Re: [ukha_d] Audio round the house opti ons?

["Nicholas Humfrey njh@xxxxxxxxxx [ukha_d]" <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is certainly a good system and I agree in the most it does 'just
work'.
I am sure the other speakers sound better than the PLAY:1 - and indeed
a lot of people like that style of sound anyway.

Just saying it isn't the thing for me and showing some other options.


nick.


On 2015-06-30 09:57, lists@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] wrote:
> Nick
>
> I have to disagree you. Just looked and its now a decade since I
> installed our first Sonos zone...
> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/reviews/sonos-long-term-review.html
> [17]
>
> We now have multiple zones, Play:1, 3 and 5, Sub, Connect and
> Connect:Amp. Check out the this rack from my visit the the Cornflake
> shop smart apartment in London. Those guys are at the top of the
> market and they use Sonos too because its so good.
>
> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/installation/our-tour-of-cornflakes-stunning-london-smart-apartment.html
> [18]
>
> Its one of those just works products and Its probably the only other
> product Id put in the same category as Apple.
>
> M.
>
> ---In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, <njh@xxxxxxx> wrote :
>
> Hello,
>
>  I am currently borrowing a Sonos PLAY:1 from work.
>
>  It is mostly pretty good but these are my negatives:
>  * Occasionally it seems to unpair with the bridge and can be a pain
> to
>  get it working again. Connecting directly to Ethernet improved
> things.
>  * You are locked into the Sonos world - you cant just stream using
> any
>  mobile app (like Airplay/Google Cast etc)
>  * The sound is very Bose - artificial sounding bass - probably
>  because of the small speaker size.
>  * The low-latency network is very clever but I still think it is
> very
>
>  expensive for what it is.
>
>  I guess some of these are solved by using a Sonos CONNECT and your
> own
>  amp and speakers but I dont think I will be buying any Sonos myself.
>
>  I am currently using my own amplifier and speakers, connected to an
>  Airport Express. Not as fancy as Sonos but a hell of a lot cheaper.
> You
>  can also pickup old Airport Express (the slower 802.11b ones)
> cheaply
> on
>  eBay, which work perfectly well for audio - I actually have Wifi
> turned
>  off in mine.
>
>  Something else I am looking into is an amplifier board for Raspberry
>  Pi:
>
>
> https://www.tindie.com/products/IQaudIO/pi-digiamp-2x20w-powerdac-for-the-raspberry-pi/
> [19]
>
>  But not looking into what software I would run on it yet...
>
>  nick.
>
>  On 2015-06-29 11:08, Mark McCall lists@xxxxxxx [20]
> [ukha_d]
>  wrote:
>
>>> We ran speaker wires too but never used. Just go Sonos.
>> >
>> > M.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Tracey Gardner
>> > tracey.gardner@xxxxxxx [1] [1] [ukha_d]
>> <ukha_d@xxxxxxx [2] [2]>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I am now in the final stages of my self-build and am
starting to
>> >> think how to implement music/audio around the place.
>> >>
>> >> My wiring/cabling consists of a network of pairs of heavy
duty
>> >> loudspeaker cables out to speaker locations in the
ceiling of
>> each
>> >> room.
>> >> The intention was to allow for central control of the
system
>> from my
>> >> Node 0.
>> >> I also provided CAT 5 at several points around each room
to
>> allow
>> >> for IR control if necessary, but I imagine that wireless
will
>> have
>> >> superseded that idea?
>> >>
>> >> At the time of planning/implementing this network, there
was not
>> a
>> >> great deal of choice in audio/control systems and I would
now
>> like
>> >> to know what the up to date options are.
>> >>
>> >> So please feel free to flood me with ideas :-)
>> >>
>> >> Many thanks
>> >>
>> >> Tracey
>> >> Lincolnshire
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >



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