uh oh - Sonos Play:1 - I can hear my wallet weeping...
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Really tempted by a pair of these,
Have a connect wired into my 7.1 av system, and a couple of play3s (office/kitchen) currently.
About to move in with gf into her smaller house, the 7.1 system won't suit. So looking at playbar and was going to use the play3s as rears, but they are too big. Connect was heading for the bedroom she is giving me for an office, with a pair of my castle rears and an arcam amp. If I put the plays in bedroom/her workroom we're good to go with playbar and 2 play1s....
Interested in group buy.
Simes.
Have a connect wired into my 7.1 av system, and a couple of play3s (office/kitchen) currently.
About to move in with gf into her smaller house, the 7.1 system won't suit. So looking at playbar and was going to use the play3s as rears, but they are too big. Connect was heading for the bedroom she is giving me for an office, with a pair of my castle rears and an arcam amp. If I put the plays in bedroom/her workroom we're good to go with playbar and 2 play1s....
Interested in group buy.
Simes.
Insanity Magnet said:
Pre-ordered one to play with, partly to see how the system compares to my Squeezebox setup that the OH finds too clunky to bother with and partly as I neglected to buy myself a birthday present.
I gather that this might be a slippery slope...
I have (now boxed) a couple of Squeezebox Booms and a Radio. I gather that this might be a slippery slope...
Now replaced with a couple of Play 5's, a Play 3, and a Connect.
No way I would ever go back to the Squeeze setup. Lovely sound but such a faff to use, even once you've set them up. You won't regret it.
One nice feature of the Play 1 is the button (replaces Mute) to pause, play, and skip forward a track, which is lacking on the 3 & 5. One feature I'd still prefer is to have buttons to skip back as well as forward, saving the first world problem of looking for your phone / tablet.
Podie said:
Digger said:
... saving the first world problem of looking for your phone / tablet.
Didn't VEX solve that by buying a £35 tablet or summat?To be fair my phone is nearly always on me and my iFad never far away (when at home).
OOOH Just discovered a feature, having read a Play 1 review, thought I'd try it out on one of my 5's. A double tap of the Mute button skips to the next track. Handy!
Edited by Digger on Tuesday 15th October 14:54
TonyHetherington said:
tuffer said:
VEX said:
tuffer said:
Perfect, can use that in my home office and also take it away with me for use with the iPad on holiday.
Eeerrrmmmm No that won't work, Not unless you have a network connection or router you can plug it into. Sonos needs a network connection to get its IP Address and for the ipad app to talk through.V.
nick s - I am pushing my sonos rep at the moment, he promised a call today but hasn't yet. I want to offer it with a worth will saving and trying to get the bridges stripped out to save a little more money.
Digger - Yes you can use the bridges a part of the mesh to extend the network, what we tend to do is wired into an area that we know could be used as a boost point and put a bridge there on the wired side of the network.
V.
Digger - Yes you can use the bridges a part of the mesh to extend the network, what we tend to do is wired into an area that we know could be used as a boost point and put a bridge there on the wired side of the network.
V.
Watchman said:
tuffer said:
Watchman said:
A wifi router costs pennies.
But you would still need an internet connection to stream Spotify etc.Gassing Station | Home Cinema & Hi-Fi | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff