a booming deal chanchi :smiley:

Thanks OP :smiley:



Time to turn the music on :smiley::stuck_out_tongue:

Cheers chichi just the job :smile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12_g_5SY3zw:innocent:

2x Play 1's in stereo has a lot more bass compared to a single Play 3 or 5 and sounds a lot better.

I bet that Play 5 will sound amazing when you get another Play 5 for stereo pair in the future.:wink:
Play 5 2nd gen get fantastic reviews, I have 1st gen so I am a tad envious of Play 5 2nd gen owners

Did you tune it using TruePlay? When I bought my first Play 1 for the kitchen I was underwhelmed by the sound quality. Then I set it up with TruePlay and was astonished by the difference. So I bought another one and now it's fabulous.
As someone used to old-school British amplifiers where a tone control is considered unnecessary fiddling with the pure sound, I really didn't expect TruePlay to do much, but it certainly does.

Tune-in works fine on sonos. The phone is used just to instruct the sonos speaker what to play so it makes no difference if the phone rings or runs out of batteries or leaves the house - the music keeps on playing as sonos is communicating directly with tune-in, not the phone (unlike bluetooth)

Set it up using Trueplay and then see what it is like !

There are some good number of weaknesses with play bar few I remember are no DTS support and no hdmi input , expensive and it has been quite a few number of years it has been launched so not the best SONOS ! Purely my personal opinion and reasons for not buying playbar

I was in the same situation 10 days back - but finally went ahead and bought a new play 5 to use with my 2 play1s which I have been using since 2 yrs. I feel a stereo pair of play 1s sounds a lot better and I enjoy that more than just a single play 5 . I bought play 5 for line - in purpose ( I felt sonos Connect is over priced !) . I sometimes use play5 connected to tv and play 1s in stereo and stream hd video songs on tv .At my home and with best quality of music play 5 did not sound as great as it sounded on demo music play at the store !

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I currently use Logitech Squeezebox and mainly play radio stations in the kitchen using Tune-in and looking to replace with with Play1 or the Bose equivalent.
Can I stream from Tune-in using my mobile phone?
If so what happens if I get a call on the same mobile phone? Does the music continue to playing as I talk?
How does it work on Bose

Was going to get Sonos until I discovered Harman Kardon which is a top brand. I much prefer Bang & Olufsen and Harman Kardon over Sonos and Bose in terms of sound quality.

Don't worry about my comment. I just don't understand Apple, Sonos, Naim mentality it is beyond my scope of comprehension. I just don't get how paying more gets you something better in 2016. Yes in 1860 or even 1950 paying more for a quality product meant you were getting the best but I find I can buy good quality products for less if I am savvy and shop around rather than buying blinkered products from the likes of apple and sonos

With respect its 2016 not 1986.
You obviously being an 'audiophile' consider a Connect:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SONOS-CONNECT-Wireless-Stereo-Adaptor/dp/B001G7PLTQ/ref=sr_1_1s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1482369388&sr=1-1&keywords=sonos+connect .....
if you want to start getting music in every room.
If you just have a 'listening room' fair play, but this thread is not for you.

Yes of course I do "Zombie Style" or sometimes to be a rebel I turn up my old Denon and Bose 305's mounted under my motorhome and frighten the neighbours. I wouldn't waste my money on this tat though. there are plenty of cheaper alternatives not aimed at apple users. Google it. It's not hard try this one.
Did you find the same thing for a lot less money? Cmon don't tell fibs you know deep in your heart these are for yuppies

so when at home you listen to music via headphones - 100% of your music enjoyment time?

Yes, Sonos support is great. I was having trouble with my system, and a patient Dutch guy spent about three hours working through everything. Turned out my router was faulty in the end. Only negative issue was that I tried to impress him by mentioning my 200Mbit internet connection and he told me he worked from home as well and had a gigabit connection. C'est la vie.

Yes save your money for more important things and buy a pair of headphones!
This has been artificially heated to get the affiliate clicks on a high value product. Ridiculous non-Deal

Glad I could help.
If you need support the SONOS FREEPHONE is 0808 234 6596 lovely people the Dutch IMHO and SONOS have excelled with their support here, they are above and beyond.
Mon - Fri: 9am - 8pm
Sat: 9am - 5pm
cheers

Thanks for that, I didn't know you could stream from a NAS, will try this out tomorrow, and poss also the cast option. My Sonos 3 has been in a box for 6 months so maybe I've just not kept up with things. Just took it back out last week, It is pretty over-priced for what it is and I'm not sure I would go for the full set up as opposed to a buying a traditional system but if you are looking for wireless and integration with your devices this is still probably the best of the lot.

