The only 3 things i wish Sonos could do is:
Have Airplay right out of the box, but that is solvable with an Airport
Express as you said.
2, Have an outdoor player that you could have on your balcony or in the
garden for playing but maybe it’s coming who knows?
3, handle audio books a bit better, ie have a special category for audio
books so that they don’t end up amongst your music.
Other than that, i love my Sonos system and i don’t regret a single
moment that i bought it.
/Krister
On 19 Aug 2015, at 16:48, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Hi Steven,
I don’t think the B&W Zepplin requires or even has the option of an
app. I am talking about the Sonos music system which gives you the
option of 3 different stand-alone speakers as well as a TV soundbar,
sbwover and 2 other players which either require regular bookshelf or
tower speakers or powered speakers or a connection to an existing
amplifier/receiver. All of the stand-alone speakers which are called
the Play 1, Play 3 and Play 5 can be configured as a stereo pair if
you buy 2 of the same and the Playbar can be setup with a set of Play
1 or Play 3 and a subwover for a full 5.1 surround setup.
Sonos is more than just speakers, it connects to your music library on
your computer and it cxonnects to the internet where you have access
(via the app) to all the free radio from Tune In as well as just about
every music service there is like for example Spotify, Deezer, Rdio,
Rhapsody, Pandora, Slacker, Songza and many more. From what I read
Sonos will add Apple Music support later in the year. Often the
interface to deal with these services is easier than using a
particular service’s app and overall Sonos offers a fantastic
experience with very good audio quality.
Each speaker/player has only 2 buttons, one is a play/pause button and
the other is a volume up/down rocker. There is no on/off switch on any
of the players as they are always on and as they use Class D
amplifiers, they use virtually no power in standby/sleep mode, I
believe it’s something like 1 Watt.
With Sonos you don’t so much play music to the speakers but the
speaker is access to your music although the Play 5 and the 2 other
players which need regular speakers or a connection to a receiver also
have an input which allows you to connect a traditional source device
such as a CD player, laptop or portable player like VictorReader
Stream. You can Airplay enable Sonos by connecting an Apple Airport
Express to a player with an input. You then Airplay to the Airport
Express and it will play on Sonos, but there is no native Airplay
support which I would say is one of the few minor inconveniences. The
same goes for Bluetooth, but then again you don’t really need
Bluetooth support and while Sonos is not Airplay capable out of the
box, you still can play any music that is on your iPhone directly to
Sonos, just not the output from other apps. You can, of course, use a
3.5mm male to male cable if you have a Play 5 and connect your
iPhone’s headphone jack to the 3.5mm input on the Sonos. Like I
said, it’s a super versatile and scalable solution.
In the US a Play 1 is $199, a Play 3 is $299, a Play 5 is $399 and the
Playbar and Sonos Sub are $749 each. The system is completely wireless
and all you have to do is place your speaker/player close enough to an
electrical outlet to plug it in, then use the app to connect and
configure it.
Regards,
Sieghard
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Hicks Steven (CORNWALL IT SERVICES)
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 7:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: bower and wilkins zepplin mini
Thanks so much for your help, I wasn’t aware that you need an app to
control the speaker.
From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: 19 August 2015 13:20
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: RE: bower and wilkins zepplin mini
I remember a few posts quite some time ago regarding this speaker and
as most B&W product it’s probably quite good. However, I also think
it probably doesn’t come cheap and I’d seriously consider getting
something like a Sonos Play 5 or a pair of Sonos Play 3 instead
because they are much more than just a speaker and the app to control
them is wonderfully accessible. Furthermore, if you get 1 Sonos item
you can build on that and add more later on and eventually have music
everywhere in your house. I don’t want to repeat all I wrote about
Sonos in the past, so just check out their website, www.sonos.com
<http://www.sonos.com> , and also go to the list archive, search for
Sonos and read some of the older posts. You could, by the way, also
search the archive for “zeppelin” to see what pops up since it’s
a unique enough word so you won’t get a ton of search results.
Regards,
Sieghard
From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hicks Steven (CORNWALL
IT SERVICES)
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 12:46 AM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: bower and wilkins zepplin mini
Hi friends,
Hi friends,
I am considering one of these for my IPhone 5s but don’t have much
detail at the moment, has anyone come across one that could comment?
It has a remote control as far as I am aware and I am just wondering
how it will be accessability wise?
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