No, Sonos is what I would consider Hi-Fi audio equipment for multi-room setups. None of their speakers works on batteries and none of them is bluetooth as the limited bandwidth of bluetooth does not allow for high-end audio playback. The least expensive Sonos speaker is a Play 1 which is $199.99. You can go to www.sonos.com and read more about them, the next one up is the Play 3 for $299, then the Play 5 for $399. You can buy 2 of any of these and run them as a stereo pair and then Sonos offers other players which work with existing receivers/amplifyers, they also offer a stand-alone player with 110 Watt amplifier built in which you can connect to existing bookshelf or floor standing speakers and they offer a TV soundbar called the Playbar and also a Subwover which you can use in connection with any of their speakers or the Playbar. Sonos can be set up completely wirelessly by connecting it to your home WiFi, but you can also wire one player or speaker to your router or buy what is called a Bridge or Boost which is wired to your router. If you set it up this way Sonos creates its own wireless network and if you want to set up a surround setup in theliving room with a Playbar, Sub and two Play 1 or Play 3 speakers as rear speakers then you have to wire at least one Sonos component to your router or use a Bridge or Boost. Sonos is controlled entirely via the iPhone app or you can also install a PC or Mac controller and they do of course also have an Android app. They do also offer their own touch screen remote, but it is not accessible and each player has only 2 buttons, a volume rocker switch and a Play/Pause button. Sonos players have no on/off switch, they are always on and go into sleep mode when they are not used where they consume I think 1 or less Watts of energy. It's a fantastic system which has been around for some years, I bought my first stuff over 5 years ago and they continue to innovate and come out with new products and of course improve their software. It's easy for them to add new features since all they have to do is release a software update which you install from inside the app and it updates your speakers/players.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Amaro Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 4:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Sonos speakers is the sonos made for in home use only? Do they make blue tooth speakers? How much do they run for? -------------------------------------------------- From: <jibberjabber2...@talktalk.net> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 1:09 PM To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Sonos speakers > Hi Sieghard, > > You are correct, using the iPhone, if you tap on the queue button, > there is a button to turn shuffle on or off. > After reading your reviews of the speakers, and how accessible the > software was on the iPhone, I took the plunge a couple of weeks ago > and bought a pair of Play 1's, a Play 5, a Play Bar and Sub. I love > the audio quality, both from streaming online and directly from my pc, > and even using the audio in on the Play 5, all is controlled from the > phone. What a wonderful job was done on making the software so > accessible with voice over, even through the initial setting up, which > is easily done without any sighted help. > > Regards. > Jim. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 8:01 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Sonos speakers > > 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 11:52 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > 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 <don.br...@gmail.com> 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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