My old clock radio was great and I had good choice as to how I could use it but the quality of sound left much to be desired.



The sound repetition was very trebly if you know what I mean. Like the sound you would make banging an empty tin can. Yes these gadgets will wake you up in the morning. But not with the full bass and full rounded tones of a good quality alarm clock CD.

I am sure you would feel a lot better hearing the rich base sounds of your favorite piece of music over the scratchy hollow sound of the clock radio. There is really no credible choice between the two for me. The bonus difference between the two is that you can select a particular piece of music with the CD player but you can't do that with the radio.

So technically what makes the difference?

They both function as radios, they both function as clocks. Well as I said earlier it's the quality of the sound. You see in my opinion in clock radios the signal comes through very small speakers whereas the technology incorporated in systems that play CD's have much more up to date Bose style technology.

It's this technology that is good enough to be described as being of decent quality stereo sound.

We have just discussed a little bit about the technicalities but really in making a decision you need to balance desirable features against purchase cost. I mean what do you really want?

Do you just want to be woken up in the morning-then get an alarm? There are many mechanical and electrical ones and they'll both do the job for you.

Do you want to be woken up in the morning to the news or the radio station of your choice that happens to sound a bit tinny? Well get a clock radio alarm. The clocks and the alarms are reliable but the radio is at best average.

Or do you want to be woken up in style with the rich sounds of Mozart or Beethoven that are well balanced between bass and treble. Then get yourself a good quality alarm clock CD player.

When purchasing an alarm clock CD player you need to balance features against cost. Good luck and good hunting!