Ordered one of these and I should have it tomorrow, I was going to buy the Bowers & Wilkins Z2 dock but to be honest, I'm not a great fan of docks, how long will it be before the dock standard changes again <smile>, at least with AirPlay things will still work.
Someone asked about the Bowers & Wilkins Controller App and its Accessibility? Well the App is accessible to a point but you really need sight to use the App, for example you have to press the buttons on the IOS screen corresponding to the colour of the light showing on the front of the A5, you can label the buttons in the App easily enough but what's the point if you can't see the lights. Thankfully there's an alternate way to set up the A5, plug it into your network, access the built-in HTML Interface and set up the A5 to join your Wi-Fi network from there, this seems to be pretty standard procedure these days for most Wi-Fi compatible players and products. I decided to do a major upgrade of my Media Players, Network Players, Internet radio etc, I got a Pioneer Network Media player that looks quite promising, has vTuner built-in along with Spotify and the ability to connect with DLAn compatible servers, you can access this player via the Pioneer Controller App. They say good devices and designs stand the test of time, I agree with that statement and this certainly applies to the Logitech Squeezebox Boom and Squeezebox Radio models I have, both are perfect examples of what Internet radios and media players should be and they're the only units I know of where a person with no site has a dedicated and accessible alarm clock radio at their disposal. ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
