Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos!
Krista, The Play1 is a single point stereo source, whereas the Play3 is a speaker which has left and right speaker output… What I mean by this is that the Play1 only has a single speaker within it, so, whilst it does play both left and right channels, it does this through a single speaker, we call this single point stereo. The Play3 on the other hand, as the name suggests, has 3 speakers within it. Two of these are used for left right allocation, the other base. There is also a nifty aspect to the Play3, if you have it landscape, that is to say wider / longer than taller, the unit plays as a stereo unit as described above, however, if you buy a second Play3 for use in a stereo pair situation, you can put the Play3 on its end, that is to say, taller than wider / longer. In this configuration the Play3 automatically uses one of its speakers as tweeter, one as mids, and the other as base. All very cleaver indeed, you can hear the difference if you simply rotate a Play3 in your hands as it switches between modes. The Play5 does not have this capability, but, as again the name suggests, the Play5 has dedicated mids meaning that such a feature is wasted. When the Play5 is paired in stereo mode all 5 speakers though are dedicated to the task of single channel stereo output, that is to say, either left or right channel. I have this setup in my kitchen, two Play5’s and a sub, it sounds beyond amazing. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 15 Nov 2014, at 09:59, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Sonos is much more than just a wireless speaker. Anyhow, the short answer is > yes, Sonos supports Pandora, Tune In, iHeart and about 30 more services both > free and paid including all the popular ones like Spotify, Sirius, Slacker, > Songza and much, much more. > > I started with Sonos about 4 years ago when they didn;'t even have any > stand-alone players. Then the first one they released was the Play 5 which is > now their top of the line stand alone speaker. I just received two of the > Play 1 players today which I am now using as rear speakers together with the > Sonos Playbar and Sub. Before I set them up as rear speakers I set them up as > a stereo pair by themselves and I was blown away by their sound. The things > are small although for their size quite heavy and after I played them for a > while like that I added my Sub to the configuration and doing that is truly > awesome. Setting two of these up in stereo mode with a Sub is a $900 setup, > but it easily sounds as good as a conventional amplifier/receiver with > tradition speakers which cost 2 to 3 times that much or even more. I do know > a fair bit about high-end audio and have some extremely high-end stuff in my > music room downstairs, but this just blew me away and I was only using the > Play 1. Do this with a set of Play 5 and a Sub which would be a $1,500 setup > and I think you would just not believe the result. > Anyhow, I then reconfigured the Play 1 players as my rear speakers, listened > to a bit of music and then to half an hour or so of the movie Tatanic via > Netflix and I couldn't be happier with this setup. > I don't think I'd buy a Sonos Connect Amp any more nowadays (that is the > $700, 110 Watt amplifer which hooks up to regular speakers) but most likely > would get 2 Play 3 or 2 Play 5 for the bedroom along with a Sub. Only > advantage of the Connect Amp is that you can use in-ceiling or in-wall > speakers which is nice in the bathroom or kitchen where space might be an > issue. > > Thomas, feel free to contact me off-list if you have more Sonos questions. My > email is siegh...@live.ca. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > a $1,sounds like $just > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > thomas williams > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:27 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Sonos! > > I heard a lot of talk about the sonos system, so I have a few question 1 can > you play Pandora radio and I Heart radio, from this wireless speaker? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos!
