Just quoting an article from Wired:
"A quick show of hands: is anyone out there still using an iPhone 3GS? A Palm Pre, perhaps? Maybe you’re still browsing the web on your Asus Eee PC netbook, or listening to your music on a Microsoft Zune HD player?
The functionalities are totally different.My Dad bought a Naim system 15 years ago and still happily listens to his collection of CDs on it today.
My Dad bought a Naim system 15 years ago and still happily listens to his collection of CDs on it today.
The functionalities are totally different.
That's where the future is heading towards unfortunately. We won't "own" anything and will have to pay for music we listen to and movies we watch in exchange for convenience.Oh I know but my point is that by shifting our music listening to streaming we're opening ourselves up to all of this bs. Meanwhile my Dad is sat happily listening to his CDs drinking a beer.
That's where the future is heading towards unfortunately. We won't "own" anything and will have to pay for music we listen to and movies we watch in exchange for convenience.
Utter bastards. That’s all.
They are trying to emulate Apples theft policy. But without the clout or the fan base.
It is a blatant smash and grab; I cannot see how anyone tries to defend this?
Clearly. And when they up the subscription costs it's going to get increasingly expensive. That's why I'm holding on to all my physical media and investing in technology with replaceable parts that is not "smart" or in any way part of the internet of things. May be it's a tin-foil-hat approach but hey.
Not really, as AirPlay will still work with AirPlay 2 devices in a system, you just don't get the enhancement of multi-room with the older products, In this case older Sonos products may well stop being able to stream from services in the future.Is this not similar to the Airplay II situation when only certain models can work with it?
The entire AV industry works on the principal of psychovisual and psychoacoustics. Otherwise people will stop buying AV kit for many years after a purchase.I find this demand for high res audio on Sonos very curious indeed. I can't believe that you would be able to tell the difference between CD quality streaming and high res on a pair of Sonos ones or one of their sound bars.
I doubt you'd notice the difference on a pair of Play 5s either.
That leaves the Connect devices. If you were that serious about your music, believed high res made a difference AND had the kit to reveal the possible difference I doubt you'd be using a Sonos device as your streamer.
If there really is a demand from Sonos users for high res audio may I suggest that they are deluded?
I find this demand for high res audio on Sonos very curious indeed. I can't believe that you would be able to tell the difference between CD quality streaming and high res on a pair of Sonos ones or one of their sound bars.
I doubt you'd notice the difference on a pair of Play 5s either.
That leaves the Connect devices. If you were that serious about your music, believed high res made a difference AND had the kit to reveal the possible difference I doubt you'd be using a Sonos device as your streamer.
If there really is a demand from Sonos users for high res audio may I suggest that they are deluded?
People that buy Apple & Sonos products kind of deserve this.
Or, even £700 cheaper if you can go for the free Logitech Media Server instead of Roon on your NAS and install free Squeezebox player software on the two Raspberry Pis (eg, native Squeezelite with a 'normal' Linux distro such as Raspbian or DietPi, or Squeezelite built into a specialised audio distro such as MoOde or piCorePlayer).Could a subscription to Roon be a way around this?
I was just about to buy two Sonos Connects for the living room and dining room of our new house. Now I'm thinking I might just make a couple of raspberry pi Roon endpoints, connect them to DACs and use my NAS as a Roon core.
Would probably cost about £100 for the raspberry pis, £530ish for a lifetime Roon subscription. Still £170 cheaper than two Sonos Ports!