Sonos BU250 Multiroom Music System
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Manufacturer: SonosBrand: Sonos
Edition: Electronics
Model: BU250
Color: Light Gray
Publisher: Sonos
Studio: Sonos
Music Label: Sonos
Product features:
- Convenient and cost effective way to get started
- Best-in-class wireless technology for multi-room music
- Instant access to endless music
- Simple setup
- New features and music services with automatic updates
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Customer Review: Exceeded Expectations - Cool Factor is High
Summary: 5 Stars
I am really happy with the purchase of this Sonos equipment. Over the past year, I increasingly became interested in jumping into a wireless household music system that can bridge my interest in audio and technology. After a fair amount of research, I decided on the Sonos solution. I started with the BU250 Multiroom Music System and a S5 Zoneplayer. My initial experience when I received the stuff was very similar to that when I get any Apple product. Packaging was well thought out and the design and quality was great. Cool, compact design and installation was a snap.
I had really good sound piped through the house within 30 minutes. The user interface on the remote was extremely intuitive and with the exception of a few needs to reference the manual, it was self-explanatory. The S5 sounds very good for a boom-box type application, but the ZP120 hooked up to some decent Polk Audio bookshelf speakers I had lying around sound a lot better and provide far better separation. If you have a good pair of speakers and don't need the portability, this is the way I recommend you go. This said, I easily see the benefits of portability of the S5. Like for parties out on the patio, working in the garage, etc.
I also hooked up the ZP90 to my main stereo, which I am very picky about the sound. I choose to use the digital out into an off board DAC, which feeds an analog signal into the stereo. I could use the analog directly out of the ZP90 and bypassed my DAC, but do not - nor did I do serious A/B comparisons to see how much better my DAC is to the one in the ZP90 unit (or if it is even better). The sound on this system is excellent and very listenable for long periods of time. Although a CD on a higher end player sounds much better, the convenience of dialing an almost endless variety of music into the mix from the comfort of my chair is technology at it's best!! When sitting in front of my stereo, I spend my time about 50% listening to CD's and 50% listening to material through the Sonos feed.
But, I find that I am listening to far more music in general because I don't have to be confined to the room with my main stereo. It is the greatest thing when throwing a party and I have turned countless friends onto it because the sound, the convenience, and a very high cool factor.
As far as source material goes, I subscribed to Sirius on the Internet (as well as my car and home), and it works seamlessly. It has actually saved me money because I cancelled my home subscription and now pipe Sirius through many rooms in my house with no hassle of weak signals and finding northwest facing windows to dangle an antenna in. Additionally, I have ripped about 150 gigs of music using in Apple Lossless format and keep it on a NAS attached to my router. So when someone asks to hear Neil Young do Helpless on his Unplugged album, no problem. Or, when my Irish mother-in-law was here from New Jersey and misses her WOR radio station in the morning, I dialed that in too. All through a few clicks on the Sonos remote (and it's free).
By now, you should have figured out I give the Sonos system a hardy recommendation . . . . . but there are a few cons. Namely:
The cost of the system is pretty high. But I personally feel you get what you pay for.
Although the Sonos network uses all units to communicate with each other and expand coverage, the reception is not stellar and you have to be sometimes thoughtful on unit placement. In a couple of situations, it got dicey on me if the distance to the closest unit was more than ~50 feet and through multiple walls.
If you use iTunes to manage your digital music, it is not really intuitive if you want Sonos to use your play lists and the computer that you run iTunes is not readily available on the network. Though I have found a workaround and am sure there may be better solutions.
The CR200 remote runs out of juice after about a day and a half, so it needs to find it's way back to it's charging cradle after extended use. Also, I wish there was a feature that allows you to make the remote beep to help find it because I misplace it a lot . . . . especially during parties!
Anyway, I don't write too many reviews, but when I find something that works very well and I am this happy, I owe it to the company and to other readers of reviews to share my thoughts. Hope it helps!
Description of Sonos BU250 Multiroom Music System
The BU250 includes two Sonos ZonePlayers and one Sonos Controller to let you enjoy the music files on your PC or networked hard drive anywhere in your house, thanks to hassle-free wireless networking capability. Controller offers a 3.5" color LCD to provide easy browsing of your PC music library and independent control of each ZonePlayer in your system.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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