Sonos is Pretty Amazing
Today my daughter and I went to BestBuy to get a few things - and among them was the Sonos system for the house. I've been looking at this for a long time, and even gone to the store on at least three occasions to get them, but then walked out of the store without a thing. I just didn't see it as a need. Then I saw her putting together her IKEA furniture listening to some tunes from her phone. I knew this was pretty standard for my kids, but still... it was just a little silly when we can make the house be filled with the sound from the same phone.
So we got them. She's got a Play:1 for her room, and a Play:3 for the living area downstairs. I got a Play:5 for the living room upstairs, and a Play:3 for the kitchen, and finally a Play:1 for the office. She gets to control all the sound downstairs, and I can control it upstairs. It's really amazingly impressive.
The sound fills the house, and as you walk around from room to room the sound appears to already be there - well... because it is! There's no "walking away" from the music, and it's not too loud in any room - as you can control the speakers independently. This is just exactly what I was hoping for.
The set-up could not have been easier. Set up the base unit - a "Boost" unit - connected to the router, and then just go around plugging in one speaker at a time, and hitting a few buttons on the iPhone (or Android) app and on the speaker to register each one, and then it's all done. I was a little worried that this would require something on my Mac, but not so - just an iPhone will do nicely.
Now I am able to stream music and it's honestly a little better than the AirPlay from Apple, as I've had drop-outs there, but have experienced nothing like that with Sonos. Very cool. And it's just in time to be playing all my Christmas favorites!