I need a new alarm clock.

[rusellmj]

Willing to spend around $100. I prefer being lulled gently from my sleep so I kept my old clock tuned to the local classical station. I've recently thought about trying nature sounds too. I started looking at units with CD playing ability for this purpose and then found this (http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productview/sku=SI564SL2/catid=102/pcatid=1). After reading reviews on epinions it seems Sharper Image gear has suspect reliability and their customer support is run by donkeys.

Let me have it.

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

Check out the bottom two items (http://www.lighttherapyproducts.com/biobrite.html)

[rusellmj]

Interesting. You use one of them?

[Soul Daddy]

My favorite (http://www.aggressivemall.com/flflalcl.html)

[rusellmj]

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My favorite (http://www.aggressivemall.com/flflalcl.html)

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Haha, I like the blue one.

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

Nope. Just heard they work pretty well and I assume it's a lot more enjoyable to wake up to light than to some noise.

I'd try one out but I don't want to spend that much money when I can just use the alarm on my cell phone.

[rusellmj]

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I wear hearing aids during daylight hours so I need something that generates a little volume. The one I linked has a ramp up feature which will allow me to set the volume pretty high but not get blasted out of bed.
Although Sharper Image does sell this. (http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productview.jhtml?sku=SA650)

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

That seems cool, especially if you can set the timers on each thing separately. I'd love for the vibrating thing to go off 20 minutes before so I could laze around a little before actually getting up.

[dlk9s]

The biggest problem with a CD alarm clock is that if you actually use a music CD that you like, you will come to hate whatever song you use. So, pick a decent song, but not one you love.

I have a Sting song play in mine and every time my wife and I hear the song on the radio, we instantly change the channel. Any association with having to wake up for work is a bad one.

[tonypaladino]

Although Sharper Image does sell this. (http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productview.jhtml?sku=SA650)

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I use the Sonic Boom. I have so much trouble getting out of bed with regular alarm clocks, but the vibrating does it.

TONY

[squeek12]

$100 to spend on an alarm clock, I can only hope.

[theredpill9]

Magnavox alarm clocks are good if you want a cheap one. Just don't buy Emerson. Those are the worst I've ever seen.

[Arbogast]

Best of luck on your journey. You are about to discover that NO ONE makes a truly great alarm clock. It's the greatest backwater in the consumer electronics field. Why this is so is a mystery to me.

[rusellmj]

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Best of luck on your journey. You are about to discover that NO ONE makes a truly great alarm clock. It's the greatest backwater in the consumer electronics field. Why this is so is a mystery to me.

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Lies!! (Puts fingers in ears)

Hey, how about this one (http://www.alarmclocksonline.com/21547.htm) ?