Apart from turning the volume controls an the TV and gamepad is there any way to get rid of that annoying repetitive music that plays while the menu is showing and when games are loading?

Seems to have stirred up a bit of a hornets nest as most seem to have missed the point of the original post. It was not my intention to intimate that the Wii U was not an improvement on the Wii, my intention was to point out that it could have been even better. The Wii was an innovative gaming experience when it was first introduced, standing out against all the completion with its different approach but it did have several drawbacks, such as being slow to load games and having mediocre graphics. I had expected that the Wii U would address these problems while keeping the good features the Wii had, but it does not. No doubt the operating system will improve over time and many games that take advantage of the new features will appear I also realise that there are work arounds for those missing channels I mentioned but one must question whether that is actually progress? Finally, I always thought my Wii was slow but on boot it takes 7 seconds to get to the menu, my Wii U takes 32 seconds even with the improvement made in CPU and memory technology from the time of the Wii development; Is the new OS four times larger?

I thought that getting the Wii U would provide an improvement on my well used Wii but ended up disappointed. Although there are some great new features many of the features I liked on the Wii are missing and everything is so slow to load. To run Wii games you have to wait while the console reboots into a stripped down Wii menu and the useful Connect24 programs like the News channel and the Weather channel are no longer available. You can no longer download your Mii to the controller to take with you to play on your friends console and no travelling Miis. I had hoped to pension off my Wii but looks a though I will have to keep it going to enjoy the features I like while I continue to enjoy the new games and additions on the Wii U.