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ricardo99
ricardo99
Avid Contributor I
July 28, 2009

Are you happy with the 3.0 update?

  • July 28, 2009
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Quite simple, lets get some numbers on all the chatter thats flying around. In order that Sonos can gauge some meaningful feedback please reply to this thread with your supporting opinions for your choice.

EDIT: Now I've put my mobile phone down and can type with both hands I'll finish this post off properly.

I voted NO as I believe the perception that has been given and supported is that we, the users, will get our idea's turned into tweaks/new features/upgrades etc. through the Sound Idea's forum. Given that the fact that the last two updates have had very few changes to the system (i.e. Not new services) I fear that the focus on this may have drifted. I understand the current world economic situation means that luxury products suchs as Sonos will be put aside for essential purchase and that Sonos will and must look to increase it's user base to survive doesnt mean that we, as existing users cannot express our dissapointment at this shift. My hopes for the future are that the new controller, which I think is fantastic, will bring better and more wider ranging upgrades, the appearance of the more music feature gives me this hope.

This is nothing to do with it being free, not screwing my system up, or it continuing to do what it should, it is about perception and expectations.....and presently results are falling short of my expectations

There you go, sermon over.....

Are you happy with update 3.0?

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    Bladeforce
    Contributor III
    July 29, 2009
    I love my Sonos but I have to say with my family (8 people) all using it and all with different tastes in music the file limit is a royal pain in the ***! Can somebody at Sonos just up it please! As for the rest of the update I have really noticed anything that makes me go wow but I have noticed some small changes that, well for me anyway, don't make a blind bit of diiference but thanks anyway
    jgatie
    jgatie
    July 29, 2009
    Can somebody at Sonos just up it please!


    How exactly do you propose they "just up it?" You act like they can simply wave a magic wand and get 1 million tracks, but choose not to because they like torturing you and others with huge libraries. I assure you, they aren't doing that.
    iam
    Contributor I
    July 29, 2009
    LOL @jgatie :D

    I understand the complexities of updating the track limit because of the hardware, but there might be a solution: by integrating UPnP support. This way us-tortured-people-with-huge-libraries at least have some way of listening to their music with Sonos.

    I am not expecting Sonos to add this for free, I'd be more than willing to pay for such an extra. 🆒
    jgatie
    jgatie
    July 29, 2009
    LOL @jgatie :D

    I understand the complexities of updating the track limit because of the hardware, but there might be a solution: by integrating UPnP support. This way us-tortured-people-with-huge-libraries at least have some way of listening to their music with Sonos.

    I am not expecting Sonos to add this for free, I'd be more than willing to pay for such an extra. 🆒

    Which server would you like them to interface with? Twonky? Squeezecenter? WMP? iTunes?

    How much effort should they put into this integration, both in development and support?

    What about the users who now can't run a simple NAS because they need to run a server? Should Sonos now only support NAS drives that are powerful enough to run the server (whatever server that is)?

    Should Sonos, a small company, abandon all effort in improving their core functionality and instead push for integration with any and all UPnP servers on the market?

    Should they go even further and develop their own server (much to the chagrin of the "I already run xyz server crowd) so as to minimize the impact on support?

    Exactly how much extra are you going to pay to support the new Server Team at Sonos? Is the number of users willing to pay for this enough to pay the salaries of the team?

    Just a few things to think about . . .
    Galeran
    Avid Contributor I
    July 29, 2009
    I'm sorry to whomever was presumably paid to redesign the icons, but they're generally insipid and no improvement from before.

    Telephones are ubiquitous; nothing about it really means "office" to me... and it's been a long time since a phone looked like that anyway. I'm guessing the "Living room" icon is supposed to be an overstuffed chair, but it looks as much like a phone jack. The crossed knife and fork for the kitchen inside a circle look like a cancel button. Does anyone know what the foyer/hallway thing is suppsed to be? A steam radiator?

    There's so much duplication, too... garden=patio; hallway=foyer; den=media room=tv room.

    The patio/garden icon is attractive and cute and makes good use of the circular space. Too bad Sonos doesn't make a waterproof/portable zoneplayer.

    Really, I think the thing to do next time is to let us install our own graphics.
    Cecilia
    Contributor III
    July 29, 2009
    I answered NO.

    A whole *version* update, but nothing new available to me. Therefore, IMHO, there is no update. It's a new version available for new users. That's great for the company, who obviously wants new users.

    But the fact is that I still can't manage my own music library the way I'd like to (ie. view the lyric tag on the controller, among other things). So to tell me that *I* have received a full version update, that's simply not true. I haven't gotten a thing.

    Sonos has had a version update, great for them, congrats. But I have not received any updates. Not since I bought my Sonos. It's okay, I wouldn't give up my Sonos for anything! But like someone else said here, don't tease me and ask me to offer "Sound Ideas" and then not ever do anything about them. It hurts my psyche.
    Avee
    Avee
    Avid Contributor I
    July 29, 2009
    :(

    Censored again.
    Our auto-mod doesn't seem to like you very much. Maybe get in touch with Sid, it could be your IP-Address or something.
    Cecilia
    Contributor III
    July 29, 2009
    Our auto-mod doesn't seem to like you very much. Maybe get in touch with Sid, it could be your IP-Address or something.

    Haha, then Sonos would be screening the US gov't 😉 Actually, I don't believe the IP address is a problem, as the last censure was of my home IP, while today I'm at my desk job.

    Is it something I'm saying? I mean, I don't always say nice things, but I don't mean to say anything purely evil.... 😕
    Ubertaffy
    Avid Contributor I
    July 29, 2009
    I'm happy with it but that's because to me, someone who will be using a CR200 among other controllers, do feel its a big upgrade (the controller i mean, being a new piece of kit). I do really think that there should have been perhaps an option to download 3.0 only if you got the controller, instead of making everyone do it. Oddly, downloading it doesn't hurt anyone...but I can understand that THINKING it will give you something other than new controller support would then make you feel like it wasn't worth the 3.0 naming.
    Rephlex
    Rephlex
    Avid Contributor I
    July 29, 2009
    I have voted Yes. I've got no immediate downsides. I'm happy that Sonos continually add functionality to their purchased product.

    I've been so close to buying an iPod Touch as my main controller. I need a second one ond would retire the CR100 to the secondary function. I now have to decide whether to buy a 16GB Touch on eBay for ~100GBP or fork out for the CR200.

    Inclined to save and get the Sonos one.....
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