Hi Sieghard. I and my wife is in the process of deciding which sonos setup to eventually buy. I have a few questions which you or others who have sonos might be aable to anser, I have not found a clear ansser yet on my Internet search. 1 We are going for a couple of play 1 players for the bedroom and Kitchen. Then a connect for the living room which will be the one hooking up to the router. So fa so good. Now the tricky part. We want to be able to airplay stuff so that we can play netflix sound and daisy books via the sonos system and for that you need an airport express maybe we also want to setup an Apple tv in the future. Can the Airport express be hooked up to our stereo which does not have coaxial or toslink only normal analog phono connections +usb for attaching a computer. Then connecting an the same airport express to the sonos connector or do we need an extra connector and airport for that? We want to be able to get the sonos sound into the living room Amplifier and speaker and do airplay as well, but I am not sure as to which way to actually accomplish it? Any ideeas are greatly appreciated, btw: Since you as a beta tester are restricted by an NDA I guess you cannot say directly if the upcomming sonos app is going to be more accessible or not though I read from the first mail that perhaps it is going to be at least as acccessible as the current one maybe better, am I reading to much into your first reply in this thread. I understand fully if you will or cannot answer this in any form. so you do not have to answer anything if you cannot say anything. Thank you in advance, Best regards, Jesper.
On 3/30/14, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > > > Sonos has it's own library so I couldn't care less about iTunes. In any > case, in my case I could even stream iTunes to it in 2 ways: first, I have a > Sonos Connect in my office at home where I usually keep my laptop plugged > in. I don't have a Bridge because I just have that Connect player connected > to my router. The Connect also has RCA line in so I could simply plug my > computer into the Sonos and this way I would get anything that plays via the > computer soundcard including Jaws on the Sonos system. This way I can just > take my wireless Logitech keyboard and put my computer onto any speaker in > my house. The second way I could play iTunes is via Airplay since I do have > an Airport Express hooked up to the Line In of my Sonos Connect Amp in the > kitchen. As I said before, this way I Airplay to the Airport Express which > is connected to the Sonos system. > > > > Now, one of the main reasons why I got my Sonos system is because of it's > versatility, flexibility and upgradability. When I bought my first Sonos > players in 2009 they only had the ZP100 and ZP120, these are essentially the > same players as the Connect and Connect:Amp. There was no Play:5 or Play:3 > at the time, the Play:5 came out first a year or 2 later, then the Play:3, > then they released the subwover, then the Playbar or whatever they call it > and I think their latest is the little Play:1. > > > > I already had speakers built into my bedroom and bathroom ceiling and my > kitchen wall between the counter top and the underside of the kitchen > cabinets. I put those in back in 1997 when I bought this house and at the > time had an Onkyo receiver which had 1 second zone capability and I ran that > into a 4-port speaker splitter and used it for 12 years. Of course it was > much more limited than what the Sonos system can do. > > > > When I upgraded to the Sonos system (I have a total of 3 Connect:Amp in the > bedroom, bathroom and kitchen to drive the existing speakers there) and then > I also have 3 Connect which are connected to a set of powered speakers in my > Office, my Sony surround sound receiver in the living room and to my > high-end Sonic Frontiers tube amp system downstairs. I also have 1 Play:5 > which I take wherever I happen to want it, either my woodworking shop or the > deck or wherever. > > > > The Connect:Amp has a 2 times 55 Watt Class D amplifier built in and hooked > up to good speakers it sounds extremely good. The Connect only delivers the > signal to whatever existing amplifier or receiver you hook it up to, but it > has both Coax Digital and Optical outputs so if you have a modern receiver > with digital inputs you also get a very clean signal. I ripped all my CD's > originally in the lossless format called FLAC and put the files on an > external, network attached hard drive. The Sonos system can access files on > network attached storage so the Sonos library uses these high quality files > and since it's on an external drive I don't even have to have a computer on > to play music on the Sonos system. Of course especially on my high-end > system you can also hear the difference between playing MP3 or AAC/M4A files > which of course are a lossy format. > > > > I only use and maintain my iTunes library so I can sync music to my iPhone, > everything else I do with Sonos. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Jibber Jabber > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Questions Regarding Airplay Speakers > > > > Hi Sieghard, > > Very informative, thank you. May I ask you, why you chose the Sonos over > the others? Even with the addition of the Sonos Bridge, you can't stream > iTunes on your pc directly to the speaker? > > > > Jim. > > > > From: Sieghard <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 9:06 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Questions Regarding Airplay Speakers > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > I can't tell you anything about other than Sonos, but I highly recommend > Sonos especially since they are actively working on accessibility right now. > The Sonos iOS app has always been accessible, but it has some unlabeled > buttons and some things I found are certainly not as intuitive as they could > be. I can't comment on details since I am an official Beta Tester, but I can > say that they are working on significant improvements and overall Sonos is > awesome and has lots of great features. While the Play 1, Play 3 and Play 5 > are basically stand-alone boombox type players, they are also more in that > you can expand the system later on with additional players and all of their > stuff of course is compatible. Having said that, I should mention that at > this point the Sonos players are not actually Airplay enabled. You can play > content from whatever music you have on your iPhone as the Sonos app can > access the music on your phone. You should think of the iPhone with the > Sonos app as a remote or controller for the Sonos multi-room music system > which is capable of playing music from it's own library, from most of the > major services like Spotify, Slacker, Sirius (subscription is required for > that) and depending on which ZonePlayer you have you can also hook up an > external source like a CD player and play from it. Of course since your > Sonos player is also connected to the internet you can also play any of the > thousands or maybe tens of thousands of free internet radio stations which > are out there. > > > > If, however, you want true Airplay functionality you currently have to use > something like an Airport Express which has to be physically connected to a > Zoneplayer with component input so essentially you are sending your stream > to the Airport Express via Airplay and it gets fed into your Sonos system > that way. > > > > > > Good luck, > > Sieghard > > > On Saturday, March 29, 2014 12:11:05 PM UTC-7, Jibber Jabber wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > I'm in the market for an airplay speaker. I've researched various brands > and models, read reviews, and wanted to know, if anyone here has used any of > the below speakers. How easy, or difficult they were to set up without > sighted asisstance, ease of control with either the IOS app for iPhone, iPad > and iPod, or whether it is only accessible with the remote control. What is > the audio quality like, both at low and high volumes? Was it difficult to > sort out streaming from iTunes on the pc? > > The speakers I have in mind are: > > Bose SoundTouch 30. > > Bowers & Wilkins A7. > > Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin. > > Sonos Play 5. > > Sonos Play 3. > > Loewe AirSpeaker. > > I would really appreciate any thought on the speakers listed, either if you > have one, have had one, or looked at one, and decided against it, here > onlist, or off list at > > [email protected] <javascript:> . > > Many thanks. > > > > Jim. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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