Yes, as long as your neighbours are at least 1/2 mile away!
They are a soundbar product IMHO - I dont watch TV it was an 'impulse buy'.

You could down the cheaper route - get chromecast audio and connect to a suitable speaker. That would work for the MP3 - not sure about the others though....

What about the Sonos connect? could you hook that up to the TV and PS4 and this would send signal to the Sonos speaker?. Not cheap though. The other option to think about is the Denon Heos system - the lastest version of their speakers have bluetooth and line in.

Is this a good thing.....

good find but you cant use code ,pay on line ,and collect code only valid for delivery unless im missing something..its like warm from me

Returned mine two years ago, three things I'm scared of

• chain saws
• ladders - top rung
• SONOS subs

Those SONOS subs should carry a goverment health warning!

I think that's what 're-running' means!

Hi
It really depends on what you want. If just a mono speaker like an amazon Echo would suffice the Bose I'm sure is great.
If you plan on building the zones to fill your house with music the SONOS is IMHO the best option. I've taken 7 years to build my 4 zone SONOS setup
What are you looking to do....mono or build?

I have a 3 but would get a 1 and stereo pair it in the future.
Depends on the room size, my 3 mono is in the kitchen (compact kitchen).

Don't know whether to get the 1 or the 3. Is there that much difference??

thought as much, thanks for the response

To be honest never tried Google Music app. Started using Poweramp (Which I find user-friendly) since I bought Android phone and never bothered to try any other app. Having thoughts about getting BOSE SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker II instead. Atleast it will cover 50% of my requirements apart from TV and PS4. Not sure how much will I lose on sound quality.

I bought the last Sonos sub in Boston today for just £449 which is a total bargain but after trying it out and testing it I returned it. Bitterly disappointed with the sound quality. Just not good enough to command these prices. Yeah the convenience and app system is great and flexibility of system but sound quality isn't up there. Shame as I really wanted to buy into the concept.

Hi
No to all 4 unless Poweramp can 'cast'
Dont you like the Google Play Music app - is Poweramp better?

They did for me. Head Office agreed it when shop was reluctant. I believe this was because the offer is available for Currys store purchases. Play 1 as stereo pair against wall sound much better than I expected. There is some base.

Hi
Amazon Prime Music IMHO is very good and free plus 250 track 'locker' free or approx £20 per year to store zillions of tracks.
The user interface on the SONOS app works very well, so you have access to over 1M tracks
Plus the Play 1 is reduced to £134.10 on amazon at the moment with their 'No Quibble' returns policy
hope this helps

Too late now, if you go in tomorrow the barcodes the staff scan will not work, and therefore unless the manager authorises 10% discount manually you won't get the 10% off.

Up to you, but might be a wasted journey.

Do Currys definitely take the discount off at store level? Thinking of picking up tomorrow but envisage store staff refusing to take it down

Was wondering if these speakers would work for the following

>Youtube videos being played on Android phone/tablet and laptop
>MP3s being played on android phone/tablet using the app called Poweramp
>PS4 Slim
>Television

Would appreciate if anyone could provide some information since I bought the speaker (SONOS 1) but the decision to keep it would depend on the above mentioned pointers.

Cold, because Sonos is never a good deal. Just buy normal speakers of equal quality for £30 and spend £15 on a Chromecast Audio.

Richersounds have pricematched and you get a 6 year guarantee.

Edit: Oops didn't read the comments properly!

As Amazon have price matched flubit can get stuff a bit cheaper if you trust them. Having had issues I went with richer sounds for their guarantee.

Yes I am amazon, why you ask?

Need premium Spotify to stream. Bit of a bummer

Good vibrations - this deal is giving me excitations!
Heat added.