I thought Pioneer makes a connected speaker, forget the model numbers, that is kind of similar, but doesn't have as many services built in. I heard about it on the home theater geeks show on Twit, but am not sure how good it is. - Original Message - From: "John Diakogeorgiou" To: Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos! If you are just looking for a way to stream things from the phone to a speaker their are many good Bluetooth speakers on the market. If you want the features that the sonos has it's a great system. I do think that it's quite expensive though. On 11/15/14, Jim Ruby wrote: so what else is out there that is better with connectivity or is this the only option? As always want to get the most for the money one can. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 6:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos! Sonos are decent but as just a speaker you can get much better for your money. What makes them good is their connectivity. John Diakogeorgiou On Nov 15, 2014, at 5:48 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi there, You just gave me a brilliant idea although it would be expensive. How much is the sub? What difference if any do you find between the Play 1 and play 3s? /Krister 15 nov 2014 kl. 10:59 skrev Sieghard Weitzel : Hi Thomas, Sonos is much more than just a wireless speaker. Anyhow, the short answer is yes, Sonos supports Pandora, Tune In, iHeart and about 30 more services both free and paid including all the popular ones like Spotify, Sirius, Slacker, Songza and much, much more. I started with Sonos about 4 years ago when they didn;'t even have any stand-alone players. Then the first one they released was the Play 5 which is now their top of the line stand alone speaker. I just received two of the Play 1 players today which I am now using as rear speakers together with the Sonos Playbar and Sub. Before I set them up as rear speakers I set them up as a stereo pair by themselves and I was blown away by their sound. The things are small although for their size quite heavy and after I played them for a while like that I added my Sub to the configuration and doing that is truly awesome. Setting two of these up in stereo mode with a Sub is a $900 setup, but it easily sounds as good as a conventional amplifier/receiver with tradition speakers which cost 2 to 3 times that much or even more. I do know a fair bit about high-end audio and have some extremely high-end stuff in my music room downstairs, but this just blew me away and I was only using the Play 1. Do this with a set of Play 5 and a Sub which would be a $1,500 setup and I think you would just not believe the result. Anyhow, I then reconfigured the Play 1 players as my rear speakers, listened to a bit of music and then to half an hour or so of the movie Tatanic via Netflix and I couldn't be happier with this setup. I don't think I'd buy a Sonos Connect Amp any more nowadays (that is the $700, 110 Watt amplifer which hooks up to regular speakers) but most likely would get 2 Play 3 or 2 Play 5 for the bedroom along with a Sub. Only advantage of the Connect Amp is that you can use in-ceiling or in-wall speakers which is nice in the bathroom or kitchen where space might be an issue. Thomas, feel free to contact me off-list if you have more Sonos questions. My email is siegh...@live.ca. Regards, Sieghard a $1,sounds like $just -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of thomas williams Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Sonos! I heard a lot of talk about the sonos system, so I have a few question 1 can you play Pandora radio and I Heart radio, from this wireless speaker? -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the t
RE: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos!
Hi, We thought about getting a sonos Sub and sound Bar this February when tax refunds rolled around. However, our new $1200 Samsung TV we bought at Best Buy did not come with the Optical connection in spite of the assurances that the salesperson gave us that all we had to do was plug an optical cable in between the new TV and a sound Bar and it would work flawlessly. So I'm thinking unless I'm missing something there wouldn't be much of a point in going for the more expensive sound Bar. We did finally connect the optical cable between the Apple TV and Sound Bar which both had one and improved Netflix, WWE network, Hulu Plus, and other viewing about 1000%, laughs! Merv -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos!
