I can not believe it, but about 1 hour after I posted this, my CD player arrived in the mail.
Judging from the comments about how good they are about replacing the headphone piece when it breaks, I will raise my evaluation to a B- (although I am not looking forward to having the left side piece break)
Is the Bose warrenty for just 1 year? Is there any way to extend the warrenty? I purchased mine directly from Bose.