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 <siegh...@live.ca>: > > 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. 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