Hi Krister, The Sonos Sub in the States is $700, it is $750 Canadian. I have had a Play 5 for some years and it's a super nice sounding stand-alone player, but two Play 1 in stereo I think sound better and are the same price. Of course if money wasn't that much of a concern then two Play 5 in stereo configuration with a Sub would probably sound absolutely amazing, but that would be a $1,500 setup and $1,650 here in Canada. Still I think it would be every bit as good and probably better in the base response as let's say a $700 receiver/amplifier and a pair of $800 conventional speakers which would also add up to $1,500 and then of course you have only playback equipment and no source yet. I guess you could probably connect a laptop or existing computer and if your computer and receiver had HDMI you could use a digital connection which might actually sound OK. Of course the experience still is not the same as what you get with Sonos which gives you outstanding accessibility via the iOS app (not sure how good the accessibility is for the Android app since I am not an Android user and this is not an Android list). Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 2:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos! Hi there, You just gave me a brilliant idea although it would be expensive. How much is the sub? What difference if any do you find between the Play 1 and play 3s? /Krister > 15 nov 2014 kl. 10:59 skrev Sieghard Weitzel : > > Hi Thomas, > > Sonos is much more than just a wireless speaker. Anyhow, the short answer is > yes, Sonos supports Pandora, Tune In, iHeart and about 30 more services both > free and paid including all the popular ones like Spotify, Sirius, Slacker, > Songza and much, much more. > > I started with Sonos about 4 years ago when they didn;'t even have any > stand-alone players. Then the first one they released was the Play 5 which is > now their top of the line stand alone speaker. I just received two of the > Play 1 players today which I am now using as rear speakers together with the > Sonos Playbar and Sub. Before I set them up as rear speakers I set them up as > a stereo pair by themselves and I was blown away by their sound. The things > are small although for their size quite heavy and after I played them for a > while like that I added my Sub to the configuration and doing that is truly > awesome. Setting two of these up in stereo mode with a Sub is a $900 setup, > but it easily sounds as good as a conventional amplifier/receiver with > tradition speakers which cost 2 to 3 times that much or even more. I do know > a fair bit about high-end audio and have some extremely high-end stuff in my > music room downstairs, but this just blew me away and I was only using the > Play 1. Do this with a set of Play 5 and a Sub which would be a $1,500 setup > and I think you would just not believe the result. > Anyhow, I then reconfigured the Play 1 players as my rear speakers, listened > to a bit of music and then to half an hour or so of the movie Tatanic via > Netflix and I couldn't be happier with this setup. > I don't think I'd buy a Sonos Connect Amp any more nowadays (that is the > $700, 110 Watt amplifer which hooks up to regular speakers) but most likely > would get 2 Play 3 or 2 Play 5 for the bedroom along with a Sub. Only > advantage of the Connect Amp is that you can use in-ceiling or in-wall > speakers which is nice in the bathroom or kitchen where space might be an > issue. > > Thomas, feel free to contact me off-list if you have more Sonos questions. My > email is siegh...@live.ca. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > a $1,sounds like $just > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > thomas williams > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:27 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Sonos! > > I heard a lot of talk about the sonos system, so I have a few question 1 can > you play Pandora radio and I Heart radio, from this wireless speaker? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you ar
RE: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos!
Hi John, Can you elaborate on that? Do you mean you can do better with a traditional bookshelf or tower speaker which of course then requires a receiver or amplifier and cables or with another powered speaker either wired or wireless? I have been buying and listening to high-end audio for 25 years and I really mean high-end as in $10 to $15 thousand speakers and $2,000 to $10,000 receivers, Class A or tube amplifiers. Of course a $20,000 or $30,000 system will sound better than a $900 Sonos setup, but I believe the thread started as somebody looking for a wireless high quality system and here there is not much which will beat Sonos with respect to what you get for what you pay in terms of sound quality and features. Maybe you have some examples for product in the $900, $1,200 and $1,500 price point which sounds better than what you would get for this price from Sonos which would be a Sonos Sub along with either a pair of Play 1, Play 3 or Play 5 speakers. I don't even compare this with any Bluetooth speaker because Bluetooth does not have the bandwidth nor the responsiveness to be classified as high-end. Regards, sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 4:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos! Sonos are decent but as just a speaker you can get much better for your money. What makes them