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Bose product

good dog — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:00:22 GMT

My Bose Music System III would not accept CDs anymore and after speaking to a Bose representative was told they no longer make that product and there is no one to fix it even a Bose staffer, so beware. I am now stuck with a Bose product that doesnt work. Would never buy a Bose anything since the company doesnt care. Buyer Beware.

Re: Bose product

JYWilliams — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:17:20 GMT

I own four. One of them did the same thing about 6 years ago and I was told that it couldn't be fixed. So on that particular one all I can do is listen to the radio. Expensive radio, LOL.

Re: Bose product

millieshops — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:18:47 GMT

@good dog I've had my Bose Wave for years now, so like pretty much everything technical I know it's outdated. I know I'll be irritated when it quits working, but that doesn't mean the company doesn't care. All it means is the company has moved on and not enough people want to buy whatever it is that you just lost the use of.

Over my long life, I've had so many devices from so many companies give me grief that if I vowed never to use them again, I doubt I could get dressed, be clean, or even buy food to eat.

Re: Bose product

Tori3569 — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:27:29 GMT

The wave 3 came out in 2007. Not many products have a useful life longer than 15 years. My Dad had that one and it went to my sister. The cd player stopped about a year ago. She learned the expected life span of that system is 12 years.

She's using it for the radio and bought a small cd player for that purpose.

Re: Bose product

TheMemphisVette — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:30:01 GMT

@good dog wrote:
My Bose Music System III would not accept CDs anymore and after speaking to a Bose representative was told they no longer make that product and there is no one to fix it even a Bose staffer, so beware. I am now stuck with a Bose product that doesnt work. Would never buy a Bose anything since the company doesnt care. Buyer Beware.

please provide age of product.

Re: Bose product

Snowpuppy — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:44:55 GMT

First post and this time of year someone will post negative reviews of Bose.

There is a huge move to get you to never own any media. Just stream it and keep their revenue stream going, month after month.

I have 2 Bose IV and gifted another 1 to DS. I did have an issue playing 1 burned cd but it was the brand of blank cd, not the system. Plays other cd brands just fine.

There's a used electronics store in my town and he will tinker with a device for a bench fee. That may be an option.

Re: Bose product

Mombo1 — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:54:01 GMT

@Tori3569 My Bose is on it's last leg... the radio works fine, but the cd player stopped working a couple months ago...

Re: Bose product

PickyPicky3 — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 20:05:57 GMT

There's no longer any sources of high quality CD player parts. So name brand manufacturers like Bose have stopped making them.

Cheaper electronics companies continue to manufacture them. You just have to accept that they won't last long.

Re: Bose product

cheriere — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 20:24:04 GMT

A couple years back my Bose cd player quit accepting cd's after someone tried inserting one when there was already one inside. Since then it's been in the box under the bed of a spare room. Guess I can confidently just let it go now lol. I too had hoped it may be able to be fixed.

Re: Bose product

gardenman — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 20:49:46 GMT

I'm very confident that Bose bought a premade CD drive rather than make one themself. That's the way modern manufacturing works. If you can get into the Bose radio and closely examine any markings/tag/labels on the drive, you should be able to identify the maker of the drive. Then you might be able to get a replacement.

There's a relative handful of companies that made CD drives, so if you can find who made your disc drive and the model number of it, you might be able to replace just the drive.

Re: Bose product

PickyPicky3 — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 21:03:18 GMT

If your Bose has an AUX input, you could try buying just a CD or DVD player (no speakers or amp) and plug it into the AUX. That way you could keep most of the Bose sound you love.

Re: Bose product

cindyNC — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 22:06:10 GMT

Just curious, but can't you load your CDs onto a phone or table and bluetooth with the Bose? Not sure when Bose added bluetooth.

Re: Bose product

Kachina624 — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 01:10:32 GMT

My Bose radio is fairly new and I guess it works okay but I dislike it so much I rarely turn it on. It's kind of a moot issue because not only is the instrument obsolete, so is radio itself. In my area there's one classical music station, which I tired of. All the rest are C&W, rock, Mexican, or religious, all genres in which I'm not interested. Nothing middle-of-the-road listenable music anymore.

Re: Bose product

SaveTheTurtles — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 02:57:57 GMT

Wow, I'm surprised to hear of all the issues. Bose was the premier brand back in the 70's. It was really high end with excellent sound. I guess the quality has gone down over the years as it does with a lot of brands,

Re: Bose product

gadgetgal613 — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 10:52:16 GMT

@SaveTheTurtles wrote:
Wow, I'm surprised to hear of all the issues. Bose was the premier brand back in the 70's. It was really high end with excellent sound. I guess the quality has gone down over the years as it does with a lot of brands,

The device in question was old. Everything eventually stops working and CD players are notorious for failing.