Sonos Wireless Multi-Room Music System
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From: barcaroller on 12 Aug 2010 22:54 I have a MacBookPro + Airport Extreme, but no iPod/iPhone and no Airport Express. I've been thinking about getting AirTunes + Airport Express + my old stereo system, but I recently stumbled upon Sonos which "appears" to be a better solution (I can move the speakers anywhere in the house). Has anyone here had experience with Sonos and the Mac? Furthermore, if I were to add an iPad (not iPod) to my setup, would I be able to stream music from the iPad to the speakers. Any feedback would be much appreciated.
From: Jolly Roger on 13 Aug 2010 14:58 In article <i42c4e$hsl$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, barcaroller <barcaroller(a)music.net> wrote: > I have a MacBookPro + Airport Extreme, but no iPod/iPhone and no > Airport Express. I've been thinking about getting AirTunes + Airport > Express + my old stereo system, but I recently stumbled upon Sonos > which "appears" to be a better solution (I can move the speakers > anywhere in the house). Couldn't you move the Airport Express anywhere in the house as well? > Has anyone here had experience with Sonos and the Mac? Furthermore, if > I were to add an iPad (not iPod) to my setup, would I be able to stream > music from the iPad to the speakers. > > Any feedback would be much appreciated. I have looked at Sonos solutions in the past and wondered the same thing. Please do report back here if you try it out! -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: barcaroller on 13 Aug 2010 17:18 On 2010-08-13 14:58:07 -0400, Jolly Roger said: > Couldn't you move the Airport Express anywhere in the house as well? I would have to move the whole stereo. I can't have the stereo in the living room and speakers in the bedroom and kitchen. > I have looked at Sonos solutions in the past and wondered the same > thing. Please do report back here if you try it out! Will do.
From: Jolly Roger on 13 Aug 2010 17:25 In article <i44cqc$9au$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, barcaroller <barcaroller(a)music.net> wrote: > On 2010-08-13 14:58:07 -0400, Jolly Roger said: > > > Couldn't you move the Airport Express anywhere in the house as well? > > I would have to move the whole stereo. I can't have the stereo in the > living room and speakers in the bedroom and kitchen. Huh? I must be missing something. Why would you have to move the whole stereo? The whole point of the Airport Express is you can send music from one Airport Express / Extreme / computer to another Airport Express wirelessly to play through speakers connected to it. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: barcaroller on 13 Aug 2010 17:54
On 2010-08-13 17:25:37 -0400, Jolly Roger said: > Huh? I must be missing something. Why would you have to move the whole > stereo? The whole point of the Airport Express is you can send music > from one Airport Express / Extreme / computer to another Airport Express > wirelessly to play through speakers connected to it. You may be right. My understanding was that I could only plug an entire audio system into the Airport Express, not just speakers. On the other hand, I thought that, with Sonos, I could have wireless speakers all over the house. From your repsonse, and Michelle's, I could be wrong on both counts. I will need to investigate this further and maybe visit a couple of stores. |