The Ultimate App - its just so happens to control your houses music too!

I dont actually have any CD's in my house now.

I know, as the last one i found, i put in the car, and after remembering why i hadnt listened to it for 6 years, found itself with a new owner.

Although i have music on my PC i rarely if ever bother to boot it up and liberate the 200+GB of music, for one simple reason. Sonos.

As you may have seen on last nights gadget show, Sonos is looked upon as the definitive wireless sound system for the house. The S5 featured last night, is simply a Sonos zone, with 5 in built speakers and 5 corresponding digital amps added to enable staggering sound.


Download the App now - itunes - search Sonos. If you dont have one, at the very least you'll now understand what it is, and how genial this is for any music lover. The ability to turn your iPhone or iTouch in to the controller for the whole system though (your zones), for free, is genial!

Zones - well thats what Sonos refers to when it describes its units. Basically, what you do is break your house up in to zones. For example, Lounge, Livingroom, Kitchen, Patio etc. Each one of these you will most likely want a different Sonos Zone (i.e. wireless music player) for.

Be warned this gets addictive!

Sonos make their Zones in 3 flavours too; ZP90, ZP120, and the S5.

Lets seperate these further;

The ZP90 is has now amp in it so needs plugged in to either;
1. your amplified speakers
2. your existing AMP, such as a hifi or surround sound system

The ZP120 has an amp on board meaning, you can use it to directly drive speakers. Simple.

The S5 is an exceptional choice if your room has no speakers, and with 5 built in and and amps to go with them, it makes a mockery of other products that look similar. i.e. Bose Sound dock - it would simply blow it away. Want more sound, you can use 2 per zone if needs be, and at around £350 is a real bargain.

Now you can access the following;

Last FM - free
Spotify - TBC
Deezer - free
Napster - £4.99 opens up 8.5m songs - its better than having an HMV store in your back room!

Quite simply put, once you have this sonic marvel in place, you can access pretty much every song ever made, with one or two exceptions (but literally 1 or 2) for a measly £4.99 a month! Thats less than half the cost of a new album per month! Oh, and that new album will be on there also!!!!!

Speaker choices are wide open if you want seperate ones, I even installed ceiling speakers in our dressing room. Sonos doesnt need line of sight to control, so you can even hide the whole system away if you wish.

Embrace this product - its one of the few that have made it in to my house - all 8 zones - and counting. I've even managed to justify one for the garage...............damn you Sonos!