Sonos ZP100 - Zone Player - Wireless Music System

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Sonos ZP100 - Zone Player - Wireless Music System

Sonos ZP100 - Zone Player - Wireless Music System

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Note: Sonos has an installation CD that you can load up on your desktop or laptop to setup the system, but since this is an iPhone blog, I skipped this step and decided to with a full on iPhone-only setup.

Sonos ZonePlayer S5 review | T3

In terms of ergonomics, much as I like the Duet’s remote control and menu design, if you plan to do a multi-room system the Sonos controller and the Sonos system’s ability to share sources between ZonePlayers makes it a far more elegant solution. The Sonos system is also easier to set up and much simpler to expand. Finally, each Sonos ZonePlayer can support an independent NAS hard drive, so you can access multiple libraries of digital music. You can’t do with the Logitech Duet. You can also stream your entire digital music collection from any Windows or Mac computer on your home network, as well as most NAS (network-attached storage) drives that support SMB sharing. The Sonos supports most standard playlist formats as well, so you can--for instance--easily access your entire iTunes collection without a problem. (Note: the Sonos can stream nearly all non-DRM audio file formats, but older, copy-protected iTunes files will need to be upgraded to play.) Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think the ZP-S5 looks bad – it’s finished in the same white and grey livery as every other bit of Sonos kit – but it’s not going to be a highlight to your minimalist décor in the way that the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin is. To put this in perspective, my wife loves the way the Zeppelin looks, but thinks that the ZonePlayer S5 is ugly – I’m not sure I agree, but the fact remains that you can probably sneak a Zeppelin into your living room without argument, while a ZP-S5 might take some negotiation. Tip: How to activate Stereo Pair Mode". Sonos Blog. Sonos. 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015 . Retrieved 4 November 2016. Face on, the ZP-S5 is dominated by a rectangular speaker grille, with a recessed white stand below it. Viewed from above, it takes on a trapezoid shape, showing that there’s a reasonable amount of depth to the cabinet for housing the drivers.a b Souppouris, Aaron (29 October 2015). "Sonos Play:5 review (2015): A generational leap forward". Engadget . Retrieved 4 November 2016– via AOL. Like the ZonePlayer 100 and Connect:Amp (previously known as the ZP120) before it, the new Sonos Amp is designed to offer all of Sonos’s streaming smarts in a unit you can add any hi-fi speakers to. Of course, the Amp also has all of the music streaming skills of every other Sonos device, so gives you access to music from practically every service under the Sun, and allows you to combine it with your own digitally stored tunes in on-the-go queues. Sonos Play:5 review". What Hi-Fi?. 31 December 2009 . Retrieved 4 November 2016– via Haymarket Media Group. The outgoing Sonos One and Sonos One SL wireless speakers (both will be phased out eventually as Era 100 comes to market), in turn had replaced the now-discontinued Play:1. The only difference between the latter two is that the One SL doesn't have voice control, so is slightly cheaper. There's also the premium Sonos Five smart speaker, which replaces the Play:5, and the company's first fully portable wireless speaker with Bluetooth, the 2019 Sonos Move. This was recently succeeded by the new Sonos Move 2.

Sonos ZonePlayer S5 Review | Trusted Reviews

Initially I attached the ZP90 ZonePlayer to my downstairs home theater and hooked up the ZP120 to a pair of Axiom 4B speakers in my workroom. After several weeks I relocated the ZP90 to my upstairs home theater and moved the ZP120 into my master bedroom/bathroom. Unlike some wireless systems, where changing the physical location of the components requires a complete re-setup, the Sonos system was up and running 30 seconds after re-installation. These rumours aren't baseless either. They're grounded in patent filings, Sonos acquiring a firm specialising in Bluetooth audio and a recent callout for ad firms to help with a major new launch "in an established category", among others.Alexa will work with a Play:5 gen 1, but please note that it will only work with one Sonos system - if you had both a S1 and a S2 system, you could only link one system to Alexa reliably. So yes, you can control a Play:5 with Alexa, but only if the Alexa account is not linked to another system. Smith, Will (4 May 2010). "Sonos ZonePlayer S5 Review". Tested . Retrieved 4 November 2016. [ permanent dead link]

Sonos CONNECT:AMP ZonePlayer 120 hands-on and Sonos app Sonos CONNECT:AMP ZonePlayer 120 hands-on and Sonos app

The next part of the system is the ZP90 ZonePlayer. This unit receives music files and Internet radio streams from the BR100. The ZP90 ZonePlayer hooks up to any existing music system via two-channel analog or digital SPDIF coaxial or TosLink connectors. The ZP90 also has a pair of Ethernet connectors which can be used to hardwire the unit into an existing Ethernet network, connect a network attached storage (NAS) hard drive, and also bridge any traffic for other products that might need a connection to the Internet. Resident Evil Village for iPhone 15 Pro hands-on: Terrifyingly good (and just plain scary without a controller) I already have 2 Play 1s and a Play 3 on my system but note I have to use the old Sonos app to manage the Zoneplayer S5. Comparing the Sonos’ digital output with the AppleTV digital signal was an exercise in audiophile frustration. Their output levels were exactly the same, which made it easy to do blind A/B/X testing. No matter how long or how intensely I listened I couldn’t hear any discernible differences between them. I tried MP3, Apple Lossless, and even AIFF files, and in every case both units produced identical sonic signatures. Soundstage dimensions, low-level details, harmonic balances, and dynamic capabilities were utterly indistinguishable from one to the other. The ‘phantom centre channel’ works well, with dialogue proving clearer and more direct than in a typical stereo system. A dedicated centre speaker is predictably better in this regard, but Sonos has done an admirable job of creating the impression of one without the extra hassle or expense.If you connect the Amp to a pair of Sonance speakers, you can use the Trueplay feature to tune the sound to your room. With other speakers this isn’t possible. Sonos ZonePlayer S5 speaker system firmware update allows operation in stereo systems". UberGizmo. 10 May 2010 . Retrieved 4 November 2016. Audio formats supported: MP3, WMA (including Windows Media DRM), AAC (MPEG4), Ogg Vorbis, Audible (format 4), Apple Lossless, Flac (lossless) music files, as well as uncompressed WAV and AIFF files. Another alternative if you're feeling particularly flush is to by to S5 units are link them up as a stereo pair; again, through the app it's possible to stream one side of a stereo mix to each unit – and to devastating effect. If one of the connected apps - e.g. Spotify, Deezer, Tune-in,etc. change anything to the way you connect/stream from their services that requires an update to the Sonos app/device, you won't get it and this service could stop working - which is an unquantifiable risk.



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