Hi,
I wish their iOS app had a power scrolling feature to make moving through
your favorites or radio stations easier.
Other wise I love my Sonos system too it's one of the best purchases of the
past decade for me.
Robin
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From: Krister Ekstrom
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 11:34 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Sonos was Re: bower and wilkins zepplin mini
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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