JohnnieKippe
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Wexfordman said:Welcome to the Club!! Let us know how you get on
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You may be interested to learn that a recent firmware upgrade on the Apple Airport Express now offers the same multi-room synchronous playback feature.Wexfordman said:The difference as far as I can see with Sonos and Roku etc are, first and foremost, the user interface, which is exceptional. It does to the multiroom systems what Ipod did to mp3 players, and you will see the obvious similarities.
The second difference, and this is an exclusive as far as I know, is the ability of sonos to synchronise zones, which rokus does not do. That is you can play one track in all zones, and it will be synchronised. This is a very important feature when looking at multiroom systems, as otherwise all you may as well put in a separate cd player/tuner in all your rooms.
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Wexfordman, you are being a bit facetious here.Wexfordman said:Bond,
You can also buy a Lada for a fraction of the price of an Audi, both will get you there in the end, but I know which I'd rather have.
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Wexfordman said:Bond,
The set up you described is exactly what I have. XB0X connected to ZP, which is wireless connected to the other ZP's and one ZP is hardwired to my router.
MonsieurBond said:Wexfordman, you are being a bit facetious here.
I would not wish to see this topic degenerate into a "mine is better than yours" juvenile debate.
I have stated previously that I like the Sonos system.
However, it is expensive and has down disadvantages.
I learned today and posted here the fact that Apple's Airport solution now supports multi-room, as I think that other AAM readers will be interested in this as a cheaper alternative to Sonos etc. I personally do not wish to invest significant money in this technology initially until I have dabbled with streaming audio in order to see how it works in my own environment.
brian.mobile said:This thread is priceless!
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For those who don't want to sink lots of money into a music (only) streaming product, or who already have a big music collection on their PC or Mac and simply want a good streaming music client (as opposed to paying for another music server [FONT="]à[/FONT] la Sonos), there is a good review of the new Squeezebox on the Register.JohnnieKippe said:Got my SONOS last week. Great little system. Not cheap but I guess you get what you pay for.
Squeezebox 3 costs $299 (£172), which is a snip. There's even an Ethernet-only version for $249 (£143). ... With the SlimDevices product you can send songs from your archive to multiple Squeezeboxes around your home. It's not quite up there with Sonos for large-scale multi-room set-ups, but then it's cheaper. You pay your money, you take your choice.
Verdict:
Excellent sound quality, cross-platform support, eminently affordable price. Looks great too... 98%
boskonay said:Anyone got a ZP80 yet? Can the ZOne PLayer 80 be used as the one that hard-wires to the network?
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