-1310)

Color:Platinum Silver Wave SoundTouch Music System IV Silver. With Bluetooth connectivity and the ability to stream music services such as Pandora and Spotify, the Wave SoundTouch music system IV delivers room-filling music with the rich, full soun...

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Reception

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Quality

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Bose

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System

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Phone

(14 reviews)
Money

(13 reviews)
Feature

(23 reviews)
Radio

(47 reviews)
Music

(38 reviews)
Product

(56 reviews)
Speaker

(19 reviews)
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Reviews around setup (5.00 of 5)

  • If you don't have a tablet or smartphone the setup isn't that great
  • It emits every small sound to a perfect T, so if you really want to hear every note in the music you are playing or the sounds in that audio book, this is a great system
  • I can play my CDs again, the sound is wonderful--typical BOSE and easy setup and operation although I'm still working on the app and how I'll use that
  • Setup was fairly straightforward, and I was able to do it wirelessly through our home wifi system
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Reviews around reception (5.00 of 5)

  • >> Can add external antenna for AM/FM radio if the 8 ft power cord isn't sufficiently good reception
  • A den, office, porch, garage, no problem as long as you either get great FM reception or buy a dedicated FM antenna (ANTV makes an outstanding product
  • Reception is decent, and I did not notice it much better with the exeternal FM antenna plugged in.
  • Instead, the FM antenna is part of the power cord, so be sure the cord is fully-extended for best reception
  • Great reception on both the AM and FM bands - no external antenna needed or special placement in the house
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Reviews around quality (4.83 of 5)

  • The sound quality is good, but the Bose apps are garbage
  • Sound quality is excellent with internet or CD sources.
  • Radio is OK, Internet radio works OK, sound quality is OK, but a bit muddy.
  • great speak with the fantastic sound quality that bose always delivers
  • Not the best sound quality, but they cancel noise well.
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Reviews around bose (4.77 of 5)

  • I can play my CDs again, the sound is wonderful--typical BOSE and easy setup and operation although I'm still working on the app and how I'll use that
  • I have wanted a Bose for over 30 years, finally bought it, and it has exceeded all my expectations!
  • I finally bought this to replace my 20 year old Bose radio, which still works great, other than a speaker I damaged
  • I'm pleased the Bose doesn't do that, but still I like to adjust it myself
  • Love that Bose created a wireless/Bluetooth alternative.
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Reviews around system (4.66 of 5)

  • This is a decent sound system for such a compact system.
  • This is a great-sounding and great-looking compact sound system from Bose
  • This sound system was the best Bose system I have ever heard!
  • It emits every small sound to a perfect T, so if you really want to hear every note in the music you are playing or the sounds in that audio book, this is a great system
  • This system may go back for the cheaper system without Wi-Fii.
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Reviews around phone (4.58 of 5)

  • As a Windows Phone user, I was not happy to learn that Bose doesn’t support my phone
  • A little hard to connect to my smart phone, but I'm old
  • It connected to my computer, smart phone, and amazon HD kindle in about 10 minutes.
  • I like the smart phone control of the stations and the fact that once the presets are set then you can just use it with the supplied remote
  • However, you MUST use the SoundTouch App on a "smart" device (phone or tablet) to fully control the units as a group
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Reviews around money (4.55 of 5)

  • all over - well spent money is not an object - so if any of you can recommend something i would appreciate.
  • Awesome sounding radio, costly, but worth the money if you enjoy listening to a great sounding radio
  • This purchase was a waste of precious money, in our opinion.
  • Very very frustrated that I wasted this money!!!
  • And although this is a pretty expensive radio it has been some of the best money I ever spent
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Reviews around feature (4.51 of 5)

  • because, like some of us, I still have my CD'sThe internet radio is a great feature that I use regularly
  • It also has a remote control and can be used as an alarm clock (a feature I have not tried)
  • I haven't checked out all the other features yet, but so far it works great!
  • Using AirPlay is a great feature: you just tap the AirPlay on any AirPlay device (i.e. Safari browser, Apple TV, etc), select the Bose device and sound will play through the Bose
  • The Soundtouch app is really a great feature too, we like being able to play all our amazon prime music playlists on this system!
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Reviews around radio (4.49 of 5)

  • I enjoy bose radio IV as it is compact ,works with the Wi-Fi has a CD player as well as an antenna radio
  • The shipping the very slow; took over 2 weeks to arrive and I took pictures of the box as it was destroyed although the radio itself was not damaged.
  • •I love the internet radio, but having only 6 presets for that (and the regular radio) is a flaw
  • Unfortunately, the linkage is extremely poor and I have essentially purchased an expensive radio.
  • And although this is a pretty expensive radio it has been some of the best money I ever spent
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Reviews around music (4.37 of 5)

  • But that aside, I highly recommend the Bose wave sound touch music IV.
  • There is a wealth of searchable free music available from Amazon
  • The Bose Wave SoundTouch Music System IV produces beautiful sounding music from the radio or CD player.
  • My sister is Always late to work so I can wake her up in early morning with loud music even if I'm thousand miles from her ( you need to have Internet on the phone )
  • The disc either does not play or while it plays there is an almost constant scratching/grinding sound accompanying the music.
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Reviews around product (4.16 of 5)

  • Great product, and so nice not to have to buy a lot of big music units that stack and speakers.
  • Bose really has a great product, despite what the so called “audio experts” have to say.
  • A really great product and easily controlled with our smart phones and iPads.
  • I don't want this to be so bad that I don't enjoy this product
  • Excellent sound quality (as you would expect from a bose product) / Excellent product / would definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys listening to music.
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Reviews around speaker (4.08 of 5)

  • Not a lot of bass to muffle the sound or shake the speakers, but it does get very loud when you raise the volume, but never sounds distorted
  • The sound quality out of those two small speakers is amazing
  • Excellent speakers, and compact system operated on my iPhone created wonderful, rich sound.
  • I have had many fine speakers and am a musician as well and know an awful lot about good quality sound
  • One thing I'd like to say is when I play songs through my phone via bluetooth, the speaker sometimes creates a glitch
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Reviews around app (3.73 of 5)

  • The phone app (free) is easy to setup and use with it, so I'm happy.
  • Docking a star, uninstalling the SoundTouch app from the iMac, and reverting to only playing iTunes music via our iPad Mini, which I just got working again.
  • To control music with your smartphone, you have to download an app there as well
  • And I found the iphone app to control the unit works well from my iPhone
  • The Soundtouch app (on both my iPad and iPhone) is great.
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Reviews around connection (1.80 of 5)

  • As it stands now, it is not super easy to do that--I seem to lose the connection with one to do the other
  • Other speaker systems I have used bluetooth would always lose connection or have broken playback
  • It at least appears they have created a proprietary connection so they can charge $50 for a $12 part.
  • Speaker had a static sound that appeared to be a bad connection in the unit.
  • The Bose app (phone and Windows 10) keeps loosing connection to the speaker and I have to keep to power cycle the SoundTouch unit.
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Reviews around drive (1.38 of 5)

  • I connected the Bose system to my computer because I have a lot of music files on my hard drive.
  • If I didn't have the Diskstation, I could hook an external hard drive or even a USB thumb drive to the router and it could provide music to the Bose radio
  • My library is located on a PC, and even though the hard drive is accessible from the local network, I cannot connect the Bose to it because it is not a NAS (Network Addressable Storage) drive
  • My library is located on a PC, and even though the hard drive is accessible from the local network, I cannot connect the Bose to it because it is not a NAS (Network Addressable Storage) drive
  • The same holds true for playing music that has been stored on your computer' s hard drive.
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More about Bose Wave SoundTouch Music System IV, works with Alexa, Platinum Silver (738031-1310)

  • Color:Platinum Silver Wave SoundTouch Music System IV Silver
  • With Bluetooth connectivity and the ability to stream music services such as Pandora and Spotify, the Wave SoundTouch music system IV delivers room-filling music with the rich, full sound you’ve come to expect from Bose
  • It also accommodates music CDs and includes an AM/FM radio tuner, so you can enjoy your music no matter where it comes from
  • The system’s deep, rich sound quality is the result of an exclusive Bose innovation—waveguide speaker technology
  • It allows the Wave SoundTouch system to deliver the performance of larger and more expensive stereos—all from a compact system in a fresh, updated design
  • Thanks to its wireless connectivity, you can expand your music’s reach by adding other SoundTouch systems whenever you want
  • Play the same music throughout your home, or different music in different rooms
  • It works with your home Wi-Fi network and Bluetooth devices so you can play almost anything you can imagine
  • A free, powerful app lets you explore music services like Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadioTM and Deezer
  • It also gives you access to thousands of Internet radio stations and your own stored music library
  • So you can always find the perfect music
  • The app also transforms your phone into a powerful remote that keeps you in control of your favorite music, no matter where you are
  • And with Bluetooth connectivity built into every system, you can listen to whatever you want from any Bluetooth device
  • But what makes SoundTouchtruly different is that you can also access your favorite music directly—without using a smartphone, tablet or other device
  • Simply touch one of the six presets on the handy remote and you’re instantly enjoying your favorite Spotify playlist, Internet radio station or stored music
  • The Wave SoundTouch system’s large, easy-to-read display shows the music source, time and more
  • There’s also gently rising dual alarms for different wake-up times— and you can simply touch the top for on, off or snooze.