I have lost my remote for Bose wave radio. Do you carry just remotes for Bose?> Do you ca – Learn about Bose - Wave® Radio IV - Silver with 3 Answers – Best Buy More on bestbuy.com

So I got my dad's old Bose Wave Music System, I'm pretty sure it's the first model since it doesn't have a "II" or "III" on the tag with the serial number. Basically we lost the remote over the summer, and it appears that no one sells new ones anymore. There's a replacement remote on Amazon, ... More on reddit.com

If they said a universal remote, I'm assuming they are talking about third party ones you get from any electrical store. Unfortunately that probably means they no longer have official Bose ones as well. In which case, yes pretty much any universal one should be fine. Most will be Infra-Red, so they don't need to be paired, but they will need to be programmed. It will probably have 20-50 codes for Bose products, and you would need to go through each to find which one works best, but you still may not have full control over the system (depending on what buttons it actually has and most are designed for TVs/DVDs/Home theatre). Realistically these remotes are becoming less useful and less available, as TVs switch to BT remotes. So an electrical store may only have one or two styles anyway. More on reddit.com

I hate it when products lose important features to appear "slick" or "modern." More on reddit.com