My question is, now they've got this software, do you need to buy a controller anymore? I've been looking at getting Sonos for a while, if I could totally avoid having to buy the big, bulky controller, that would be fantastic!
I've never heard of Sonos before but I find their product quite expensive considering that the only feature I would use is playing music from my library which can be achieved with the Airport Express (Which I actually use and it works great... 99$ Compared to what 350$?). Am I missing something here or is it just too damn expensive?
First question: Yes, this means you can use Sonos without a controller. And since the iPod Touch is cheaper than their controllers, you really only need one if you're going to use it someplace where you don't have Wifi.
Second: Sonos is a high-end, multi-zone music system. It'll pull music from any number of computers on your home network (at the same time) and play them in any room, or put internet radio from any number of stations. You can sync multiple rooms, even plug a player into one room and play the line-in everywhere. They all connect through a mesh network, so they'll reach places your wireless router doesn't. You can do up to 32 zones in one house.
Mostly though, you're paying for user experience. It is really easy to manage your music and play whatever you want in any room, so yeah it is expensive, but it works really well and is downright painless to setup.
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My question is, now they've got this software, do you need to buy a controller anymore? I've been looking at getting Sonos for a while, if I could totally avoid having to buy the big, bulky controller, that would be fantastic!
Ditto my previous comment.
I've never heard of Sonos before but I find their product quite expensive considering that the only feature I would use is playing music from my library which can be achieved with the Airport Express (Which I actually use and it works great... 99$ Compared to what 350$?). Am I missing something here or is it just too damn expensive?
First question: Yes, this means you can use Sonos without a controller. And since the iPod Touch is cheaper than their controllers, you really only need one if you're going to use it someplace where you don't have Wifi.
Second: Sonos is a high-end, multi-zone music system. It'll pull music from any number of computers on your home network (at the same time) and play them in any room, or put internet radio from any number of stations. You can sync multiple rooms, even plug a player into one room and play the line-in everywhere. They all connect through a mesh network, so they'll reach places your wireless router doesn't. You can do up to 32 zones in one house.
Mostly though, you're paying for user experience. It is really easy to manage your music and play whatever you want in any room, so yeah it is expensive, but it works really well and is downright painless to setup.