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Sonos S5 ears-on review: a premium iPod speaker dock without the dock external link

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Engadget | by Thomas Ricker | Tue, Oct 20

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We had the opportunity to hear a preview of the $399 Sonos S5 all-in-one speaker ahead of its 27 October US launch (November 10th in Europe). For comparison, we had it staged side-by-side with a pair of Sonos 100 speakers -- a setup that costs $678 ($499 for an amplified Sonos ZonePlayer Z120...

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Thumbnail 2 Weeks Ago, RJ Huneke from Apple Gazette says (in Sonos “ZonePlayer S5” IMPULSIVE REVIEW) In an age that has adopted digital music, the Sonos “ZonePlayer S5” cannot be overlooked, or go unheard! Sonos makes listening to digital music simple. For a party, turn on the “ZonePlayer S5,” and control the swinging songs via an iPhone or computer that is safely stashed away from the swa...

Thumbnail Last Month, Dan Nosowitz from Gizmodo says (in Opinion: Sonos ZonePlayer S5 Hands-On: Sonos for the Masses [Sonos]) The receiver/speaker all-in-one is smaller than you'd expect, no bigger than a mid-sized iPod dock, and conservatively styled in white metal with a grey grille. I tested it alongside the winner of our iPod dock Battlemodo, the JBL OnStage 400p, for purely sound-specific purposes, sinc...

Thumbnail And Mel Martin from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) says (in Sonos offers new portable music system controlled by iPhone or iPod touch) Of course Apple also provides solutions to stream iTunes with the Airport Express Air Tunes hardware/software. Apple also offers Remote, [iTunes link] a free app to control Airport Express or an Apple TV from your iPhone and iPod touch. Logitech also offers the Squeezebox family of wirel...

Thumbnail 4 Months Ago, Vincent Nguyen from slashgear (Feedburner) says (in Opinion: Sonos Introduced New CR200 Remote Control and Bundle 220) In addition to enabling the new features of the CR200, Sonos 3.0 allows the CR200 to work seamlessly with any existing Sonos Controllers, including the CR100, Sonos Controller for iPhone and Sonos Controller for Mac or PC. Sonos 3.0 also provides Controller support for the latest Operatin...

Thumbnail And Jason Chen from Gizmodo says (in Sonos CR200 Touchscreen Controller Review: It's Better Than an iPhone) The next-gen touchscreen Sonos controller is here, and as strange as it seems to say, it's actually better than the Sonos app for iPhone/iPod Touch for controlling their multi-room music solution wirelessly. But it is expensive.

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