good is their connectivity. John Diakogeorgiou > On Nov 15, 2014, at 5:48 AM, Krister Ekstrom > wrote: > > Hi there, You just gave me a brilliant idea although it would be expensive. > How much is the sub? What difference if any do you find between the Play 1 > and play 3s? > /Krister > >> 15 nov 2014 kl. 10:59 skrev Sieghard Weitzel : >> >> Hi Thomas, >> >> Sonos is much more than just a wireless speaker. Anyhow, the short answer is >> yes, Sonos supports Pandora, Tune In, iHeart and about 30 more services both >> free and paid including all the popular ones like Spotify, Sirius, Slacker, >> Songza and much, much more. >> >> I started with Sonos about 4 years ago when they didn;'t even have any >> stand-alone players. Then the first one they released was the Play 5 which >> is now their top of the line stand alone speaker. I just received two of the >> Play 1 players today which I am now using as rear speakers together with the >> Sonos Playbar and Sub. Before I set them up as rear speakers I set them up >> as a stereo pair by themselves and I was blown away by their sound. The >> things are small although for their size quite heavy and after I played them >> for a while like that I added my Sub to the configuration and doing that is >> truly awesome. Setting two of these up in stereo mode with a Sub is a $900 >> setup, but it easily sounds as good as a conventional amplifier/receiver >> with tradition speakers which cost 2 to 3 times that much or even more. I do >> know a fair bit about high-end audio and have some extremely high-end stuff >> in my music room downstairs, but this just blew me away and I was only using >> the Play 1. Do this with a set of Play 5 and a Sub which would be a $1,500 >> setup and I think you would just not believe the result. >> Anyhow, I then reconfigured the Play 1 players as my rear speakers, listened >> to a bit of music and then to half an hour or so of the movie Tatanic via >> Netflix and I couldn't be happier with this setup. >> I don't think I'd buy a Sonos Connect Amp any more nowadays (that is the >> $700, 110 Watt amplifer which hooks up to regular speakers) but most likely >> would get 2 Play 3 or 2 Play 5 for the bedroom along with a Sub. Only >> advantage of the Connect Amp is that you can use in-ceiling or in-wall >> speakers which is nice in the bathroom or kitchen where space might be an >> issue. >> >> Thomas, feel free to contact me off-list if you have more Sonos questions. >> My email is siegh...@live.ca. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> a $1,sounds like $just >> -Original Message- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of thomas williams >> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:27 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Sonos! >> >> I heard a lot of talk about the sonos system, so I have a few question 1 can >> you play Pandora radio and I Heart radio, from this wireless speaker? >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members t
Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos!
If you are just looking for a way to stream things from the phone to a speaker their are many good Bluetooth speakers on the market. If you want the features that the sonos has it's a great system. I do think that it's quite expensive though. On 11/15/14, Jim Ruby wrote: > so what else is out there that is better with connectivity or is this the > only option? As always want to get the most for the money one can. > > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of John Diakogeorgiou > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 6:03 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos! > > Sonos are decent but as just a speaker you can get much better for your > money. What makes them good is their connectivity. > > John Diakogeorgiou > >> On Nov 15, 2014, at 5:48 AM, Krister Ekstrom >> wrote: >> >> Hi there, You just gave me a brilliant idea although it would be >> expensive. How much is the sub? What difference if any do you find between >> the Play 1 and play 3s? >> /Krister >> >>> 15 nov 2014 kl. 10:59 skrev Sieghard Weitzel : >>> >>> Hi Thomas, >>> >>> Sonos is much more than just a wireless speaker. Anyhow, the short answer >>> is yes, Sonos supports Pandora, Tune In, iHeart and about 30 more >>> services both free and paid including all the popular ones like Spotify, >>> Sirius, Slacker, Songza and much, much more. >>> >>> I started with Sonos about 4 years ago when they didn;'t even have any >>> stand-alone players. Then the first one they released was the Play 5 >>> which is now their top of the line stand alone speaker. I just received >>> two of the Play 1 players today which I am now using as rear speakers >>> together with the Sonos Playbar and Sub. Before I set them up as rear >>> speakers I set them up as a stereo pair by themselves and I was blown >>> away by their sound. The things are small although for their size quite >>> heavy and after I played them for a while like that I added my Sub to the >>> configuration and doing that is truly awesome. Setting two of these up in >>> stereo mode with a Sub is a $900 setup, but it easily sounds as good as a >>> conventional amplifier/receiver with tradition speakers which cost 2 to 3 >>> times that much or even more. I do know a fair bit about high-end audio >>> and have some extremely high-end stuff in my music room downstairs, but >>> this just blew me away and I was only