Currently I have, located on top of the microwave in my kitchen (but with the two small speakers spread a bit farther…the woofer component sits on the microwave,) a compact but supposedly “good” player I bought from Brookstone several years ago.
The sound (although I haven’t the most sensitive ears on the planet) seems quite decent for a small profile player.
The problem is the cd lid on the main unit which has a funky latch and tends to pop open (thus stopping play) whenever anything happens (a drawer shuts, the dog barks, a person walks hard, etc.) I keep a weight on top to hold the lid down, but it is still sensitive and is easily interrupted.
Hence, I’d like something else which will be reliable. I have read that Bose systems, while heavily advertising their own reputation, are not worth the money.
What is? Anyone know?
Currently: (the watering can…not part of the system. The brown clay thing tries to hold the top door to the cd player in precisely the correct position–neither open nor all the way closed. nuisance.)
Does the main unit have an Aux input or Line-in? If so, you could just pick up a fairly cheap portable clamshell-type CD player and set it on top in place of the clay blob. The clamshell is impervious to popping open, and portable players have built-in shock resistance against bumps and thumps in your kitchen. And you keep the sound and basic functionality of your existing unit - though not remote control of the CD, of course. Just an idea.
I would go the opposite way, as emmline was talking Bose, and suggest a Denon micro system it will blow her current system out of the water (and the Bose system also) and be reliable as well.
Emm, I should think it would be easy to get a little piece of wood or plastic or metal, drill a little hole in it and in the top next to the door that opens and screw it down, will work like an old timey gate or door latch. swing it over door to hold down, off door to open. I’ve been usin this set up for years
Could work. The problem with the clay thing I’m using (which is, incidentally, an arts&crafts project my son did a long time ago,) is that if the lid is pushed tightly shut it registers as “open” (that’s what the read-out says as an excuse for quitting.) Likewise, with no weight at all, it pops completely open. So the trick is that it has to be weighted just so, and a slight jostle changes the weight and makes it think it’s been opened.
WINNER! (ding ding ding ding!)