Jason’s 11 zone @sonos. This system would cost $100k 10 years ago. W/Sonos? ~$5k
Sonos is the greatest thing you can add to your home to automate it I'm convinced. I spent about $5,000 on 11 Sonos units and a $12 Rhapsody and $15 Sirius Account and I can listen to any music in the world (literally, you can tune into radio stations in Tokyo or Paris!) in any room in my home… or combination of rooms. I can feed my TV or either of two Mac Mini's into the system as well. So, if I'm watching the Knicks game I can send the audio from the TV to the kitchen and my office so I don't miss anything.
The best part is the Sonos system runs on a wifi-like network so there is ZERO cabling to be done. You simply plug in a Sonos S5–basically the same as a Bose Wave Radio–and you're done. You can put these in every room for $400 and do five rooms in your house for $2,000…. less than the cost of running the cables.
I can't wait for Spotify to hook their service up to Sonos… then it's game over. You'll never buy a CD again, and you'll have access to every CD on the planet. Win!
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Very very cool.
Comment by Zee — December 26, 2009 @ 6:26 pm
“if I’m watching the Knicks game I can send the audio from the TV to the kitchen and my office so I don’t miss anything. ”
OK, *that* is seriously awesome. I can only send audio to other parts of the house when I’m alone, by cranking the computer’s volume way up. This sounds significantly more sophisticated
Comment by Kashif Pasta — December 26, 2009 @ 6:53 pm
You didn’t even mention the iPhone app that allows you to control the zones. Sonos is an awesome system.
Comment by Chris H — December 26, 2009 @ 7:50 pm
Hey Jason – how easy is it feed your TV audio output into it?
Would you recommended it over purchasing a new in home stereo
for use with a new flat screen TV at a retailer like Best Buy?
Comment by Ryan Born — December 27, 2009 @ 1:45 am