Sonos reveal ZonePlayer S5 – Home Improvement Expert

Sonos have just revealed a new all-in-one zone player. The single box includes digital amps as well as 5 speakers as well as brings the the entry cost of Sonos down to £340 / $399 if you already have an iphone or iPod touch to manage it. Sonos state the S5 is due “late October”. full press release below [Via: Engadget ] : Sonos at Amazon : Sonos S5 : Our Sonos Review

“SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – October 13, 2009 – Sonos®, Inc., the leading designer of wireless multi-room music systems for the home, today introduced the Sonos ZonePlayer S5, an all-in-one wireless music system that can be managed with an iPhone, iPod® touch or any type of Sonos Controller. The S5 delivers crystal-clear, room-filling noise that rivals much larger, much more challenging audio equipment. Plus, the S5 offers immediate gain access to to limitless music with manage from the palm of your hand. now music enthusiasts can discover as well as play any type of tune from an iTunes library, plus, a world of music as well as radio on the Internet, in any type of space of the house. The S5 will be offered for $399 in late October. To see the S5 in action, please visit: www.sonos.com/S5demo. “Our clients tell us they listen to twice as much music after bringing Sonos into their homes,” stated John MacFarlane, CEO of Sonos. “The new S5 is our newest effort to simplify the Sonos experience so much more people can delight in much more music than ever before.”

The S5 features a 5-driver speaker system that packs a huge noise – filling an entire space with music. Sonos uniquely developed the S5 with an all-digital noise design for accurate noise reproduction. The S5 includes two tweeters, two mid-range chauffeurs as well as a built-in single subwoofer – each individually powered by a devoted digital amplifier as well as optimized to provide room-filling noise with smooth tonal balance as well as deep bass. All filter settings, bass as well as treble controls, active equalization, as well as time-alignment are performed in the digital domain with state-of-the-art DSP circuitry, so there’s absolutely no loss of audio high quality or energy. With the Internet-connected S5, you can listen to method much more music than you can with a dock that only plays the tunes that in shape on your iPod.

The S5 provides you immediate gain access to to a world of music, including 25,000 Web radio stations, shows as well as podcasts -all totally free of fee as well as pre-loaded on Sonos. Sonos works perfectly with the most prominent music services to offer computer-free gain access to to millions of tunes as well as stations from the likes of Last.fm, Napster, Rhapsody, Pandora, SIRIUS Web Radio, as well as Deezer. The S5 likewise provides you immediate gain access to to any type of iTunes library kept on any type of computer or Network connected storage, such as an Apple Time Capsule. The S5’s analog audio input lets you link to an outside audio source (such as an iPod, CD player, TV, DVD, VCR, or radio) as well as play music or audio on all ZonePlayers in the system.

When it concerns controlling your S5, you just reach into your pocket for your iphone or iPod touch. With the totally free Sonos Controller for iphone app (available on the iTunes app Store), you can browse for tunes as well as stations, select the music as well as manage the volume in as numerous spaces as you like. as well as since the iphone is controlling the music, as well as not the source of it, when a text is available in or you requirement to make a phone call, the music doesn’t stop. That likewise implies you can keep your iphone in your pocket, not stuck in a dock. The S5 likewise includes totally free Sonos Controller software application for your Mac or PC. Or you can let everybody in the home share the manage with the devoted Sonos Controller 200 (sold separately). just like all Sonos ZonePlayers, the S5 is easy to set up, simple to broaden as well as 100% compatible with all other Sonos products. just plug in the S5 anywhere you want music.

One ZonePlayer or Sonos ZoneBridge™ (sold separately) should be linked to your router as well as all the rest will work wirelessly. When you’re prepared to play much more music in much more rooms, just add S5s or other ZonePlayers without adding wires. now you can play the exact same tune in every space with ideal synchronicity or mix it up by playing different tunes in different rooms. The S5 will be offered for purchase in the united states beginning in late October. To discover much more or to find an authorized Sonos dealer, please go to www.sonos.com or phone call 877.80.SONOS.”

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