using the Play 1. Do this with a >>> set of Play 5 and a Sub which would be a $1,500 setup and I think you >>> would just not believe the result. >>> Anyhow, I then reconfigured the Play 1 players as my rear speakers, >>> listened to a bit of music and then to half an hour or so of the movie >>> Tatanic via Netflix and I couldn't be happier with this setup. >>> I don't think I'd buy a Sonos Connect Amp any more nowadays (that is the >>> $700, 110 Watt amplifer which hooks up to regular speakers) but most >>> likely would get 2 Play 3 or 2 Play 5 for the bedroom along with a Sub. >>> Only advantage of the Connect Amp is that you can use in-ceiling or >>> in-wall speakers which is nice in the bathroom or kitchen where space >>> might be an issue. >>> >>> Thomas, feel free to contact me off-list if you have more Sonos >>> questions. My email is siegh...@live.ca. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> >>> a $1,sounds like $just >>> -Original Message- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf Of thomas williams >>> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:27 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Sonos! >>> >>> I heard a lot of talk about the sonos system, so I have a few question 1 >>> can you play Pandora radio and I Heart radio, from this wireless >>> speaker? >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone >>> list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you >>> have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you >>> feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >>> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives >>> for this list can be searched at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroup
RE: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos!
so what else is out there that is better with connectivity or is this the only option? As always want to get the most for the money one can. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 6:03 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos! Sonos are decent but as just a speaker you can get much better for your money. What makes them good is their connectivity. John Diakogeorgiou > On Nov 15, 2014, at 5:48 AM, Krister Ekstrom > wrote: > > Hi there, You just gave me a brilliant idea although it would be expensive. > How much is the sub? What difference if any do you find between the Play 1 > and play 3s? > /Krister > >> 15 nov 2014 kl. 10:59 skrev Sieghard Weitzel : >> >> Hi Thomas, >> >> Sonos is much more than just a wireless speaker. Anyhow, the short answer is >> yes, Sonos supports Pandora, Tune In, iHeart and about 30 more services both >> free and paid including all the popular ones like Spotify, Sirius, Slacker, >> Songza and much, much more. >> >> I started with Sonos about 4 years ago when they didn;'t even have any >> stand-alone players. Then the first one they released was the Play 5 which >> is now their top of the line stand alone speaker. I just received two of the >> Play 1 players today which I am now using as rear speakers together with the >> Sonos Playbar and Sub. Before I set them up as rear speakers I set them up >> as a stereo pair by themselves and I was blown away by their sound. The >> things are small although for their size quite heavy and after I played them >> for a while like that I added my Sub to the configuration and doing that is >> truly awesome. Setting two of these up in stereo mode with a Sub is a $900 >> setup, but it easily sounds as good as a conventional amplifier/receiver >> with tradition speakers which cost 2 to 3 times that much or even more. I do >> know a fair bit about high-end audio and have some extremely high-end stuff >> in my music room downstairs, but this just blew me away and I was only using >> the Play 1. Do this with a set of Play 5 and a Sub which would be a $1,500 >> setup and I think you would just not believe the result. >> Anyhow, I then reconfigured the Play 1 players as my rear speakers, listened >> to a bit of music and then to half an hour or so of the movie Tatanic via >> Netflix and I couldn't be happier with this setup. >> I don't think I'd buy a Sonos Connect Amp any more nowadays (that is the >> $700, 110 Watt amplifer which hooks up to regular speakers) but most likely >> would get 2 Play 3 or 2 Play 5 for the bedroom along with a Sub. Only >> advantage of the Connect Amp is that you can use in-ceiling or in-wall >> speakers which is nice in the bathroom or kitchen where space might be an >> issue. >> >> Thomas, feel free to contact me off-list if you have more Sonos questions. >> My email is siegh...@live.ca. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> a $1,sounds like $just >> -Original Message- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of thomas williams >> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:27 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Sonos! >> >> I heard a lot of talk about the sonos system, so I have a few question 1 can >> you play Pandora radio and I Heart radio, from this wireless speaker? >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any >> questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a >> member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators >> directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list >> can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new m
Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos!
