US firm Sonos first debuted its first products back in 2006, and it offered just about the best example of a self-contained, multi-zone wireless music system that had yet been seen. It featured an iPod-like hand-held controller and used the company's proprietary wireless technology – rather than Wi-Fi – to connect your PC to a …

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Thursday 4th February 2010 16:42 GMT Anonymous Coward

Android

There is a free beta Sonos controller in the Android market called Andronos. Not used it, but the comments seem generally positive.

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Thursday 4th February 2010 16:42 GMT Dirk Vandenheuvel

85?

So why only 85%? You don't mention anything wrong with it.

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Friday 5th February 2010 10:24 GMT Anonymous Coward

The trouble with Sonos

...Is that you have to scroll through everthing by name alphabetically and you normally give up by the letter C. I have over 1200 albums on the Sonos and browsing through the collection is such a drag. It's easier to look at the CD boxes themselves. Much as it pains me to say so, an ipod-type-coverflow-type-thing would make browsing a lot easier. Even Windows Media Player 11 is easier to browse through with a search bar and browsing by album cover.

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1. Friday 5th February 2010 15:12 GMT Dapprman
  
  Fast Search
  
  So you don't use the fast search function ? I can't believe they would have dropped it on the new hand controller, but on the old one I can select it then scroll through first letters.
  
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Monday 8th February 2010 14:14 GMT Dave Stevenson

Half the price of a BU250 bundle...

.. but also under half the functionality. The BU250 includes a CR200 controller and two ZonePlayers (one with amplifier, one without), but an S5 and ZoneBridge for £429 is only one zone and no controller. Makes the price comparison a bit daft.

I should add that I'm a very happy Sonos user, but I'm unlikely to add one of these as an extra zone.

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1. Tuesday 9th February 2010 00:37 GMT Dapprman
  
  Thing is ...
  
  If you're wiring it in to your network it's a cheap option. The S5 is less than a ZP120 and that's also before adding speakers. If you do not have a iPhone or iPod Touch, then you can still control it through your PC/Mac.
  
  I got a BU150 set in the Richer Sounds sale (when the new controller and BU250 bundle came out) and added a S5 as a third zone which was both cheaper and more practical. I can move it around the house and the only limitation is the need for a power cable, no having to move speakers (or even stereo system/amp) around.
  
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