Dane,
I have very limited experience with Sonos equipment, but let me
explain what I do know about it.
Yes, you need either an ethernet plug where you place your speaker,
or a Sonos bridge. This is because it creates its own, peer to peer
wireless mesh network, in order for it to be WiFi agnostic. This is why
the Sonos stuff has very simple multi-room streaming and perfect audio
syncing.
As far as the software...I could use it when I tried it in
December. With some exceptions which i won't name as it has been a long
time, I was able to play music, find internet radio stations, and found
that in general, Sonos made sense to me as a blind user.
I hope this helps.
Nick
On 4/11/2014 4:57 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Hi!
I posted an article to the list about Sonos and how Google Play will be
directly streaming to Sonos equipment though it probably won't be too
accessible right now but that got me thinking.
I was able to get a link to a very nice page detailing all the various Sonos
speakers and Soundbars available and thought that the Play:1 might be nice in
my kitchen on the counter.
So I'm wondering, do you need the Sonos Bridge to transmit to your Sonos
equipment such as the Play:1 or is the Play:1 like an AirPlay device which just
connects to your Wi-Fi network.
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