Hi,
I haven't looked to see if it's on Apple TV yet but am now intrigued so
will investigate. I have to agree with sieghard the Hey Sonos voice
assistant is woefully lacking. Alexa seems to be much more responsive to
requests in that regard.
I just got some new era300 speakers and noticed the process of adding
voice assistants differed slightly. It now asks you to decide which
speaker you want to put the assistant onto. What i can't figure out
after searching and reading documentation is if you run the setup wizard
as it were a second time and pick a second speaker in a pair does it
merely move the assistant from the first to the second speaker or can
you have it on both as used to be the case with Sonos Ones?
I know this strays from the original topic and I apologize but if anyone
figures this out I'd love to know.
I'll report back about Apple TV as soon as I discover whether or not
Apple Classical is on there.
Take good care,
Robin
On 4/3/2023 12:44 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
For what exactly do you use Sonos voice control? I found so far that
it does not seem to work very well for asking it to play a certain
song, artist or album. The only think I really use it for is to group
or ungroup speakers because that works beautifully and also changing
volume and play/pause or skip/rewind is fine.
As for requesting a certain song or artist, Alexa seems to work
better. I have Apple Music set up as my default music service in the
Alexa app so that seems to be a better option when it come sto
requesting specific music.
*From:* 'Mervin Keck III' via VIPhone <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, April 3, 2023 9:36 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: Apple Music Classical
Yes, the airplay work around does work. Although, I have been spoiled
by the air foil and air. Pollo satellite on the Mac. And of course the
voice control on Sonos. I do not have an Apple TV but I know someone
who does use the AppleTV and Sonos throughout her home and she is very
happy with the results.
On Apr 3, 2023, at 12:23 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]>
wrote:
Actually I would consider using Airplay to send Apple Music
Classical to Sonos as a perfectly acceptable solution at least for
now.
Given how many music services Sonos supports and the fact that an
Android version of Apple Music Classical is apparently in the
works, I am pretty sure it is just a matter of time until it will
be available natively from Sonos.
Alternatively, hopefully Apple will also release an Apple Music
Classic app for the Apple TV and if so and if you have a Sonos
surround setup, you could then play it to Sonos from your Apple TV.
I just read a post on a Sonos Facebook Group that even though
spacial music/Atmos is now supported by the Sonos app, playing it
from the latest version of the Apple TV 4K apparently is a big
difference in terms of audio quality. Therefore I would imagine
that this might be the same with Apple Music Classical if it were
available both on the Apple TV and natively via the Sonos app.
*From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On
Behalf Of *Tai Tomasi
*Sent:* Monday, April 3, 2023 9:11 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: Apple Music Classical
Are you able to start music from the app and then use airplay to
play it throughout your residence? I know that’s not the best
workaround and you should be able to ask Sonos directly to play
from the app.
Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.
Email: [email protected]
Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical
errors.
On Apr 3, 2023, at 8:07 AM, 'Mervin Keck III' via VIPhone
<[email protected]> wrote:
I am happy with the new classical music app for the most
part. It is very accessible and searching is easy. The quality
is high as you would expect with classical music for maximum
enjoyment. The ability to browse by composer, genre, or even
instrument as well as period made for hours of fun over the
weekend.
There are two small hitches that sort of take the shine off
the Apple. And I’m hoping they eventually correct this. I did
call both Apple and Sonos and speak to them in this regard.
First, the app is not currently a supported service of the
Sonos system. While Apple music is easily accessed all over my
residence, the Apple Classical music App needs a workaround to
be channeled through the whole house Sonos system.
Second, while the app is available for the iPhone and iPad
free to anyone who subscribes to Apple Music, Apple has no
plans to put this app in the Mac App Store.
I have an M1 MacBook Pro so had expected to just load it as I
do several iPad apps and use Airfoil as a workaround. That is
a Rogue Amoeba app and works very well with Sonos. However, so
far I have not been able to enjoy the Apple Classical App
through the whole house system. And I am hoping they correct
that with a future update either from Sonos or from Apple.
Because I absolutely love the app.
Merv
On Apr 3, 2023, at 1:46 AM, Sieghard Weitzel
<[email protected]> wrote:
Just curious what some of the classical music fans on this
list have to say about the new app now that it's been out
publically for a week. I remember a few years ago there
was a discussion how bad the regular Apple Music app is
when it comes to the somewhat different and more complex
meta data associated with classical music and I just read
an article which was extremely positive regarding the new app.
Best regards,
Sieghard
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