Thanks chachee

Thanks :wink:

Corrected it for you :man:

Great deal! Picked up my speakers for 50% off today - thanks for the reminder :smiley:

Enough about yourself, what do you think of the deal, troll? :stuck_out_tongue:

Play 1 is more than that in the States £112 SONOS HQ is in Santa Barbara, Ca

Hi
post #68 may help as well....
if you are iOS then click on the iOS link GPM works on both FREE

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expensive, should be £100 tops

Sorry, by local media I mean music that's physically on your phone. In the Sonos app you just specify "this device" and it'll give you the option of streaming that to the system.

With regards to the app support. Like I said, with Sonos opening their API up it wouldn't take a great deal for other audio apps to do exactly what Spotify has done, to basically allow the Sonos to be the played to device rather than just the device speakers or bluetooth. Google Play music has already done it.

I think there is a problem with the streaming rights issue with youtube plus the user experience with ads would not be ideal.
Are you amazon Prime?

Connectivity seems to be better in Bose compared to Sonos .. Not sure about skygo .. As per the text I researched so far .. you can play anything from your phone to Bose

Where did you bring it?

Can you play skygo audio through your iphone to the soundtouch 10? Seen conflicting advice.

AirPods was £142 using code cheers op

Thanks for the link. So could I listen to music on youtube vids on my phone via the sonos for better sound?

I am little naive here .. but how can I play music on Sonos from any third party app on my phone ? Even though the app support is available on Sonos .. it requires the registered accounts only ..

Hi
Click under 'On your andoird device'
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/6000306?hl=en-GB
so CAST would work via wi-fi

I'm not totally convinced Google are being transparent Re: Use the Sonos Controller app
My understanding is a subscription is required for that.
Cast would work though in GPM with your FREE storage.

Would sonos work as wireless speakers for my Galaxy s6?

You can use Google Play Musics FREE locker and cast in iOS and android app to SONOS

You can do the same for local media on Sonos. Plus, given they've opened their API I wouldn't be surprised if most audio apps follow suit fairly quickly. Personally I prefer the ability to switch the phone off and let Sonos just carry on playing the music rather than rely on crappy Bluetooth.

Oh great... I bought a playbar on Saturday!

Sonos requires you to have most of the premium member services like spotify etc .. hence went for bose .. where I can play songs via bluetooth from my phone apps .. plus youtube :smiley:

Thanks OP just what I was looking for! Happy days

Thanks for taking the time to reply :smiley: Yeah I love my Play:1 so I think I'll do as you've suggested and continue down that route for the time being!

Don't forget Trueplay for these speakers it takes them to another level , you will need an IOS device to perform it but it does change them significantly .

http://www.sonos.com/en/trueplay-speaker-tuning-software

​Buy this one, return it to Amazon!

The one time I do my Christmas shopping nicely in advance...and the speakers I was going to get are reduced by the biggest amount I've ever seen.

I think my mini stereo system of two UE Boom 2s should suffice, though, since my internet is terrible and I prefer their portability.

SONOS really benefits from a streaming service. You could open a FREE Google Play Music account and cast from your iOS devices to SONOS.
Are you hopeing for stereo?

You may prefer a bluetooth adapter for your Bose https://www.amazon.co.uk/LAYEN-i-SYNC-Bluetooth-Wirelessly-Smartphone/dp/B00903LFMU/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1482331155&sr=1-8&keywords=Bose+sounddock+2+bluetooth

Yeah I expect so, unless you can't cope with the speaker cable etc. Could always buy a Connect to plug in to your amp, best of both?

John Lewis are matching locally in store, just brought my Play1

I don't subscribe to anything, but I've got an iPhone and iPad. I've got a Bose sound dock 2 but I'll have to get another lead for it as the iPhone 6s doesn't fit it thanks to Apple messing around with the plug receivers.

Can these be used for surround sound from the tv/ mac??

Do you subcribe to a streaming music service? and have a smartphone and or tablet?

Thanks for posting OP.

Anyone on here got one of these? Thinking of treating myself in the new year.....or sooner. Whenever I hear one in a Cafe, they always seem nice and clear. Are they worth getting?

Would spending £1300-1400 on a wireless speaker solution... Playbar, Sub and 3 play 1s... be better than say a top spec amp capable of airplay/bluetooth etc, with 5 top spec speakers & a sub? I suspect it'd blow the doors of the Sonos? Just curious.

I'd phone them they will give you some Prime months credit 0800 496 1081

buy a new set, and then return them to amazon as if they were the ones you originally bought.

