# Zen Clocks - Yea or Nay?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zen-clocks-yea-or-nay/186406>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 5, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zen-clocks-yea-or-nay/186406 "2003-07-05T17:46:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lesa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesa)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zen-clocks-yea-or-nay/186406/21 "2003-07-07T22:26:50Z")

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DougC - they do make alarm clocks that play tapes. I’ve had one for years and love it.

Here’s one by Sony:

[http://store.yahoo.com/electronicsemall2k/sonyicfcs660.html](http://store.yahoo.com/electronicsemall2k/sonyicfcs660.html)

(Disclaimer: I’m not recommending this specific site to order from, since I’m not familiar with them. I’m just showing you an example.)

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**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zen-clocks-yea-or-nay/186406/22 "2003-07-08T02:27:34Z")

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I have one and love it. It wakes me up just slowly enough. Usually I don’t even remember the first few rings, and I think I’ve just woken up naturally until I realize that it’s the exact time I set my alarm for.

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