In Praise of Sonos Old and New
Hi friends,
Name is Johnny, a severely disabled guy retired in a nursing home in W--s--M. After many trials with voice and bluetooth speakers and not enjoying them, I found an old Sonos zone player covered in dust at the back of a 2nd hand shop, literally going for a song!:). Struggled home with it in my wheelchair (weighs 5kg!), cleaned it and installed s1 app. After doing a factory reset, the app found the speaker 1st time, connected to the home's secure WiFi and performed a system update faultlessly.
After adding my music service and alll my fav radio stations to the app and ticking the uncompressed setting, I enjoyed a wonderful and varied 6hr listen, which helps with my pain and discomfort, without a hint of strain, and not one WIFI dropout:).
Yes I know, the audio is not as good as the later models, or high res, nor is it supported anymore. However, For a beguiling and gentle long listen, there are few to match even an old Sonos:). So if your budget is tight please don't dismiss these older speakers. My having a speech difficulty, means it is a joy not to have to talk to it! The home's WiFi is very strong and most importantly password protected. Sonos does not like open networks. I love listening to music and voice and with the Sonos, forget the technical side, good though it is. A testimony to Sonos that such an old speaker is still going strong:). Thanks for listening folks.
Johnny