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Audio quality "CD Clock Radio"
I would like to have a CD Clock Radio for the side table in the
bedroom. Each of those options is necessary and important. My problem is that it is a tiny crowded space, and I don't have room for the mini systems I might have wanted. I looked at Tivoli (being very happy with their Model One radio), but they only seem to offer a two-component, which for that reason also adds up to $400. I would like to use less space and less money. All suggestions appreciated. |
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Audio quality "CD Clock Radio"
RPS wrote in message ...
I would like to have a CD Clock Radio for the side table in the bedroom. Each of those options is necessary and important. My problem is that it is a tiny crowded space, and I don't have room for the mini systems I might have wanted. Look at the TEAC range. They have a unit that is combined tuner, CD, clock with timer that doubles as an alarm. I can't remember what the model number is for the unit alone, (sold by HIFI shops) but I bought a unit from Comet or Currys (can't remember which, they're next door to one another in Taunton)which came with two TEAC speakers for about £120. Maybe not *true* HIFI, but a *lot* better than mini systems from Sony et al. Go to TEAC's web site and get their 'phone number. They were really helpful when I called. |
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Audio quality "CD Clock Radio"
RPS wrote in message ...
I would like to have a CD Clock Radio for the side table in the bedroom. Each of those options is necessary and important. My problem is that it is a tiny crowded space, and I don't have room for the mini systems I might have wanted. Some suggestions for CD clock radios: Bose Cambridge SoundWorks Sony TEAC Also, I think a lot of boomboxes and minisystems (which I know you don't want, but I'll mention anyway) have built-in clock radio features. My point here is that adding a clock and alarm feature is apparently so cheap and easy to do that many electronic components have those features. I looked at Tivoli (being very happy with their Model One radio), but they only seem to offer a two-component, which for that reason also adds up to $400. I would like to use less space and less money. All suggestions appreciated. |
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Neil wrote:
Some suggestions for CD clock radios: Bose Cambridge SoundWorks Sony TEAC Also, I think a lot of boomboxes and minisystems (which I know you don't want, but I'll mention anyway) have built-in clock radio features. My point here is that adding a clock and alarm feature is apparently so cheap and easy to do that many electronic components have those features. This is for a severely space-challenged nightstand, so even "mini" systems are too big. Besides, while many mini systems may have a clock "feature", if they are not designed as a clock radio the time display can be too small for that use. Sony has a couple of promising models. Bose is too expensive ($500). I have not seen Teac or Cambridge Soundworks anywhere, I think the latter only sells by mail order? Anyway, I am kind of disappointed that no "audiophile" companies have something like this with good audio and, having started on a search for "audiophile" quality cd-clock-radio, the best I have seen is a sony model at Circuit City! (Tivoli has a good radio, Boston Acoustics a good clock radio, but I haven't met my ideal "cd clock radio" yet.) If anybody in the Chicago area knows of a good audiophile store that has a great candidate, please post. |
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:10:47 GMT, RPS wrote:
Anyway, I am kind of disappointed that no "audiophile" companies have something like this with good audio and, having started on a search for "audiophile" quality cd-clock-radio, the best I have seen is a sony model at Circuit City! (Tivoli has a good radio, Boston Acoustics a good clock radio, but I haven't met my ideal "cd clock radio" yet.) Good audio doesn't come in such small packages, I'm afraid :-) Bass response can be forced out of a small box, but creates a very nasty and tiring sound (cf the Bose "Wave" boxes. Appealing on first hearing, but you soon get tired of listening to a single bass frequency). Get a cheap clock-radio. You can survive listening to the content, not the hi-fi, particularly when your head is buried in a pillow. I expect one of the "life-style" system providers would rig you up something compact, pretty, vastly over-priced and mediocre-sounding if you asked nicely ;-) |
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Audio quality "CD Clock Radio"
"Laurence Payne" wrote in
message Bass response can be forced out of a small box, but creates a very nasty and tiring sound (cf the Bose "Wave" boxes. Appealing on first hearing, but you soon get tired of listening to a single bass frequency). Just because Bose blew it, doesn't mean that someone else can't do it right. I was speaking with a designer about efforts to get large amounts of clean 40 Hz bass out of a 1-gallon enclosure. I think he's going to do it! |
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Audio quality "CD Clock Radio"
Laurence Payne wrote:
Good audio doesn't come in such small packages, I'm afraid :-) ... Get a cheap clock-radio. You can survive listening to the content, not the hi-fi, particularly when your head is buried in a pillow. Let me frame the question as follows: We need a cd clock radio. Because of the space limitation, it needs to be of the size of a clock radio, not boombox or mini-systems. Who offers the best audio quality within those limitations? Bose is too expensive (500) for what it sounds like. I am intrigued by Cambridge Audio unit (250?) but haven't heard it. Sony is an ok option at 100 but not great. Tivoli has a good radio, Boston a good clock radio, but neither has a decent CD clock radio. |
