Hi Dane Regarding your comments on the Sonos Speakers and their limitations. I wouldn't argue. Just a point of clarification: they don't do Bluetooth - none of the range do. I like my Sonos Play 1's which I use in the bedroom, but they would be so much better with Bluetooth. They do play the music directly from an IOS device using Wi-Fi (but not Airplay) so long as it is from the native Music App. So you can't play music from any other audio app. I use them mostly with Apple Music service, Amazon Prime and Tune-In Radio which is a built in service.
John -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 29 September 2016 12:13 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Sonos Connect AMP. Well firstly and someone may correct me on this, the songs connect needs an amp to run with and I can t see any logical reason as to why you couldn t use your Songs connect with your existing 5.1 system, you d probably want to use a digital connection as a link between the Connect and your system, I m sure your system would have at least 1 digital input - either coax or optical, the Songs Connect will handle it -. Asfar as Sonos Speakers go? I ve never seen much value in them myself either though again, if that s what people want then that s fair enough. Wy don t I see much value in Songs Play speaker systems? Because - to my way of thinking - they re too limited. The two cheapest models - last time I looked - didn t even have an Aux-in connection so one had to get the top Songs Play3 I think the model is for around $900 if I remember rightly. Even then - if you wanted stereo sound from that speaker - you needed two to make a stereo set, that s a lot of money for a set of stereo speakers when there are far better options out there for this sort of money. Then there s the fact that Sonos systems don t support HD audio, not a feature that most would worry about I suspect but for that amount of money? Yeah, i d be furious given I have a collection of HD files. And finally, Sonos doesn t support AirPlay - not sure if it supports bluetooth -, the only way you ll get AirPlay working is to buy a Songs Play3 and connect an Airport Express or something similar to the Aux-in jack and no, the Aux-in is only analogue believe it or not. As for the Songs Connect? I reckon that s a far better value for money proposition for most people in most cases given they already have existing systems of one form or another. I opted for the Bowers And Wilkins A7 as people would know and the A7 is flexible in many ways, firstly it can be connected to the USB port of a computer - Mac or Windows - thus acts as a Computer desktop system. Then the A7 supports AirPlay. On top of that the A7 has both analogue and digital inputs, only one of each but that will do - so I ve taken advantage of the digital input to connect my Sangean DDR66 desktop music system which plays CD S - multi format -, can play audio files from a SD card or USB stick, has Internet radio along with Digital and FM Radio, Spotify connect, can stream from DLNA devices and - on top of all that - has a nice IOS/Android controller App, yes quite a powerful little system for my bedside table. So that s one option and there are many other good options from where that one came from. > On 29 Sep. 2016, at 8:22 pm, Jim Noseworthy > <jim.nosewor...@compuconference.com> wrote: > > Hi Gang: > > > > I've been looking at Sonos equipment and, I am very impressed with the > connectivity to music services and the accessibility of the Sonos app. > I am, however, at a loss as to why the Sonos system would be > considered as a serious first line stereo system in the home. Even > though the Play:5 is a remarkable speaker system, it is, after all, still a > portable speaker. > > > > I can certainly see the awesome value in a Sonos Connect being > utilized on an existing stereo system: which brings me to my point. I > have an old HarmonCarton 5.1 amplifier and I would like to replace it. > Therefore, what is the good, the bad, and the ugly, concerning the Sonos > Connect Amplifier. > > > > BTW: are most of you Sonos owners using the sub-woofer? > > > > Thanks all over the place gang. > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
