What Was Your First Sonos Product? Share Your Experience!

Another UK users here, I think it was around July 2005 when Sonos launched in the UK, immediately bought the  ZP100 and CR100. This was followed by a bundle of another ZP100, CR100 and ZP80 again when the ZP80 was launched which from memory was around Spring 2006.

Bought to replace the SliMP3 player mainly because of the CR100 Album artwork and the Slim Devices needed tinkering most days.

It all started in late 2014. I’d left a rented home and moved into my now wife’s one bedroom condo. Prior to that my home theater consisted of wired components Left/Center/Right front channels, Surrounds and Sub. Not to mention a plethora of other stereo and AV equipment.

I needed something compact with good sound as my gear was too bulky for the condo. I went to Bestbuy to look at smaller wired HT speakers. The Bestbuy associate introduced me to Sonos. Needless to say that from that humble start of five (5) Sonos components and now thirty-one (31) units later; I’m a certified Sonos addict. Below is how it all began and the rest is history...

1. Playbar + Sub + Play: 1’s as surrounds + Bridge > Boost
2. Playbar + Sub + Play: 3’s as surrounds 
3. Play: 1’s merged into Stereo Pair
4. Play: 5 Gen 1 as Stereo pair 
5. Play: 5 Gen2 released within 30 day return window which replaced the Play:5 Gen1

Needless to say that all models have been upgraded successively to the latest and greatest as they were released.  I’ve had the good fortune to have acquired Arc’s, Arc Ultra’s Port, Moves, Roams, Beams, Sonos Amps, Era 300’s & Era 100’s as surrounds and stereo pairs. 

The condo is gone and we’re blessed with a tri-level home for all my stuff (and my wife’s) 😊. I’ve had nothing but success with all my Sonos through the years and I'm extremely satisfied. BTW….joining this community was/is another reason that has made my journey with Sonos an exceptional expereince!

Enjoy your Sonos!!!

It started in May 2015 for us when my Wife sent me a link to a Wired article discussing a starter SONOS Kit (she had heard me talk about these Wireless speakers before) - basically, it was like a party pack of 2 Play 1’s 😀 - link below:

You Can Now Get Pairs of Sonos’ Play:1 Speakers for $50 Off | WIRED

Purchased from the now defunct Futureshop in Ontario, Canada (now BestBuy)

From that point on, we started investing in SONOS - next was a Play 3, then a Play 5, Move, Multiple Sonos One’s, Beam …… I have now parted with the Play 1’s and Play 3 - handed them down to my Daughter - after close to 10 years of playing tons of music on them, they still sound amazing!

Derek

Beam, sub, one SL’S. Then more one SL’s. Then reloaded the beam with the Arc. Next another Arc , mini sub and one SL’s. Move made it in the group. Total of 14 speakers….and wouldn’t buy another Sonos product because of its crappy app. Now ya know.

I purchased my first Play:1 from Crutchfield in late 2016 for my kitchen. I immediately fell in love with it and have gradually expanded my Sonos ecosystem to 17 total devices. The Play:1 is now in my children’s bedroom where it is wired to my router to create SonosNet. It works and sounds just as good as it did in 2016.

For me in 2017 the Sonos way began with a single used Play1 and one and a half day later it was upgraded to a stereo pair. 😎 Used that later as surrounds with a playbar but then upgraded to Sonos Ones.