Truly wireless - Battery Powered PLAY unit

I have been thinking about this a lot.  I think a portable battery pack that can have a Play5, a Play3 and a Play1 all fit on top of it. would be an excellent solution.  It could have the ability to plug into existing speaker systems with the same power cord the Play units now use.  New Play units could be modified to accept a more direct "docking-like" connection.  

absolutely should be top of the line battery and should be able to be recharged both at an electrical outlet and via a car charger.

The reason I've shifted to the idea of a battery pack is so that I can have the option of using the same battery pack with any size Play unit.   I probably wouldn't mind a custom battery pack for each size Play unit as that would probably look better on the Play1 and Play 3 unless the design folks could come up with a pleasing appearance and stable connection etc for those units.

Ron

Lynchburg, VA

Trying to modify these existing Plays will probably be a problem. Can't imagine a device designed to work 110v able to run on a battery of any size. Instead a device designed for the start to operate on a battery pack that plugs into 110v outlet is the way to go. Thinking Sonos designers/engineers would have better chance at success this way, a brand new Play.

I like to have a SONOS mobile speaker/music solution with battery and bluetooth functionality. Does anybody knows where this idea is on the SONOS innovation list? Would be great if we can push the topic!

Sonos, do this now.

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Batteries or mains or both. Hi, I'm considering joining the Sonos community but have some questions - it all looks great on the ads and on the website but there aren't any power cables to the speakers. Can they run on batteries or mains and if only the latter then its not exactly wireless is it? If batteries are they rechargeable and what's the play period between charges or battery changes?

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Batteries or mains or both. Hi, I'm considering joining the Sonos community but have some questions - it all looks great on the ads and on the website but there aren't any power cables to the speakers. Can they run on batteries or mains and if only the latter then its not exactly wireless is it? If batteries are they rechargeable and what's the play period between charges or battery changes?
Still no action fron Sonos on this deficiency in the product range. A rechargeable battery play speaker is needed. As farbas I'm concerned it doesn't need any other functions than to be like the play3 or 5 but WITHOUT the mains connection (except when recharging)

I can not believe that SONOS product development department is so slow. I just gave up on SONOS and bought an B&O BeoPlay A2 instead. Thank you for nothing guys!

I can not believe that SONOS product development department is so slow. I just gave up on SONOS and bought an B&
I gave up too. Bad for SONOS. There are other good products from Bose or Ultimate Ears Boom, 360° (including NFC).

I also would def consider buying one!  Just bought the Play 5 and am thinking of taking it back for a battery-powered unit that Bose has.  Decisions, decisions!!

And now there are at least TWO other vendors with cheaper Sonos-type equipment with a battery powered option.

- Bose SoundTouch Portable
- Pure Jongo S3
- and now LG
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/at-international-ces-new-options-for-networked-speakers

I just can't understand Sonos' refusal to produce this obvious extention to thier line of products?