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Review on πŸ”Š Bose SoundTouch 20 Wireless Speaker with Alexa, Color: White - Model: 738063-1200 by Alan Sitton

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That sounds good; Software: BAD!

I bought the Soundtouch 20 to listen to internet radio and music on my NAS. After the initial setup, which was difficult because the Soundtouch *requires* a DLNA server, file sharing alone wasn't enough, everything worked fine. Fast forward a month or two and Bose has replaced its internet radio service with TuneIn. TuneIn doesn't have half the stations that were previously available, has poorer sound quality, and plays ads before "tuning in" which Internet Radio didn't. To top it off, Bose *NOT* allows you to enter your own streaming URLs, and workarounds via .pls files are blocked on the NAS, making TuneIn the ONLY radio stream source available on SoundTouch. Bose degraded my product months after purchase without notice and without asking for help. BUYER BEWARE!

Pros
  • Sturdy finish
Cons
  • Expensive