Music, culture & the industry

Kumar

Recommended music - other than classical and pop

I am not sure there is a thread on what Sonos is truly about - the music, so this might be an interesting thread. I have left out classical because that deserves a thread of its own and modern pop because it all sounds the same to me. I have Phil Keaggy strumming Solitude from his Acoustic Sketches...

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14 days ago

brttlt Avid Contributor I

Recommended Music: Rock, hard Rock or Metal

Looks like a lot of other genres have been touched on but haven't seen this group yet. I'm new to Sonos...had my Play 5 for a month then it lost its WiFi ability...they are sending me a new one. Love the sound, but from these genres, what has really stood out to play on my Sonos? Thanks

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15 days ago

ratty

Archimago's latest musings on MQA and HiRes

A trenchant critique from someone who always comes across as resolutely supportive of the science. http://archimago.blogspot.com/2019/09/musings-democritization-doublethink-mqa.html (The older related threads here, with subscribers who might be interested, are either locked or hornets' nests that...

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22 days ago

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Amazon Plans High-End Echo

The company plans to release the new Echo by next year, according to people familiar with the product. Prototypes of the cylindrical speaker are wider than the current Echo to squeeze in additional components including at least four tweeters, said the people, who requested anonymity to discuss an in...

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22 days ago

jackben55 Contributor I

HBO GO sound quality issues using Fire stick

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So I have had my sonos for over a year. I am using a play 5 gen 1 that has a stereo patch cable connecting it to the tv. I am an employee with a home integration company so it’s no where near my first time using this product. About 2 weeks ago I noticed that only the HBO GO apps sound quality has ch...

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1 month ago

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Braun reinvents its classic speakers with Google Assistant to compete with Sonos

These are cool. Hard to beat Dieter Rams design esthetic. They remind me of Braun's uber cool version of my QUAD ESL-63s, miniaturized. Oops, nope, the original was a version of the earlier QUAD ESL-57. https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/braun-new-le-wireless-smart-speakers/

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1 month ago

Airgetlam

New hardware coming? August 27 & 28 Press events

Interesting tease here: https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/08/sonos-fall-event-IFA-2019/ Seems odd that no FCC popups have occurred yet, but I'm not one to be looking for those kinds of things, I count on others in our community for that

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1 month ago

Ravica3 Avid Contributor I

Was I the Only One Waiting to Hear a Sonos Announcement Today?

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I've seen a lot of web articles from the normal tech sites talking annot Sonos Event that should have happened today. Everyone thought Sonos would be announcing new speakers during this 2 day even but I haven't heard or seen anything at all.

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1 month ago

k9kids Trending Lyricist I

Where is the News?

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Sonos holds a two day press briefing in New York and not a snippet of news about the event anywhere. Anybody have any intel on the event?

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1 month ago

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Sonos Sues Lenbrook for Bluesound and BluOS, Alleging Patent Infringement

This will be interesting, especially after Denon. Sonos invented wireless multi room audio, and owns all the patents. Hard to imagine they won’t win this one, too. https://www.cepro.com/article/sonos_sues_lenbrook_for_bluesound_bluos_alleged_patent_infringement

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1 month ago

Airgetlam

BBC removing access from TuneIn....but not from Sonos?

I found this to be interesting, although it doesn't seem to affect Sonos users (yet.....) https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/12/bbc-to-pull-all-radio-services-from-tunein-uk/

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2 months ago

KM4ME Contributor I

I'm back with Sonos

Hi all, Up until HomePod appeared I had multiple sonos players in my home for years. From connects to play 5s and play 1s. When HomePod came out I got one and sold all my sonos stuff. Despite this I was never really happy with the HomePod sound. (It replaced a play 5 2nd gen) I thought a softwa...

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3 months ago

User582415 Contributor II

Suggestion for a new music service.

An interesting music service you might want to consider. Mubert. It's a bit hard to describe, but it comes in regular and premium versions and is basically a musical algorithm compilation of different though similar.

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3 months ago

TommyCayucos Contributor I

Transferring iTunes Playlist to Apple Music

Question

Recently, SONOS announced that it was going to stop supporting playing music from "on this iPhone" in the near future and that Apple Music was an alternative. So, I created an Apple Music account and was able to upload the music from my iTunes app located on my PC to the Apple Music cloud. However...

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4 months ago

Notarj1 Contributor I

Radio Paradise

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Is there a way to add Radio Paradise to the Sonos menu anywhere in order to be able to have a shortcut to stream Radio Paradise?

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5 months ago

Jodie83 Contributor I

Apple Music

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I’ve just bought the Sonos One. How do I get Alexa to play my playlists from Apple Music? I can physically select music to play off Apple Music but when asking Alexa she won’t play, something about Amazon Music is mentioned

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5 months ago

T00LF00L Prodigy I

Can I get everyone's opinion on alternative controllers for Sonos hardware?

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I'm ready to explore other options as the new v5.0 'update' is a complete turd. Sonopad looked promising in the App Store, can I get everyone's opinion of which controller is the best? Sonos employees need not respond...

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5 months ago

Landru Avid Contributor I

Blast from the past!

Nostalgia from the BBC about how we listened to the music in the past makes for interesting reading. See the bit about how useful a pencil was as a tool in the signal chain! http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190408-old-music-tech-people-under-30-wouldnt-understand

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6 months ago

THrippyC Contributor I

Happiness

I like to put my L&R play 1s up to my ears like headphones on max volume, max bass, and listen to EDM. It's my true happiness when alone

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6 months ago

shaunmoloney Contributor I

CR100 Voucher

Never Received CR100 Voucher/s. I submitted my CR100 serial/s and do you think I received the voucher/s.........NOPE!! Extremely disappointed. This is very poor, considering that I have my own AV Installation company and over the past 12 months we have spent just under $82k on Sonos products for our...

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7 months ago

Niraj.Shr Avid Contributor I

Interesting article in WIRED about SONOS

https://www.wired.com/story/sonos-nick-millington-exclusive-interview/

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7 months ago

ROSREM Contributor I

Cannot access Virgin Radio UK using Tune-in

I'm having trouble connecting to Virgin Radio UK through Tune-in. I live in France. Does anybody know if this is possible? I can connect to just about every other radio station in the UK just not Virgin!

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8 months ago

80zforever Contributor III

List of Favorite Reggae Stations-Requesting Recommendations

Can others recommend any of a list of their favorite reggae internet radio stations? Ideally, I was looking for ones that play more of the old school artists like: Yellowman, Steel Pulse, Eek a Mouse, Burning Spear, King Tubby, Third World, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Mikey Dread, Sugar Minor, Culture,...

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8 months ago

chicks

Apple Buyout Targets Could Include Sonos, JPMorgan Says

Ya never know. It would suck big time, though. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-buyout-targets-could-netflix-141628746.html

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8 months ago

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