Hi Sieghard. Thanks so much for this awesome review. I'm surprised of the accessibility and flexibility of the system.. I especially like the small box you can take with you in an other room. I already have a nice theatur system. Can I somehow just buy this small box without buying the whole system, or how much do I need to buy to only get that small box working? I don't get in your review if the whole system has a main control system or if only one of these equipments is required. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: [email protected] Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
Den 04/06/2012 kl. 01.37 skrev Sieghard: > Hi Annie and Eric, > > Nice to hear about another Sonos user, I think apart from myself and > you, Annie, there is Neil Barnfather and at least one or two others. > > By the way, this is a long post as I am reviewing/describing how the > Sonos system works in detail. > > Eric, if the Sonos price tag works for you I can only recommend it. > It's an awesome setup and the Sonos iPhone app works well although it > has a few unlabelled buttons. Not a big deal any more since you can > now label buttons with Voiceover. This is actually one complaint I > keep telling Sonos about, I have been asking them to fix this for > about 2 years and while their customer service is fantastic, this is > something they just don't react to. The Sonos Desktop Controller on > the PC also works well with Jaws. You used to have to use the Jaws > cursor quite a bit, but with the second last update they totally > changed the interface and you can now tab around in the application > and do everything quite well, nothing actually reads any more on the > screen with the Jaws cursor. I think it's important that those of us > who use Sonos and the app let their customer support know so they > realize that it's not just one blind guy using it and that they do > have to keep accessibility in mind. > > The nice thing with Sonos is that you can start with just a bridge and > 1 player, you could go with a Play:3 and a bridge and you'd be out > about $400 (I think it's $299 for the Play:3 and $100 for the bridge). > The Play:5 which is their larger boombox type unit is $399 in the > States, the CONNECT I think is $399 as well and the CONNECT:Amp which > has a built-in 110 Wat Class D amplifyer and connects to regular > speakers is $499. I might be slightly off on those prices since I am > in Canada and while they ship for free, it is a bit more expensive > here. > > Sonos just announced a new wireless Subwover called simply "Sub" to go > with the Play:3, Play:5 and CONNECT:Amp. The fancy high-gloss piano > black finish version starts shipping on June 19 and will be $599. I > was about ready to order it, but when I called the girl I spoke to > told me they will release a matte black version most likely in > September and it will be only $599 and since I will most likely put it > under the bed or in some corner anyways I don't really care to spend > $100 just for a glossy finish. Once you pair the Sub with you > rexisting unit everything will automatically adjust to accommodate the > frequencies the Sub will take over and given the quality of the other > components I am sure it will be a very nice unit. > > For those who wonder what Sonos is to begin with, you can read about > it at www.Sonos.com. Here is my description/review: > > Sonos is a wireless multi-room music system. You have the CONNECT > which either connects to an existing stereo (I have it hooked up to my > Sony home theatre receiver in my living room and I have a second one > on a high-end system in my basement and it just delivers any online > radio stream or any music you have on your computer wirelessly to that > receiver. You can connect it either with an RCA analogue cable or a > digital optical or digital coax cable. Instead of hooking it up to an > existing music system you could also just plug a pair of powered > speakers into the RCA output. > > The CONNECT:Amp is, as I mentioned, a full self-contained amplifyer > which hooks up to any regular set of speakers and it also has an RCA > input so you could hook up any other music source such as a CD player, > an FM Tuner etc. In my application I have built-in ceiling or in-wall > speakers in my bedroom, bathroom and kitchen and each room has a > CONNECT:Amp mostly tugged away in a cabinet or inside the vanity in > the bathroom. You don't really do anything on the unit itself except > maybe change the volume and all each unit has is a mute button and a > volume up aanddown, they don't even have on or off switches as they > consume less than 1 Watt in standby. > > I also have 1 Play:5 which I can take wherever I want it, the deck, my > basement woodworking shop etc. This is their high-end boombox ($399) > and it has 5 separate speakers and produces sound that rivals any high- > end Bose system. > > The bridge is a small box you connect to your router and it delivers > the signal to all the other units. You can also hook up any of the > units to the router instead, the bridge is mainly for people who have > their router somewhere in a utility room where they don't want or need > music. Also, any source you connect to any of the players with inputs > (the CONNECT, CONNECT:Amp and Play:5 can play it's music on any aother > player in your house, the system creates a Zigby network among itself, > you can play different things on each different unit or put them all > in party mode and play the same thing throughout the house. If you do > this and press and hold the mute button on any of the units the entire > system will be muted in about 2 seconds or you can of course use the > iPhone controller to change the colume, mute the entire system or > individual players. > > Lastly, if you have an Airport Express wired to one of the players > both with an ethernet cable and a 3.5mm cable (plugged into the jack > on the Airport Express) to RCA (plugged into the Sonos input) you > basically airplay enable the entire system. You can set up the system > so that if a particular source starts delivering a signal it switches > to that automatically, so I could be listening to online radio and as > soon as I tap airplay on my iPhone and select "Sonos" to play to, the > online radio stream stops automatically and whatever I am sending from > my phone plays. Oh, and it has a built-in alarm and sleep timer so you > can set the alarm to play any music or playlist you have on your > computer or any online radio station, I typically set it to start > playing BBC News and if for some reason the stream isn't available it > defaults to a tone. The system is extremely flexible and full- > featured, I have all my CD's ripped to my computer in uncompressed > FLAC format so that I get the best possible sound when I am listening > on my high-end system in the basement. If you put your music on a > network attached hard drive you don't even need to have the computer > on to access your Sonos library. > > > Take care, > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