Sonos are decent but as just a speaker you can get much better for your money. What makes them good is their connectivity. John Diakogeorgiou > On Nov 15, 2014, at 5:48 AM, Krister Ekstrom > wrote: > > Hi there, You just gave me a brilliant idea although it would be expensive. > How much is the sub? What difference if any do you find between the Play 1 > and play 3s? > /Krister > >> 15 nov 2014 kl. 10:59 skrev Sieghard Weitzel : >> >> Hi Thomas, >> >> Sonos is much more than just a wireless speaker. Anyhow, the short answer is >> yes, Sonos supports Pandora, Tune In, iHeart and about 30 more services both >> free and paid including all the popular ones like Spotify, Sirius, Slacker, >> Songza and much, much more. >> >> I started with Sonos about 4 years ago when they didn;'t even have any >> stand-alone players. Then the first one they released was the Play 5 which >> is now their top of the line stand alone speaker. I just received two of the >> Play 1 players today which I am now using as rear speakers together with the >> Sonos Playbar and Sub. Before I set them up as rear speakers I set them up >> as a stereo pair by themselves and I was blown away by their sound. The >> things are small although for their size quite heavy and after I played them >> for a while like that I added my Sub to the configuration and doing that is >> truly awesome. Setting two of these up in stereo mode with a Sub is a $900 >> setup, but it easily sounds as good as a conventional amplifier/receiver >> with tradition speakers which cost 2 to 3 times that much or even more. I do >> know a fair bit about high-end audio and have some extremely high-end stuff >> in my music room downstairs, but this just blew me away and I was only using >> the Play 1. Do this with a set of Play 5 and a Sub which would be a $1,500 >> setup and I think you would just not believe the result. >> Anyhow, I then reconfigured the Play 1 players as my rear speakers, listened >> to a bit of music and then to half an hour or so of the movie Tatanic via >> Netflix and I couldn't be happier with this setup. >> I don't think I'd buy a Sonos Connect Amp any more nowadays (that is the >> $700, 110 Watt amplifer which hooks up to regular speakers) but most likely >> would get 2 Play 3 or 2 Play 5 for the bedroom along with a Sub. Only >> advantage of the Connect Amp is that you can use in-ceiling or in-wall >> speakers which is nice in the bathroom or kitchen where space might be an >> issue. >> >> Thomas, feel free to contact me off-list if you have more Sonos questions. >> My email is siegh...@live.ca. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> a $1,sounds like $just >> -Original Message- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of thomas williams >> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:27 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Sonos! >> >> I heard a lot of talk about the sonos system, so I have a few question 1 can >> you play Pandora radio and I Heart radio, from this wireless speaker? >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any >> questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a >> member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators >> directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list >> can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any >> questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a >> member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators >> directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list >> can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new m
Re: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos!
