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Posted 31 January 2016
SONOS PLAY:1 Two Room Starter Set - John Lewis - £249 (Glasgow)
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I was in the John Lewis in Glasgow yesterday and they had a number of Sonos products reduced in their electricals clearance section.
This double pack of Play:1 speakers seemed like the best deal although they had them for sale individually for £139 and the Play:5 (old version I think) for £349. These things don't usually drop in price much so work checking your local John Lewis if you're in the market for one (or two!).
This double pack of Play:1 speakers seemed like the best deal although they had them for sale individually for £139 and the Play:5 (old version I think) for £349. These things don't usually drop in price much so work checking your local John Lewis if you're in the market for one (or two!).
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sorted byall streaming is via the free Sonos app. in the app one of the sources is 'stream from this device'. for other services spotfiy etc you add them into the app.
the real benefit of doing this is when multiple people use the speakers, all people using the Sonos app on your network can see what is currently being played and have access to each other's services
Yes because PC World is definitely the right place to judge the sound of audio equipment.
The Sonos gear sounds fantastic and this is from someone who has some pretty high end audio gear.
For anyone on the fence, the Play 1 really does sound good - even in mono, but obviously better in a stereo pair.
I have 3 dotted around the house and wouldn't be without them.
where?
Add Music Services
Example :
On this Mobile Device
Deezer
Spotify
Google Play Music
Radio by Tunein
etc
Choose a room to stream to, in my case :
Lounge (2 x Play 1s)
Conservatory (1 x Play 1)
Bedroom (1 x Play 3)
Or stream different music to different rooms at the same time
Plus can be controlled by any device in any room ie start music in the lounge, then stop it on another device in the bedroom
Fantastic bit of kit, two Play 1's in a medium size lounge sound amazing!
edit : sorry missed SpoonyBoy's comment #13 pretty much as he said...
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Well my Pioneer AV amp along with most other makes have Airplay so isn't a restriction put in place by Apple, Apple Music is in Beta but iTunes Match is not.
Poor People have no Manors
(Spelt Correctly)
The play 1 is gorgeous and this is a great price for the stereo pair.
I use GPM for around £8.50 a month, I have uploaded all my music to their server.
Been with SONOS for about 6 years now started with one Play 5 and went from there.
You can 'airplay' if you have a SONOS with 3.5mm line in input and 'Airport Express' (Play 1 & 3 dont have line in factility unfortunately an oversite by SONOS).
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This is what annoys me about Sonos. I'm sure their speakers are just fine, but I think it would be a waste to replace my dumb (but very good) speakers.
Unless if the Sonos speakers really blow my current setup out of the water, I would rather just put the wireless tech on my current speakers. I guess that's why the Chromecast audio exists now...
The Chromecast audio is if you already have a Hi-Fi system or line in on speaker and want to add convienient functionality of streaming from your android device.
I use iphone and the apps store gives a fairly poor review Chromecast by Google, Inc.
appsto.re/gb/…O.i
so I guess its aimed more for android users.
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Not an oversite but simple marketing to ensure more money is spent on the "premium" features i.e. line in of the play 5.
If you dare not want to spend the extra for a play 5 and go with 2 x 1's the extra £250 is required for a Connect for a line in.
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We have a few of these around the house and they are great streaming from my wife's Spotify account and my Deezer and home collection on my Mac mini. We can control from her Android or my iPhone
In the Glasgow one? They had a fair few so you maybe just didn't see them. They weren't in the same place as the main sonos display which has the same play: 1 speakers at full price.
Your iPhone 6 and iPad air can stream wirelessly music stored on them or select from music stored on computers/laptops/network drives. In short anything storing music files on your network can be selected as a file source and played back through these.
The phones and iPads can also be selected as source locations if they're storing music.
are you sure this is the case with Apple products and Apple music? I'm on android and have no problems streaming anything from the device or services like soundcloud. my wife can only stream music she has purchased through iTunes though (or internet radio)
where exactly in store? thanks
Yeah the Glasgow one, saw the main sonos bit with no reductions, they had a bargain corner with lots of laptops and tvs and cameras but no speakers in there too...
where? thats a brilliant price
Ah later I will dig out what I've said previously about multi room audio. You already have pretty much everything you need to build a multi room system using logitech media server. Maybe a raspberry pi To connect to the amp and that's it. You can install a small app on your touch to turn that in to a player.
If you can't wait just Google my username + hotukdeals and multi room audio and I'm sure you'll find it. The raspberry pi setup is a doddle now; don't let any old posts scare you of you aren't tech savvy.
There's a little section next to the TVs that has headphones, bluetooth speakers and micro hifis. On the reduced to clear shelf in there.
I suppose you can't please everyone!
I think this is an Apple restriction rather than Sonos, Apple music is also now in beta with them - sonos.com/en-…r=1
Apple may have different licensing agreements with Pioneer, ask them!
and the alternative if you must have sonos without airplay
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Think it's more of a case of stubernnes from Sonos making you use their app. Sony, Denon, Maranz, Yamaha, Onkyo and others all support AirPlay. I have just a single Play 3 in the house, if they'd support AirPlay I'd have Sonos in every room
If you have a Play 5 or a Connect then you can plug an Airport Express into the Line In and AirPlay to that and it'll come out on all Sonos speakers that you have. Personally I find using the Sonos app much more stable than AirPlay.
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