I'd have
• 3 zones (2 stereo, 1 mono) of Play 1s
rather than
• 2 zones (1 stereo, 1 mono)
Play 1s, single play 5

you could always make zone 3 stereo in the future.

I started with one Play 5 1st gen.

This is assuming you are happy with your Play 1 - IMHO they are awesome

Would people recommend I buy a play:5 or three play:1's?

So uncertain. I already have 2 play:1s and have one largish room in the house I can think I'd put the play:5 but the appeal of having a stereo pair in one room and another play:1 for another room is there....

Just bought a Sonos Playbar from amazon yesterday and set it up / used it.. now 10% off here haha dammit.

Bose has better connectivity but the Sonos sounds better in my opinion. The Bose lacks bass for some strange reason.

You can cast to SONOS with iOS and android via Google Play Music Free

YouTube I think also can be cast to SONOS but I'm not 100% on that

You can stream your own music to SONOS from NAS drives https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/79/~/using-a-nas-drive-with-sonos
streaming can be done via wi-fi now (used to be SONOS mesh) http://www.sonos.com/en-gb/sonos-explained

I'm bias so perhaps not the best person to advise!

ps
those subs can literally shake a dwelling with 2 foot walls and solid floors, mine went back to amazon.

Sonos will happily stream music from your NAS drives. If your phone is Apple it will stream music from there, but only from your Apple music library on the phone, via the Sonos app, not from any random music player. Best off getting all your music on the NAS.

Echo integration is available via free tools, but requires some significant effort. You need to install "node Sonos" on a server somewhere, then configure an Alexa skill and Lambda function on Amazon Web Services. I'm a techie and it took me a couple of days (doesn't help that the AWA UI is constantly changing so all the documentation and how-to info is out of date), but I have it working now. See Echo Sonos on Github.
It doesn't really work for selecting individual tracks or artists but is great for playlists, pausing and resuming, etc.

Can you stream music from unregistered apps (non premium) to sonos ? or do you need to have premium accounts with the music streaming apps (like spotify) to play ?

Can you also stream the audio from youtube to this ?

This doesn't work well for me ? What voice commands do you use ?

Richer Sounds price matched and will get extra 6 years warranty.

Amazon price matched - https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Hi-Fi-Speakers/SONOS-PLAY-1-Smart-Wireless-Speaker-Black/B00FMS1KO0/ref=lp_5572525031_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1482322044&sr=1-1

Cashback with currys too?

Amazon have price matched the Play 1 in black now

Thanks for your reply ..

I have mp3 on my phone, NAS drives, plus i listen to the songs via youtube and other free streaming places available online. I think with Bose (as per your guidance), I can stream this music directly to the speaker ... will make my life so much easy :smiley: Will this be right ?

Soo tempted with a Sub & PlayBar due to ease and lack of cables and other equipment needed but not sure if the money be spent better buying other surround sound equipment...

sonos play 1 vs bose soundtouch 10 ?? Any suggestion

Price matched on Amazon now

Nothing happens when I enter the code. Price doesn't change

Heat added - But trying to Order Sonos Sub and no Delivery , so have to go to store ... shame .. might just go to Richer Sounds and get 6 years Warranty... for the same price :sunglasses:

Anyone know if John Lewis will price match?

Price match everything with richersounds!!

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sonos-playbar-price-match-richersounds-2582095

Thanks, appreciate the "heads up"

was tempted to get one on Black Friday when they were 130 on Amazon...still tempted now...difficult to justify

Thanks op. Just saved me £17 on daughters xmas present

Or now if you use the Yonami app

Discount code does not seem to work with "collect in store" only on delivery

Will Sonos1 work with Amazon Echo Dot?

Had the white sub in my basket then went out of stock at check out. [email protected] I'll keep waiting.... heat added.

Not quite as good as 20% last year, but still hot

Cheers chichi just the job :smile:

That's the second TODAY ONLY deal they've had on these in just over a week lol

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sonos-speakers-have-10-off-for-today-only-currys-eg-play-1-134-10-prices-description-2572445

Sound deal chanchi, heat added :smiley:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12_g_5SY3zw:innocent:

a booming deal chanchi :smiley:

These best-of-breed wireless speakers should be in every room of every home. Buy! Buy! Buy!

Thanks OP :smiley:



Time to turn the music on :smiley::stuck_out_tongue: