fred7
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Wasnt sure if this was house day or not but here it is. Im after a wireless sound system something i can put my ipod into and maybe stream from. I want some wireless speakers around the house but not sure what to look for. Ive seen the sonos play which looks good but what would you recommand?
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John
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Geek day
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fred7
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Ohhh yeh surpose it would be geek day. Can anyone move for me pleae?
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jacko198
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Sonos tbh. If you want all in 1 speaker and streaming system straight out of the box
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Dan
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quote: Originally posted by jacko198
Sonos tbh. If you want all in 1 speaker and streaming system straight out of the box
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fred7
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Are they that good then? I want multi speakers tho but it says on there website you can connect the systems up but not add speakers?? Would the beats beatbox be as good?
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evilrob
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quote: Originally posted by fred7
Would the beats beatbox be as good?
No.
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evilrob
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quote: Originally posted by fred7
Are they that good then? I want multi speakers tho but it says on there website you can connect the systems up but not add speakers??
The whole point of Sonos is for multi-room/multi-speaker flexibility.
They do standalone Play:3 / Play:5 integrated amp/speaker boxes - you can buy one at first, see how you get on, and if you like it, buy another to form a stereo pair.
Alternatively, you can buy the amped bridge and use your own speakers if you prefer. It's a really excellent system and a doddle to set up.
How many rooms are you wanting to put speakers in and how many speakers in each room?
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fred7
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I was think 2 speakers in maybe 3 rooms? I might go into richer sounds tomorrow and see what it will cost and see the products
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evilrob
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I think you'll be surprised at how punchy and room-filling a single Play:3 or Play:5 sounds - I think two in each room might be overkill. (not to mention expensive!)
When used individually, they're not mono - they do pump out both left and right channels, it's just the stereo separation isn't going to be brilliant because both channels are coming from one place.
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fred7
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Ok then. So if i buy 3 play 3s i can link them all up? Going to be around £1k then for bridges and plY3s?
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evilrob
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You only need one bridge (or you don't even need a bridge at all if you're putting one of the Play:3's in the same room as your wireless router and you don't mind it being connected by ethernet cable - the other two Play:3's will talk to each other via the one connected via Ethernet).
i.e. all Sonos devices act as a bridge - so providing one of the three is connected via ethernet to your router, it will all work. If your router is in a room where you don't want a speaker, or you don't want to bugger about with an ethernet cable, get a bridge and connect that to your router, then you can put your three speakers wherever you like without worrying about ethernet cables.
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fred7
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Ok thats great. Will go and see richer sounds later see what they have.
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evilrob
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Amazon currently have a competition to win one of five Play:3/bridge sets:
http://amzn.to/15ARevU
Might be worth a punt.
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fred7
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Would enter but not on facebook! Thanks for the heads up tho
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