Hi, My IT Director got a Sonos system a while back - and I helped him out with the wireless config on it. Quality is good, works ok with iTunes and despite what Sonos say, its possible to use the first Sonos box somewhere other that directly connected (via cable) to the pc holding all the songs - you can connect the first Sonos box to this via wireless also, which means you can use both the Sonos boxes in the starter kits in two separate rooms and leave the PC hidden away in another room somewhere.
However, there is a lot happening on the streaming music front at the moment and Philips have brought out a 'Wireless Music Centre' which includes a 40Gb hdd so can be totally independent of any PC storage and can supply a further 4 units around the house, all playing different tunes etc if necessary. It also has an Ethernet connection and can stream from PC, so would work in your scenario too, it would just mean your PC would need to be turned on all the time unless you copied a selection of favourite albums on to the internal hdd. You can pick up one of these for around £540 from amazon, I think that includes the main unit plus one additional centre. I assume the additional centre has some kind of speakers on it, but I know the main unit does. They will all have line outs on them anyway, so you could plumb them into an existing hifi/amp if you wanted to. If you look further into this let me know how you get on because its something Ive been meaning to do for ages now! Cheers Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Leslie Sent: 29 September 2006 11:08 To: 'Leeds List' Subject: [LU] Non LU - Multi Room Audio Systems Anyone know anything about this sort of thing? Have just converted my basement and rather like the idea of just a control panel and speakers in a few rooms all connected to my iTunes (Now that I've nearly copied my 1,000+ CD collection onto it, how dull is that job!!!). I've looked at the Sonos and Opus websites, but don't know what kind of quality they are and what I would be best looking at. STigOfTheAudiophilleDump _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-) _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