Hi there, You just gave me a brilliant idea although it would be expensive. How much is the sub? What difference if any do you find between the Play 1 and play 3s? /Krister > 15 nov 2014 kl. 10:59 skrev Sieghard Weitzel : > > Hi Thomas, > > Sonos is much more than just a wireless speaker. Anyhow, the short answer is > yes, Sonos supports Pandora, Tune In, iHeart and about 30 more services both > free and paid including all the popular ones like Spotify, Sirius, Slacker, > Songza and much, much more. > > I started with Sonos about 4 years ago when they didn;'t even have any > stand-alone players. Then the first one they released was the Play 5 which is > now their top of the line stand alone speaker. I just received two of the > Play 1 players today which I am now using as rear speakers together with the > Sonos Playbar and Sub. Before I set them up as rear speakers I set them up as > a stereo pair by themselves and I was blown away by their sound. The things > are small although for their size quite heavy and after I played them for a > while like that I added my Sub to the configuration and doing that is truly > awesome. Setting two of these up in stereo mode with a Sub is a $900 setup, > but it easily sounds as good as a conventional amplifier/receiver with > tradition speakers which cost 2 to 3 times that much or even more. I do know > a fair bit about high-end audio and have some extremely high-end stuff in my > music room downstairs, but this just blew me away and I was only using the > Play 1. Do this with a set of Play 5 and a Sub which would be a $1,500 setup > and I think you would just not believe the result. > Anyhow, I then reconfigured the Play 1 players as my rear speakers, listened > to a bit of music and then to half an hour or so of the movie Tatanic via > Netflix and I couldn't be happier with this setup. > I don't think I'd buy a Sonos Connect Amp any more nowadays (that is the > $700, 110 Watt amplifer which hooks up to regular speakers) but most likely > would get 2 Play 3 or 2 Play 5 for the bedroom along with a Sub. Only > advantage of the Connect Amp is that you can use in-ceiling or in-wall > speakers which is nice in the bathroom or kitchen where space might be an > issue. > > Thomas, feel free to contact me off-list if you have more Sonos questions. My > email is siegh...@live.ca. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > a $1,sounds like $just > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > thomas williams > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:27 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Sonos! > > I heard a lot of talk about the sonos system, so I have a few question 1 can > you play Pandora radio and I Heart radio, from this wireless speaker? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched
RE: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos!
Thanks for the info! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 4:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Amazed by my new Sonos Play 1 speakers, was: Sonos! Hi Thomas, Sonos is much more than just a wireless speaker. Anyhow, the short answer is yes, Sonos supports Pandora, Tune In, iHeart and about 30 more services both free and paid including all the popular ones like Spotify, Sirius, Slacker, Songza and much, much more. I started with Sonos about 4 years ago when they didn;'t even have any stand-alone players. Then the first one they released was the Play 5 which is now their top of the line stand alone speaker. I just received two of the Play 1 players today which I am now using as rear speakers together with the Sonos Playbar and Sub. Before I set them up as rear speakers I set them up as a stereo pair by themselves and I was blown away by their sound. The things are small although for their size quite heavy and after I played them for a while like that I added my Sub to the configuration and doing that is truly awesome. Setting two of these up in stereo mode with a Sub is a $900 setup, but it easily sounds as good as a conventional amplifier/receiver with tradition speakers which cost 2 to 3 times that much or even more. I do know a fair bit about high-end audio and have some extremely high-end stuff in my music room downstairs, but this just blew me away and I was only using the Play 1. Do this with a set of Play 5 and a Sub which would be a $1,500 setup and I think you would just not believe the result. Anyhow, I then reconfigured the Play 1 players as my rear speakers, listened to a bit of music and then to half an hour or so of the movie Tatanic via Netflix and I couldn't be happier with this setup. I don't think I'd buy a Sonos Connect Amp any more nowadays (that is the $700, 110 Watt amplifer which hooks up to regular speakers) but most likely would get 2 Play 3 or 2 Play 5 for the bedroom along with a Sub. Only advantage of the Connect Amp is that you can use in-ceiling or in-wall speakers which is nice in the bathroom or kitchen where space might be an issue. Thomas, feel free to contact me off-list if you have more Sonos questions. My email is siegh...@live.ca. Regards, Sieghard a $1,sounds like $just -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of thomas williams Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Sonos! I heard a lot of talk about the sonos system, so I have a few question 1 can you play Pandora radio and I Heart radio, from this wireless speaker? -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscrib