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Audio quality "CD Clock Radio"
On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 00:53:37 GMT, RPS wrote:
Let me frame the question as follows: We need a cd clock radio. Because of the space limitation, it needs to be of the size of a clock radio, not boombox or mini-systems. Who offers the best audio quality within those limitations? Bose is too expensive (500) for what it sounds like. I am intrigued by Cambridge Audio unit (250?) but haven't heard it. Sony is an ok option at 100 but not great. Tivoli has a good radio, Boston a good clock radio, but neither has a decent CD clock radio. So use a cheap clock radio to wake you, get up if you want to hear hi-fi. If you're awake enough to appreciate quality audio, why are you lying in bed? :-) |
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Laurence Payne wrote:
So use a cheap clock radio to wake you, get up if you want to hear hi-fi. The way I am approaching it is: If I am going to get a clock radio, may as well get the best sound for my money. That's all I am seeking. If you're awake enough to appreciate quality audio, why are you lying in bed? :-) I think you are on to something here---why I am lying in bed when I could be up and about---but this is no longer audio territory. :-) |
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Audio quality "CD Clock Radio"
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 04:23:56 GMT, RPS wrote:
So use a cheap clock radio to wake you, get up if you want to hear hi-fi. The way I am approaching it is: If I am going to get a clock radio, may as well get the best sound for my money. That's all I am seeking. To make a serious point: My alarm clock/radio for many years was a portable radio, with a front-mounted hf speaker and a side-mounted bass unit. This second speaker was switchable. With it on, the sound was definitely "better". But, for my purposes, which included setting the radio to a 30-minute switch-off as I prepared for sleep, it was a nuisance. With it the sound was annoyingly intrusive. "Hi-fi" actually turned out to be a negative factor in the special contest of a bedside clock-radio ! |
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Audio quality "CD Clock Radio"
Laurence Payne wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 04:23:56 GMT, RPS wrote: So use a cheap clock radio to wake you, get up if you want to hear hi-fi. The way I am approaching it is: If I am going to get a clock radio, may as well get the best sound for my money. That's all I am seeking. To make a serious point: My alarm clock/radio for many years was a portable radio, with a front-mounted hf speaker and a side-mounted bass unit. This second speaker was switchable. With it on, the sound was definitely "better". But, for my purposes, which included setting the radio to a 30-minute switch-off as I prepared for sleep, it was a nuisance. With it the sound was annoyingly intrusive. "Hi-fi" actually turned out to be a negative factor in the special contest of a bedside clock-radio ! Mine for years was... A switching box. I found this neat electronic power strip/switchbox with a timer and clock in it for about $100 15 years ago(died 5 years later in an earthquake ). It would even turn on banks in series a second apart so as to not blow the breaker. Set the time and presto - stereo turned on at the same time every morning. It was silver and about the size of a CD player/tape deck - fit in the stereo rack. Not merely an outlet strip. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=14 978 Mine was silver, but simmilar. Neat toy. http://djsoucek.webpark.cz/a_pioneer_dt_530.htm http://djsoucek.webpark.cz/a_pioneer_dt_500.htm(nice picture) IIRC, mine was something like this. I don't know if these type of devices are still made, but they are far better an alternative than a clock radio. |
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Audio quality "CD Clock Radio"
Laurence Payne wrote:
So use a cheap clock radio to wake you, get up if you want to hear hi-fi. If you're awake enough to appreciate quality audio, why are you lying in bed? :-) Presumably for one of those days when you "just can't get the bloody bed off your back"? Choobs -- Sir Chewbury Gubbins Knight of the Wholly Gnarly Widget http://www.nelefa.org |
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Audio quality "CD Clock Radio"
Joseph Oberlander wrote:
Mine for years was... A switching box. I found this neat electronic power strip/switchbox with a timer and clock in it for about $100 15 years ago(died 5 years later in an earthquake ). It would even turn on banks in series a second apart so as to not blow the breaker. Set the time and presto - stereo turned on at the same time every morning. It was silver and about the size of a CD player/tape deck - fit in the stereo rack. Not merely an outlet strip. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=14 978 Mine was silver, but simmilar. Neat toy. http://djsoucek.webpark.cz/a_pioneer_dt_530.htm http://djsoucek.webpark.cz/a_pioneer_dt_500.htm(nice picture) IIRC, mine was something like this. I don't know if these type of devices are still made, but they are far better an alternative than a clock radio. I love the pictures. However, what I need is not to switch on my hi-fi system that sits in the living room, but a small cd clock radio on the space-challenged nightstand right in the bed-room! So far the best deal appears to Sony 863 (can't rememebr the full model number), $99. There are better sounding clock radios from Tivoli radio and Boston but neither company offers a decent "cd clock radio" solution. There is something from Cambridge Soundworks, designed by Henry Kloss, around $259, looks like Bose's $500 rip-off, but I haven't heard it. |
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