Borrowing Sonos

Something like 2003? They were founded in 2002, I'm not sure when the first speaker was released.

Our first player released was the Sonos ZonePlayer 100, which came out in Feb 2005. You can find one of the first reviews here courtesy of the Internet way back machine.

Until Ryan's post I thought the first device was the Connect (or rather the ZP80, essentially the same for our purposes), The Connect converted an existing hifi into a Sonos player. So Sonos was REALLY expensive then as every room needed a Connect, an amplifier and a pair of speakers, or a ZP100, now called the Connect:Amp, which is a Connect and amp in one box, so you just need the speakers of your choice.

Around 2009(?) along came the first "all-in-one" speaker, the Play:5, followed by the Sub, Play:3, Play:1 and Playbar (not necessarily in that order) and the second generation Play:5, which is actually so different from the original, nobody but Sonos knows why it wasn't given another name.

Originally you had to have a Sonos component wired to your router, so if it wasn't convenient to wire one of your Connects then you needed a Bridge for that purpose. Subsequently replaced by the Boost. Sonos can now work without a wired component, but for many setups there are still advantages in having one.

Sonos are great at backwards compatibility and there are still plenty of early ZP80s and ZP100s in service.

I think I now have 12 Sonos devices. I liked the system so much I even became a Sonos reseller for a while. So most of my friends also have Sonos systems :)

Edit: I also forgot the dedicated controllers, now superseded for most users by the free controller apps.

Thanks for all that info! I'm sold!

My CR100 controller still works quite well. Have it mounted to the wall in the kitchen so when I'm cooking I can use that with messy hands instead of messing up my iPhone. I got that, a ZP90, ZP120, and a bridge for about $900 or so back then. Prices haven't changed in all these years either.

NL1604.....

You've been warned. No complaints in 6 months, when you're up to your ears in Sonos equipment :)

Welcome to fun!

I'm out in the RV now... Two Play:1s and a Connect filling 400 square feet of living space plus the outdoors with albums from my NAS. I can get Sirius to stream over WIFI if I apply myself, but park WIFI is too sluggish to be passable. Yeah... borrowing is just the tip of the iceberg. Apologize to your significant other for us for your new addiction. 😃

Didn't the sub come after the Play 3?

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If I remember correctly, yes, it did.

Sonos, along with the internet, has transformed my musical listening as well, from the navel gazing audiophile type to a lot more, in many more places, at many more times in the day.

Although I know all the reasons why it hasn't been done, top of my wish list is a Sonos player that can also do all that my truly portable and splash proof bluetooth speaker does so I can pass that one to some one that isn't into Sonos. More important to me than voice control. Which by the way has been recently incorporated into the bluetooth speaker by an update as well, though I can't say how well that works because I can't be bothered to try it.