Sonos ZonePlayer ZP80 Add-On Player

I use these with various powered speakers or standard speakers connected to amps in several "zones" at home. Try them with the auidoengine A2 speakers in smaller rooms for a small package that over delivers on sound quality.

Easy to set up, great way to distribute music throughout the home, easy to control with the wireless remotes (sold separately).

Great add-on device to my music system, bringing internet music and digital music from my computer to my theater system. It seems expensive for for merely converting wifi radio frequency to RCA inputs to the home theater system. Especially when I realized I needed to buy another bridge device to connect this unit to the home network. But it is simple to install and use. It is unobtrusive and clean.

I have to say I'm not normally one to give reveiws of products but the Sonos system is quite simply the most fantastic piece of technology I have ever had the pleasure to come across. It is so simple to set up and so effective. It may be more expensive than some of the other brands that are around to achieve the same thing but its efficiency and simplicity is worth squillions. If you are dithering about this one just bite the bullet and go for it - you won't regret it.

I have been using the Sonos system for about six months and think it is outstanding. Before using the Sonos I tried to use a low cost Linksys system and had a horrible experience. If you have more than a hundred or so tracks, these other systems are completely impractical. I use the Sonos with both my own MP3's that I keep on a NAS device, and with the Rhapsody service. Both work great. The only significant issue that I have is that it can be hard to find a particular track when you have thousands of tracks. Rhapsody has tens or hundreds of thousands of tracks. You have to guess the Genre right, and you have to scroll through a lot of artists. Sonos really needs to add a Search by name capability.

I have never had a more simple setup of a wireless device. Sonos has made it so easy. We got it setup in no time and it is rock solid even through many walls. This is a little expensive, but compared to the weak performance of the Roku system and the expense of hard wiring from a central distribution system, I would put Sonos in again in a heart beat!!

Sound quality is excellent (obviously the speakers make a difference, but the amplifier in the Sonos Player is very good for the size).