Thursday, December 8, 2011

Best Wireless Music System - A Definitive Comparison

!±8± Best Wireless Music System - A Definitive Comparison

With wireless technology rapidly expanding and internet connections flowing through bandwidths the size of your head, the market for WiFi related products is booming. And it's booming fast. This has resulted in the wireless music system - a home device that plays unlimited songs from anywhere in your house, in any room of your house, and at the touch of a button (or an iPad as I'll come to later). The Sonos S5 for example, can synch 24 models together and have them all play different tracks in different rooms and at the same time! It can wirelessly stream any internet radio station or podcast you can think of - that's over 100,000 by the way - and it wouldn't cost a penny. Of course you'll also have access to your entire music library.

At the moment there are a bunch of wireless music systems, but very few are highly rated. I've taken the two market leaders and placed them head to head to help discover which is the best wireless music system:

Logitech Squeezebox Boom:

Sound Quality: **** iPad App: ** Podcasts: Yes Internet Radio: Yes

The Squeezebox Boom is the cheaper option at around the 0-0 mark.

Sonos S5:

Sound Quality: ***** iPad App: ***** Podcasts: Yes Internet Radio: Yes

The functionality is pretty much identical for both, but it's the quality, design and 'the little touches' like the iPad app, that justifies the higher price tag for the S5.

These two are undoubtedly the best wireless music systems available and they do share similarities, but for me the best is clear. Whilst it's impossible to put across the vibrant sound of the Sonos S5 and the style and functionality of the iPad app, please believe me when I say, as a proud owner, the Sonos S5 is a world apart from anything else and is by far the best wireless music system.


Best Wireless Music System - A Definitive Comparison

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Is Sonos Worth the Money?

!±8± Is Sonos Worth the Money?

Sonos produce very high quality and high performance music systems. There are a number of companies that produce such products but Sonos are renowned as one of the best. Their systems and products range from £70 up to in excess of £500 depending on what you are purchasing. Some people do ask the question "Is Sonos worth the money?" due the price of their systems, which though competitively priced are actually not that excessive.

Let's take a look at some of their products and prices in detail.

The Sonos S5:

The S5 is probably one of Sonos' most popular products. It is a complete wireless music system, with 5 built in speakers. The S5 will connect to your home Wi-Fi system and give you the ability to play all the music on your computer and on-line. You simply plug it in and it is ready to go. The S5 can be turned in to a multi-room music system if required. To do this you place an S5 unit in to all the rooms that you want the music to be streamed to. You can wirelessly control all the speakers from your Mac, PC, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The S5 unit costs £349.00.

The Sonos Zone Player 120:

The Zone Player 120 needs to be connected up to a pair of speakers. Most of us will have some of these at home. The 120 has a state of the art digital amplifier to provide top class sound quality. There is no technical expertise needed to set up the 120. It works in a similar way to the S5; more zone players can be added if required. One of these will cost you £399.00

The Sonos controller 200:

The controller has a full colour VGA display touch screen. It comes with a charging cradle so there is no need for batteries. The controller enables you to control all of your zone players from anywhere in the house. You can use it to select what song you want to play in the kitchen, pick a different song for the lounge and something else for the patio. It's very stylish and will cost £279.00 to purchase.

So, these are just three of Sonos' products. The old saying is true; you really do get what you pay for. Music is so important to so many people these days and it is definitely worth paying a few extra pounds to get something of superior quality such as a Sonos System.


Is Sonos Worth the Money?

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