Hi John, Can you elaborate on that? Do you mean you can do better with a traditional bookshelf or tower speaker which of course then requires a receiver or amplifier and cables or with another powered speaker either wired or wireless? I have been buying and listening to high-end audio for 25 years and I really mean high-end as in $10 to $15 thousand speakers and $2,000 to $10,000 receivers, Class A or tube amplifiers. Of course a $20,000 or $30,000 system will sound better than a $900 Sonos setup, but I believe the thread started as somebody looking for a wireless high quality system and here there is not much which will beat Sonos with respect to what you get for what you pay in terms of sound quality and features. Maybe you have some examples for product in the $900, $1,200 and $1,500 price point which sounds better than what you would get for this price from Sonos which would be a Sonos Sub along with either a pair of Play 1, Play 3 or Play 5 speakers. I don't even compare this with any Bluetooth speaker because Bluetooth does not have the bandwidth nor the responsiveness to be classified as high-end.
Regards, sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 4:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos! Sonos are decent but as just a speaker you can get much better for your money. What makes them good is their connectivity. John Diakogeorgiou > On Nov 15, 2014, at 5:48 AM, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi there, You just gave me a brilliant idea although it would be expensive. > How much is the sub? What difference if any do you find between the Play 1 > and play 3s? > /Krister > >> 15 nov 2014 kl. 10:59 skrev Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi Thomas, >> >> Sonos is much more than just a wireless speaker. Anyhow, the short answer is >> yes, Sonos supports Pandora, Tune In, iHeart and about 30 more services both >> free and paid including all the popular ones like Spotify, Sirius, Slacker, >> Songza and much, much more. >> >> I started with Sonos about 4 years ago when they didn;'t even have any >> stand-alone players. Then the first one they released was the Play 5 which >> is now their top of the line stand alone speaker. I just received two of the >> Play 1 players today which I am now using as rear speakers together with the >> Sonos Playbar and Sub. Before I set them up as rear speakers I set them up >> as a stereo pair by themselves and I was blown away by their sound. The >> things are small although for their size quite heavy and after I played them >> for a while like that I added my Sub to the configuration and doing that is >> truly awesome. Setting two of these up in stereo mode with a Sub is a $900 >> setup, but it easily sounds as good as a conventional amplifier/receiver >> with tradition speakers which cost 2 to 3 times that much or even more. I do >> know a fair bit about high-end audio and have some extremely high-end stuff >> in my music room downstairs, but this just blew me away and I was only using >> the Play 1. Do this with a set of Play 5 and a Sub which would be a $1,500 >> setup and I think you would just not believe the result. >> Anyhow, I then reconfigured the Play 1 players as my rear speakers, listened >> to a bit of music and then to half an hour or so of the movie Tatanic via >> Netflix and I couldn't be happier with this setup. >> I don't think I'd buy a Sonos Connect Amp any more nowadays (that is the >> $700, 110 Watt amplifer which hooks up to regular speakers) but most likely >> would get 2 Play 3 or 2 Play 5 for the bedroom along with a Sub. Only >> advantage of the Connect Amp is that you can use in-ceiling or in-wall >> speakers which is nice in the bathroom or kitchen where space might be an >> issue. >> >> Thomas, feel free to contact me off-list if you have more Sonos questions. >> My email is [email protected]. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> a $1,sounds like $just >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of thomas williams >> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:27 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Sonos! >> >> I heard a lot of talk about the sonos system, so I have a few question 1 can >> you play Pandora radio and I Heart radio, from this wireless speaker? >> >> -- >> 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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