Bose 738031-1710 Wave SoundTouch Music System IV, Works with Alexa, Espresso Black

I purchased this item about three months ago and I have very much enjoyed it. It was very easy to set up and there are so many options to listening to music, talk radio, or nature sounds, just whatever you enjoy. It offers IHeartRadio and Pandora which are free, you just need to have an account. Their paid music services are Spotify, SiriusXM, and Deezer. I signed up with Deezer because just for buying this Bose music system they offered a discount on their price. I got it for $4.99/month for 12 months (their usual price is $9.99/month). I have really enjoyed setting up my playlists and listening to Deezer on my Bose music system. Bose just recently did an update (June 2016) and added Amazon Music to their music services for Prime members. Unfortunately, you can not listen to your own Amazon Prime Playlists, but you have the options of listening to Amazon's pre-selected Prime Playlists and Amazon's Prime Stations. I hope eventually they change this so that I can listen to my own Amazon Prime playlists that I have set up. You can still listen to your Amazon Prime playlists, but you would have to do so by using Bluetooth. You can also listen to Spotify and any music on your computer or other devices by using Bluetooth, you just have to make sure your computer doesn't go into sleep mode or it will stop playing. It also has a place where you can hook up an auxillary cable and listen your Ipod or MP3 player. You can also listen to local and internet radio stations. It also has a cd player. I listen to it a lot at night, I just put in my White Noise CD and set it to repeat and it will play all night. The remote control has six presets, so you can preset your favorite playlists or radio stations. There are a couple of downsides to it. First, I think it has a little too much bass sound and the settings that it gives you are" Normal Bass" and "Reduced Bass", and honestly I can't tell that the Reduced Bass really changes it much, so I wish there were better controls for this. Also, the other downside is the price. I definitely think it cost too much, but having said that, I don't regret buying it. I think it is a great music system and I've really been enjoying it.Update: I've had this music system for over a year now and it still works and sounds great. Also, just recently Amazon Music Services added "My Music" to their services, so now you can listen to your own Amazon Playlists and not just their pre-selected playlists. There is one thing that I wish Bose would add to their Music Systems and Speakers, and that is a setting to be able to listen to all track/songs at the same volume level. It can be quite annoying when you're listening to a playlist and one track is really loud and then the next track is very low. I know that when I listen to Spotify on my laptop, they have the option to "Set the same volume for all songs". Even if you have a Spotify Premium subscription and listen to it on the Bose Music System, unfortunately that option does not carry over. I hope that one day Bose will have this option as a setting for their products. Other than that, I'm still very much enjoying the music system.

LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT.I have had several Bose products over the years and have always been impressed with the quality of the sound they are able to get in such a small package.My first experience was with it in my car in 2000. I liked it. Shortly afterwards, I bought 2 of the smaller CD/Wave Radios with a convenient remite, which delivered superb sound in a small footprint.Next, not long after that, I bought 2 Lifestyle multi-speaker systems with the 4 jewel cube speakers and the big subwoofer, one for the big screen TV, and the other for music in the living room.It has probably been 15 years since I bought a Bose product, but we decided to upgrade the Wave radio that we use in the kitchen while preparing food, since I wanted to be able to access my computer music wirelessly.I received the Wave SoundTouch System a few days ago, and set it up easily after reading the quick-start instructions and downloading the Soundtouch App on my Galaxy Tablet.I am amazed at the advance in wireless technology since I bought my earlier Bose equipment.It is SO CONVENIENT to be able to access everything with my app on the tablet, even from a different room.I'm sure I will be able to access all the music on my computer - and there is a bunch, using wireless WiFi or Bluetooth. The radio/CD sits on a pedestal which makes all the wireless connections.It came with a Demo CD, which I played first. It delivered a STUNNING sound for such a small footprint, Clear, crisp, realistic, and astounding percussion and fidelity. I LOVED IT!Next, I checked my Amazon Prime free music, using the house Wi-Fi with my Galaxy tablet. There is a wealth of searchable free music available from Amazon Prime and I've been playing it all morning, from my easy chair in the living room with the tablet.I don't want Bose to read this, but it would have been worth it even if the price had been much higher.My wife is just as impressed as I am, as was my neighbor, so we are making it a joint Christmas gift to the both of us.I'm glad I bought it. It greatly improves the convenience music quality of our lives, since we both love music.