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 <siegh...@live.ca> 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. 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