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timroswell
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February 11, 2017
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SONOS hardware a dead end?

  • February 11, 2017
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I read that SONOS is concentrating their efforts on streaming instead of hardware. So I'm wondering from a hardware standpoint, is SONOS a dead end hardware-wise? The really havent released any thing new except for the Sonos Boost, mostly been hardware/software up dates.
Although SONOS works flawlessly for me, other manufactures are developing their system, typically with improved loudspeakers etc
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      CapnLes
      CapnLes
      Virtuoso
      March 7, 2017
      Go for the Sub!
      My Sonos system is rock solid 100% of the time and your system should be too!
        Krislu
        Prominent Collaborator I
        March 7, 2017
        I don't want to be the one that told you so. So I won't. LOL! Agreed, Go for the sub. - Kris 🙂
        Kumar
        March 8, 2017
        Now the question is, do I get the sub for my Playbar or get the Playbase? Same price either way. But can recoupe some money by selling playbar. Always good to have options.
        Sub is probably the answer, but a better one will emerge when enough is known/reported about the sound quality from the base compared to the bar. Good idea would be to wait a bit!
        timroswell
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        March 9, 2017
        I find it odd that there are a spate of Novice posts that seem to start as a Sonos user then digress to espousing the benefits of other less capable systems. I have a fried who was a BBC sound technician setting up some serious studio kit, music and film. Ask him about the stuff Audiophiles espouse and he can barely stand for laughing
        timroswell
        timroswellAuthor
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        March 9, 2017
        Seriously? A friend who sets up serious kit for studio kit for music and film? Does he even listen to music? Does he even understand what dynamic range is? I sure wouldn't take his advice for a home audio system. The goals and purpose of studio or pro equipment are way different then the goals and purpose of home audio whether low end or high end equipment. This pretty much applies to everyone else except for the BBC. A couple of engineers that I met at some technical conferences really did care about how good it would sound.
        A long time ago, I was a recording engineer, quite successful but I was also an audiophile too. Most things I did in the studio and the equipment used was to record the music so it would sound good coming out of an automobile radio and that it would "stick out" better then other recordings. At the start of any contract, the first thing in my mind to settle out was the goal "How loud it can play or how good did it sound?". Generally louder won out, holy smokes Batman, where is the compressor? The technical quality of studio equipment was mediocre at best, it was designed and built to a completely set of different standards then home audio. The environment is way different. Reliability and generally being indestructible to all the abuse it would receive in the studio was the primary goal of the equipment not sound quality.
        timroswell
        timroswellAuthor
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        March 9, 2017
        I don't want to be the one that told you so. So I won't. LOL! Agreed, Go for the sub. - Kris :)
        timroswell
        timroswellAuthor
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        March 9, 2017
        I hear you brother. I used to be one of those early adopter types. Betamax? Laserdiscs? Early days of CD's The RCA answer to laserdiscs? Elcasets? DAT? Quadrophonic? Flat screen tv's? Actually till just recently I lament getting rid of my old Sony XBR CRT tv. Had them all. Learned my lesson the hard and expensive way, when it comes to digital audio, wait a few generations.
        timroswell
        timroswellAuthor
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        March 9, 2017
        I'm perfectly happy with my Sonos equipment all things considered due to my hearing difficulties it sounds great and absolutely flawless in operation. But there are now competing systems out there now from some manufacturers with pretty deep pockets. The equipment selection and quality just keeps getting better. And is that surpassing Sonos?
        timroswell
        timroswellAuthor
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        March 9, 2017
        I hear you brother. I used to be one of those early adopter types. Betamax? Laserdiscs? Early days of CD's The RCA answer to laserdiscs? Elcasets? DAT? Quadrophonic? Flat screen tv's? Actually till just recently I lament getting rid of my old Sony XBR CRT tv. Had them all. Learned my lesson the hard and expensive way, when it comes to digital audio, wait a few generations.
        timroswell
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        March 9, 2017
        BTW, I still have my McIntosh MR78 tuner, MPI 4 max performance indicator, and a couple of reel to reel tape decks - Revox, Tascam BR20 and Tandberg 20SE. So I did pick some winners.
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