Looking for a clock radio suggestion.....

[Don]

>>> Bose Wave Radio is always an option.

too big and clunky for a nighttable.....and the later models don't have any 
buttons on the unit...you have to use a remote...and you can imagine that 
would get lost!  LOL




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary's Ice Cream" <gary@garysicecream.com>
To: "'Jim Hall'" <aerie.ma@comcast.net>; "'Boston Radio Mailing List'" 
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Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 3:48 PM
Subject: RE: Looking for a clock radio suggestion.....


> Bose Wave Radio is always an option.
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> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Jim Hall
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> Subject: RE: Looking for a clock radio suggestion.....
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> I went through this a couple of years ago. My conclusion is that there are 
> no decent clock radios any more. People use their iPhones to wake them up. 
> All the clock radios available are (1) too small, with the buttons too 
> close together, so when you wake up groggy, you'll either hit the wrong 
> button or knock the radio onto the floor (2) the sound quality is abysmal 
> on them; you would never "lull yourself to sleep with soft music" on a 
> clock radio; 1 inch speaker if you're lucky (3) not all the clock radios 
> have battery backup, and if they do, it may not work well; my current 
> clock radio either loses the time completely during a power failure, or 
> speeds up so that when the power comes back, the clock is 20 minutes fast.
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> To wake up, I use an old fashioned wind-up Big Ben alarm clock. To listen 
> to the radio, I have my CC radio on the bedside table.
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> From: Boston-Radio-Interest 
> <boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org> On Behalf Of Donna 
> Halper
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:25 PM
> To: Don <astelle.donald@gmail.com>; 
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> Subject: Re: Looking for a clock radio suggestion.....
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> On 3/16/2018 1:07 AM, Don wrote:
>> Anyone have suggestions for a decent clock radio?  I am in need of a
>> new one.
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> I found the same problem-- few options for clock radios.  But I was able 
> to buy a Timex (yup, they still make 'em)  AM/FM clock radio, model T231Y. 
> It does all the stuff you asked about, and it works very well. I believe 
> Walmart still carries them...  I tend to wake up to either WBZ or WBUR.
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