Also, if you have a lot of CD’s I would suggest you rip them in a lossless format such as Apple Lossless or FLAC so you can access all your music with Sonos. Ideally I think any Sonos owner should use a network attached hard drive which is always available to play music, if you have it on your computer it has to be on for Sonos to access it.
If you don’t have many CD’s you definitely would want to subscribe to a music service like Apple Music, Deezer or Spotify. I like Deezer in that Sonos users can get the Deezer Elite service with access to music in lossless format (Tidal also offers this), but on the other hand I would venture that it takes a really discerning ear to notice the difference especially if all you have are Play 1, 3 and 5 players. Even with the new Play 5 which is supposed to sound very good you probably have a hard time hearing the difference. Where it may make sense is if you use a Sonos Connect with an existing high-end system and by high-end I mean something where you spent $10,000 and above for your amplifier and speakers/Sub. As most of us here are fairly heavily invested in Apple products, Apple Music really does make the most sense, they have a ton of music and on iOS devices and the new Apple TV being able to use SIRI to request certain music to play is simply a nice experience. The Apple Music experience on Sonos is also very good. Best regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marie Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 10:10 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Sonos Okay guys, I ordered a Play 5 last night so will be anxiously awaiting delivery. The main part of my house is taken up with the entryway, kitchen and a great room which are around 800 to 900 square feet and very open. So I will eventually add 4 to 6 Play 1 speakers to the area which should give me wonderful sound. Then I can begin adding my bedroom and office so I will live in a sound theater!LOL Marie From: Robin Frost <mailto:robin...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 2:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Sonos Hi, Ah and that my friend you can have with a Play:5 first or 2nd generation. As I said it does have an auxiliary input jack so have patch cord and your wish is their command. You merely select line in source in the app and you can start it playing. All you need to do is plug it into one speaker and away you go. If it’s part of a stereo pair grouping the audio will then come out of both speakers seamlessly. I hope that helps. Robin From: Marie <mailto:scribbl...@comcast.net> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 5:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Sonos Actually I meant that I wanted an input jack rather than output. My bad! I want to be able to plug in a PlexTalk or Stream if possible. this is not totally essential but would be nice. do you still thin a good starting point is the Play5 or would the play bar be a better beginning?Marie From: Sieghard Weitzel <mailto:siegh...@live.ca> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 9:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: Sonos Just one thing I’d like to add and that is that there is a tuning option to optimize the Play 5 to a particular room. Sonos calls this “TruePlay” but if you want to do this you will need sighted help, it is not accessible if Voiceover is running. Also, FYI, while the new Play 5 has no longer a headphone jack, it is supposed to sound much better than the older ones. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Frost Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 12:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Sonos Hi, Yes and yes. Set up is a breeze and poses no problems for blind or visually impaired users no matter which model you get in my experience. Once your library is indexed by the sonos system then you could play anything you might have in terms of sound files from your computer. the only difference between first and 2nd generation play:5 for instance is the location of the button you press to initiate its detection by the system. In first gen it’s on top of the unit whereas in the newer 2nd generation it’s on the back of the unit. It’s nearly flush with the back of the unit but still detectable by touch once you know to look for it. I don’t think you’d have any trouble should you choose to try one; and the Play:5 still has the auxiliary input jack as well. I just thought I’d mention that. I hope that helps. Robin From: Marie <mailto:scribbl...@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 2:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Sonos Other than that, is the new one as easy to set up and use as the previous model? Also is it easy to stream from your computer over wifi? Thanks, Marie From: Robin Frost <mailto:robin...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 10:27 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Sonos Hi, It is true that it hasn’t a headphone jack in the 2nd generation which to me wasn’t a huge loss as it was formerly located on the back of the unit making it difficult to access anyway. I hope that helps. Robin From: Marie <mailto:scribbl...@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 12:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Sonos I was just reading the reviews of the Sonos Play 5 and there were complaints that there was no output jack on this speaker? I was under the impressions that it did have a headphone jack but wonder if it was removed in the newer model. This is a real turn off for me. I guess I should have bought one earlier. Marie -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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