Sonos - your help and thoughts please
Discussion
I've got my thoughts turning to a Sonos system for my home. (I'm here in Oz)
Just 2 zones, the living room with a Zone Player 90 and a pair of reasonable floor standing speakers and an S5 for moving around the house. Of course I'll have a ZoneBridge too.
My questions: If I listen to say BBC Radio 2 from the UK via the internet, how much of my internet download limit will it use? Is it simple maths i.e 32kb per second for say 2 hours ? Or does it use next to nothing?
Next one – if I team the ZP90 with a pair of reasonable floor standing speakers, (500 quid ish) will it be a reasonable sound system, comparable with say 1000 pounds worth of stand alone HiFi gear?
Cheers chaps and chapesses.
Just 2 zones, the living room with a Zone Player 90 and a pair of reasonable floor standing speakers and an S5 for moving around the house. Of course I'll have a ZoneBridge too.
My questions: If I listen to say BBC Radio 2 from the UK via the internet, how much of my internet download limit will it use? Is it simple maths i.e 32kb per second for say 2 hours ? Or does it use next to nothing?
Next one – if I team the ZP90 with a pair of reasonable floor standing speakers, (500 quid ish) will it be a reasonable sound system, comparable with say 1000 pounds worth of stand alone HiFi gear?
Cheers chaps and chapesses.
I suppose I'm looking for the ideal match of good sound with portability and convenience. Maybe that's not really obtainable.
I went to my local HiFi dealer a couple of weeks ago (on spec) and listened to some Dire Straits from a CD and through a pair of Mordaunt Short Carnival speakers.
The chap in the store said the cd player which in fact was a hard drive Amp type affair - Yamaha - was worth about $1500.
I was shocked at how good this sounded - bear in mind my 25 year old terms of reference! It was a real eye opener and if I could acheive that quality for 1500 quid wether it be Sonos or stand alone, i'd be over the moon.
I went to my local HiFi dealer a couple of weeks ago (on spec) and listened to some Dire Straits from a CD and through a pair of Mordaunt Short Carnival speakers.
The chap in the store said the cd player which in fact was a hard drive Amp type affair - Yamaha - was worth about $1500.
I was shocked at how good this sounded - bear in mind my 25 year old terms of reference! It was a real eye opener and if I could acheive that quality for 1500 quid wether it be Sonos or stand alone, i'd be over the moon.
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