Fw: Re: Sonos whole house audio system

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mebe as the controller is a wifi device, nothing is stored locally ?

If I had them, Id stick them all in Node 0 - and run speaker cables to the
locations. The wifi bit would only be for the controller.

But then I'd have to be sure the controller would work throughout the
house, and the boxes act as repeaters (the mesh network). If it's G based,
then it's going to be tight. I cold always locate all the Zone servers in
the middle of the house in the airing cupboard - which has CAT5 anyway :-)

G.

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Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxx>
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I think I'd strongly recommend using a wired option anyway ( if possible
) - particulalry if you have many zones.

One thing that concerns me is that the controller seems to operate
'stand alone' which is a great advantage in one sense depending only on
file servers  to stream content to the amps. However it doesn't bode
well for other additions to the player control eg for HA integration.
Plus all your library information has to fit within the remotes memory I
guess - so speed and capacity will be limited to the capability of the
controller. Their max library size is limited to around 30K tracks it
seems - which was a major moan with say the Turtle Beach Audiotron that
has the same restriction.  I wonder where the cover art images are held ??

Kevin

Jim Noble wrote:

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>>*How do the ZonePlayers connect up to the system?*
>>First, they work wirelessly over the wifi band. Very few people
have
>>structured Ethernet wiring. This allows you to put the units where
you
>>want them to go, not where your networking is available. We built a
>>mesh networking technology on top of that, so you?re not tethered
to
>>an access point. Basically, as long as each unit can see another
unit,
>>they?ll work together as a system.
>>*Is this 802.11g?*
>>It is 802.11g wave form. The mesh networking is something else,
which
>>we call Sonosnet.
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>I'd want to know if it interferes with your wifi network, before buying
>one...
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>Jim
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