Currently Available on eBay
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 BOSE AWRC3P WAVE RADIO/CD PLAYER  £150.00
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 97-01 Acura CL Bose Am Fm Radio Cd Player & Theft Code 39100-SS8-A000 £33.05
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 Bose Wave Radio II AWRCC2 w/ Multi CD Player & Remote #4 £328.97
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 1997 97 NISSAN PATHFINDER Bose Radio CD Player Cassette Player OEM 96 97 98 ~ £28.47
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 02 03 NISSAN ALTIMA BOSE AM/FM RADIO 6 DISCS CD PLAYER PY030 OEM £101.21
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 MAZDA MILLENIA 95 TO 99 FACTORY RADIO AM FM CD PLAYER AND CASETTE BOSE SYSTEM £50.61
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 2000 00 INFINITI I30 BOSE RADIO Bose Radio CD & Cassette Player OEM ~ £41.12
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 GPS Antenna for GM CHEVY BOSE NAVIGATION DVD RADIO CD 15940102 PLAYER £18.97
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 BOSE WAVE AWRC3P CD/RADIO PLAYER Platinum White £230.00
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 Acura Bose Car Radio CD Cassette Tape Player 1999 FM AM Radio £25.30 |
 BOSE Wave Radio & CD player Model AWRC-1P White Alarm Music £47.45
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 NEW Bose Wave Radio CD Player Multimedia Pedestal Model AWACCP Graphite Gray NR! £15.81
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 95-99 Oldsmobile Cutlass Alero Aurora Bose Radio Cd Cassette Player 09350333 £38.27
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 Bose Wave Radio CD Player £41.00
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 99 00 01 02 03 ACRUA TL RL BOSE 6 CD PLAYER RADIO £94.89
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 Bose 321 2.1 Home cinema system with DVD/CD Player, Radio and Aux £132.00
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 cd bose radio player £94.89
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 bose wave radio am fm alarm clock cd player £63.26
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 Used, in great condition Bose Sound Wave Radio/CD Player model AWRC-2P AWRC-2G £99.00
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 Bose Wave Radio & CD Player £195.00
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 07 08 Mazda CX-7 XM BOSE Radio 6 Disc Changer CD Player EG27669RX 2007 2008 2009 £158.16
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 97-01 Acura CL Bose Am Fm Radio Cd Player & Theft Code 39100-SS8-A010 £33.05
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 BOSE WAVE MUSIC SYSTEM CD PLAYER AM/FM RADIO REMOTE MANUAL & UPDATE DISC & OTHER £63.26
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 98 MAZDA 626 BOSE AM/FM RADIO W/ CD PLAYER 4M31 OEM £37.95
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Bose Sounddock White Digital Music System
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Bose® SoundDock® digital music system (Gloss Black)
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Bose® SoundDock® digital music system (Silver)
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PURE Contour, Dock for iPod and iPhone with DAB/FM/Internet Radio and Video Out
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Is there a CD player/radio with quality as good as Bose that is cheaper?
My parents have a Bose CD player/radio on trial which will cost £499.99. They like it but I don't want them to pay so much unnecessarily. Are there any cd players with radio for cheaper? Any help would be much appreciated!
For £500.00, you could buy a whole compact stereo system from any number of companies, which will sound better than the Bose (assuming you're trial unit is a Bose "Wave" tabletop radio). The Bose is a moderate sounding unit with jacked-up bass.... compared to old fashioned table radios, it sounds good largely because they lack any real bass. But compared to modern designs, it's way overpriced.
A bookshelf system is your best bet if you have the room but still want something small-ish. Here are some UK-based "bookshelf" component alternatives:
http://www.avreview.co.uk/news/article/mps/uan/991
These take up more room than the Bose, but support DAB and they're both lower cost and better sounding, in particularly because, with detached speakers, you have the option of a much wider sound field.
If you really want a tabletop radio, you can get something that sounds about as good for much, much less. I like anything from Boston Acoustics over Bose, though they've also become a little trendy (read: pricey) in recent years. The only BA CD unit I know of is the MicroSystem CD, which has somewhat mixed reviews (though generally better than the Bose).
Not sure what you can find in the UK, but the Teac-GR10i has a great reputation, for under US$100. Another great sounding unit is the Tivoli M2TPE, which is a two-box unit, but sounds far better than the Bose for about half the price... and I'm pretty certain there are European versions of the Tivoli, and it has one of the best tuners you'll find anywhere. Cambridge Soundworks has a number of excellent tabletops... the SoundWorks i765 plays CD and DVD, includes an iPod port, sound better than the Bose, and runs around half the price.