Sonos Commercial

Mikey081057

I saw the Sonus Commercial during the KC Denver game just now.... I really sounded good on my HT system... all that sound from those little speakers over my big amp and speakers... How do they do that? ( Are they the next Bose?)

mantis

They are an amazing system no matter how you look at it. They are the very best in multi room audio right now for many good reasons.
The Commercial was very cool , I really liked it.
As far as being the next Bose , whatever that is supposed to mean , They have high quality , good sound quality , ease of use , everyone who uses them loves them , yeah maybe your comment is kinda true.

O by the way that was an amazing game , right down to the end KC hung in their tuff but just couldn't get it done.

Mikey081057

mantis wrote: »

They are an amazing system no matter how you look at it. They are the very best in multi room audio right now for many good reasons.
The Commercial was very cool , I really liked it.
As far as being the next Bose , whatever that is supposed to mean , They have high quality , good sound quality , ease of use , everyone who uses them loves them , yeah maybe your comment is kinda true.

O by the way that was an amazing game , right down to the end KC hung in their tuff but just couldn't get it done.

Great game. Can't believe the Chiefs have dropped 3 in a row after going 9-0 tho.

Yes the devices are amazing, I would of bought the Sonos except I don't like the look of the white cube...I was too worried my cleaning lady would use it to stand on to clean the ceiling fan. my opinion of Bose is that their marketing is better than their product... No way their HT sounds as good as mine, and for equal money, I will give you an HT the blows Bose out of the water. I've been in a few homes with HT gear from Bose and thought that HTIB's of half the price sounded better

tonyb

Mikey081057 wrote: »

I saw the Sonus Commercial during the KC Denver game just now.... I really sounded good on my HT system... all that sound from those little speakers over my big amp and speakers... How do they do that? ( Are they the next Bose?)

Lets be real, Sonos in general is ment for casual listening but their ease of use and ability to function as a whole house system is the outstanding part. Not to say with a good dac, or some mods, you can kick it up a few notches closer to the critical listening realm.

A small speaker such as the Sonos play 5 or Bose will never be able to replace your full blown HT or 2 channel rig. That's not their purpose or function, though marketing has people thinking otherwise. You can however incorporate it into any HT/2 channel rig and get some good sound, if done right. That's the beauty of it, so many options and uses.

bigaudiofanatic

As a installer of sonos I was skeptical as you are at first when my friend started telling me about them. However With a Sonos playbar, sub, and a set of play 3's acting as rears you really do have a sick HT setup. Don't get me wrong they do have their limitations as far as volume wise but by this point your going to be a little uncomfortable being in your room. A medium side room can easily be filled with good sounding stereo or surround sound from a sonos pair of system. A large room the rears depending on their distance can easily become lost in the setup and should be moved closer (10ft behind listening position).

I was given a play 1 and bridge for Christmas from my friend as a thank you for my hard work. I have to say every time I put on something like Madness by Muse or Lindsay Stirling Crystallize I am in aww that I am listening to a speaker that is sitting on my bookshelf by itself. I can only imagine if I had a stereo pair of them. At low to medium listening levels the sound is full with a nice deep bass tone coming from a single 3.5" mid and 1" tweeter. The bass does drop off quite quickly around 80Hz but still amazing coming from such a small package. I would say any of the sonos equipment blows bose out of the water between quality and sound height. Mind you I have only had this setup for a week now and I am already impressed and wanting to add another play 1 or play3. It had put me back in touch with my music in a way. back to discovering new songs in my library that I have not heard before.

RamZet

I also install Sonos and use it.
The mobile app and pc app are very easy to use. anyone who can look at a picture and read can set these systems up.
Max number of players is 32 (and I have done many systems with 30+ zones of audio using sonos). The product is here to stay and has changed multi room audio forever.
the HT sonos stuff isn't to bad for the everyday person either. I like how you can take two speaker units and combine them into one stereo zone. The zoneplayer is a must have for any system, to be able to playback all of your internet music subscriptions is great. You can even map the sonos to play music from your itunes, pc, NAS drive and audio server. Sonos will play music from your mobile device too.
Another cool option is "Line in". with line in you can add external devices like turn tables and CD players as audio sources. I can play my turntable in my listening room and hear it while im in my outdoor zone. The units will playback your audio at CD quality too if they stream at cd quality or if you have an actual cd player connected.

Another cool feature is the Z wave. If you connect one sonos (or bridge) in your house that is the only sonos that needs a Enet feed. Sonos units will talk to each other by themselves without any setup.

Sono ipod dock is sick too. If you have something like a 120gb ipod classic you can browse all of its music by docking it in a wireless sonos dock.


Sonos zone players also offer coax digital out. This way you can bypass the internal DAC if you prefer to use your own or buy one http://www.crutchfield.com/p_776SONLINK/Arcam-SonLink.html?tp=59309&awkw=49521694825&awat=pla&awnw=g&awcr=20504168665&awdv=c#overview-tab