I can't verify this until I get home tonight, but I'm pretty sure that once you have a bunch of music playing that you can go into your Queue on the iPhone app and find the Shuffle option there.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 11:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Sonos speakers The only thing I wanted to add to this is that with the IPhone you can't shuffle music. That needs to be done with the PC. Some one correct me if I'm wrong which I hope I am. Otherwise the Sonos IPhone app is quite nice. I also agree with using 5's rather than 3's. I don't think that the 3's sound all that great. I don't agree with not having music on my own computer but as was already stated that can be argued both ways and is a matter of preference. On 12/18/14, Don Breda <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dave. > > I will insert my answers between your quoted questions. > > > On 12/18/2014 12:40 PM, Dave Sheridan wrote: >> >> Hi List >> >> I'm looking for hifi equipment as most of what I have I've been using >> for close on 30 years. There were some useful posts a few weeks ago >> regarding Sonos speakers from which I have one or two questions which >> hopefully you can help me with. Am I right in thinking that the Sonos >> Sub along with either the Sonos 1, 3 or 5 would provide very good >> sound for listening to music? Secondly, > > I would suggest two play 5s and a sub for one room. > > Really makes for some nice listening and also will help with > connecting other analog devices to your sonos system, see below. > > >> whilst I have have wifi at home it can be a little variable so would >> the Sonos Boost be a worthwhile purchase along with the other products? > > The advantage of the boost is that it allows you the freedom to put > the speakers anywhere you want. > > IF you don't have it then at leasone of your sonos speakers must > connect via ethernet cable to your router. This may restrict your > ability to plase the speakers where you really want them. In my > opinion its not a bad idea. > > The latest version of the sonos firmware howerver allows for wifi > connection to your router without a boost. Since your wifi seems > somewhat iffie I would suggest the boost as a good idea. > > >> Thirdly, although I have a significant amount of my cd collection >> on external hard drive, I still have a large collection of cds and >> would therefore want to use a cd player. Would this be easily >> connected to the speakers? Fourth, I have a large minidisc collection >> and good Sony minidisc player, would this easily be connectable to the >> speakers? > > Having two play 5 speakers will allow you two line in connections to > the system so you could put your cd player on one and your mini disk > player on the other. > > >> Fifth, would control of such a system be better controlled through an >> iPhone, PC or MacBook or would any of these do the job? > > I suggest most often control of your system will be done quite easily > and successfully through the iPhone and of course thats most desirable. > > I have found thogh that some things such as adding services and > feeding differernt streams to diffent rooms are accomplished more > easily through the pc controler but are doable on the iPhone. > > I have't had experience with the sonos controler on the mac but as I > recall it was not very useable so would probably be the last resort. > > I could be wrong about that though. > > >> Finally, whilst retaining my actual copies of cds would I benefit >> from purchasing space in the cloud to store my music and is playing >> music from the cloud straightforward? > > In my opinion I rarely see a reason anymore to have music stored in my > home at all whether on cd or hard drive. > > Subscribing to a good music service such as deezer beats music or > something like that gives you access to a music collection it would > take ten life times and a billion dollars to amass. > > No need to waste storage space or physical storage space any more for > music. > > Thats just my opinion and I am sure many will argue. > > To access the music collection from anywhere at any time is a true > luxury and easily accomplished these days without any investment in > hardware. > > If you want to put your cds on the cloud then google play music which > is supported by sonos gives you the best of both worlds. > > You have googles vast music collection at your finger tips as well as > having the ability to upload your own collection to the google play > music cloud so you have access to it anywhere. > > Hope this ehlps. > > Don > > >> I thank you for your time and any responses which will help me spend >> my money well. >> >> Dave >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> > > -- > 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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