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Product Description
Turn your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad device or Android smartphone into the ultimate remote control. Download the free Sonos Controller app for your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad device or Android smartphone and you'll have complete wireless control of your S5 through your home's WiFi network. Scroll through songs, browse album art, tune in to radio stations and more. Plus, since you're not streaming the music from your iPhone, like you are with docking stereos, you can take calls and receive texts without interrupting the music. Get instant access to endless music. Touch a button on your device and ZonePlayer is playing music from your computer's digital music library. Touch another and it's reggae straight from Jamaica on one of 100,000 free Internet radio stations and shows. Touch your device again and you're tapped into Rhapsody , Pandora , Napster , Last.fm, and SIRIUS . "The music sounds fantastic." The New York Times Beneath its sleek all-in-one exterior, the S5 hides five independent speakers, each powered by its own dedicated digital amplifier. This means you get rich, room-filling sound that rivals or outperforms much larger, more complicated audio systems. And, because the S5 uses a 100% digital architecture, every note from top-of-the-range highs to mids and deep, true bass comes through in brilliant clarity exactly as the artist intended. Add multiple rooms of music without adding a single wire. Get a whole-home music system without spending a dime for installation. Simply add additional ZonePlayer S5 units throughout your house and the proprietary Sonos wireless network will integrate them all into a single wireless music system. You can stream the same music to all rooms or send separate streams to each unit. And you can control it all, including individual volumes from your iPhone device anywhere in the house. "The setup process is fantastically simple." The Wall Street Journal Just plug the all-in-one Sonos ZonePlayer S5 into your Internet routeProduct Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2101 in Consumer Electronics
- Color: Black
- Brand: Sonos
- Model: ZP0S5US1-BLK
- Released on: 2010-06-02
- Dimensions: 11.34" h x 18.80" w x 7.56" l, 11.90 pounds
Features
- 5 integrated speakers powered by 5 digital amps for room-filling sound
- Unlimited music, wirelessly play iTunes, free Internet radio, Pandora, Napster and more
- Wireless control with free apps for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
- Simple setup and wireless expandability to play different songs in different rooms
- Requires high-speed Internet connection and wireless router
Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
Wirelessly play any song,
in any room.
With
the Sonos S5 all-in-one wireless music system you can enjoy unlimited
music from the Internet and iTunes all over your house. And you can
control it all right from your Android™ smartphone, iPhone® or iPad™. No computer or docking required.
| Sonos Starter Kit S5 + ZoneBridge | Sonos S5 | ZonePlayer 120 | ZonePlayer 90 | |
| Where does it go? | ZoneBridge attaches to your router, S5 goes anywhere | Anywhere | Any room with speakers | Any room with existing audio equipment |
| How does it play music? | Standalone all-in-one music player | Standalone all-in-one music player | Attaches to your favorite pair of speakers | Connects to your home theater, stereo, powered speakers, etc. |
| What makes it special? | Lets you put your S5 (5 integrated speakers & digital amps) in any room, regardless of router location | 5 integrated speakers and digital amps | Built-in 55W per channel digital amplifier | Analog and audio digital outputs |
| How do I connect to the Internet? | With the included ZoneBridge | With either a ZonePlayer or ZoneBridge (sold separately). Once connected, all additional ZonePlayers and Controllers work wirelessly. If your router isn't in a room where you want music, you can connect to the Internet with a ZoneBridge. | ||
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews 57 of 59 people found the following review helpful.
Genius...Pure Genius!
By Sudhanshu Thakur
Just got the S5 about an hour ago. Setup couldn't be easier. Step 1 -
connect the power cord to an power outlet. Step 2 - hit the Mute and +
button to get the S5 added as a new zone, Step 3 - hmmm....I don't think
there is one. Just hit play and enjoy pure bliss.
This is my 4th Zone player (see my other gushing review of the Sonos
system on the Sonos bundle page), and anytime my wife asks, "how many
of these white boxes you really need?", the answer is always "one more".
Portability is the key feature of S5. Moving it from Kitchen to
backdeck is just a matter of unplugging the power cord and replugging at
the new location. It's all in one box. And the sound quality is not bad
either. With all 4 zone players on party mode - some connected to very
expensive Klipsch towers - I have ran around to compare the sound
quality at various locations. The verdict - this little guy stacks up
nicely against the big boys.
And the iPhone controller is not too shabby either. Don't see the need to buy the new touch controller (CR200).
Awesome product. Pure genius. Just get it.
42 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
As Advertised!
By Bob
I just purchased the s5 with a zone bridge and the CR200. The
combination is absolutely amazing. Installation was easy and operation
is intuitive. There is plenty out there on how these things work, so I
won't go into details on that. But I do have two observations to share:
1) In addition to the s5, I also picked up a NAS drive so that I
could stream my 5000+ track mp3 library. After all, streaming my
collection with a touch screen remote was one of the main reason I
looked at Sonos in the first place. But, after setting Sonos up I
decided to give Napster a try. The Napster/Sonos combination gives you
access to 8 million tracks on demand. For example, Napster has over 60
Bob Dylan albums, which is pretty much his whole discography. If you
want to sample the latest (obscure) music, Napster also has most of the
albums Pitchfork reviewed this week--pretty neat.
So, despite my deep investment in my personal mp3 collection, it
only took me a couple of minutes to realize that it was completely
obsolete. Deciding between $5/month for a 8 million track library vs. a
$200 NAS for my 5000 track library was a no-brainier. The NAS got
packed up and sent back; my mp3s are now strictly for iPod use.
2) As an NPR fan, the other great feature I didn't realize Sonos
included is the ability to search and play archived NPR shows. From the
Splendid Table to Fresh Air, it is all there on demand--awesome.
38 of 39 people found the following review helpful.
Sonos is Great, The S5 is Great
By PeteTechGuy
SONOS IN GENERAL
I purchased 6 Sonos zones several months ago. Sonos has been
flawless, and an absolute joy. I've got instant, automatically-updated,
access to all of my iTunes Tracks, Artists, Playlists etc. They've got
the best implementation of Pandora and Rhapsody I've seen. I subscribe
to both of those, and it's such a pleasure to hear them throughout the
house and Patio, controlled by my iPhone, and with full broadband
quality sound. You can actually have a queue with a mix of iTunes
tracks and Rhapsody tracks.
The ease and flexibility are equally impressive. Each zone can play
any independent track or other music choice, or be instantly grouped
(synchronized) with any number of other zones. Even when zones are
synchronized, it's a snap to control the volume of the entire group or
any individual zone within the group. Any or all of those zones can be
fully and beautifully controlled (from wherever you are) by a single
iphone or ipod touch or by any number of iphones or ipods.
It's all flawless with an intuitive consistent interface, and my
iPhone, with its Sonos controller app, is always right there in my
pocket, ready to go.
Setup for all of the Sonos zones has been a snap, and the system has been a total joy from day one.
SONOS S5
Sounds every bit as good as (or better than) my Bose Sound Dock.
Looks great. Sets up in seconds, and moves easily between rooms when
needed. Can be really cranked up in volume without distortion.
Perfect.
One requirement to be aware of is that you'll either need to buy a
$99 zonebridge OR connect this S5, OR another zoneplayer in your home,
directly to your router or LAN with the included ethernet cable. Only
one sonos device needs to be hardwired to the LAN or router.
If you already have an iphone or an ipod touch, there are several
advantages in buying a single S5 rather than a Bose SoundDock or other
docking speaker.
1) Control From Your Seat: It's an absolute pleasure to have
complete control over what you're listening to right where you are,
keeping the ipod or iphone in your hand or pocket. You don't have to
stand up to choose any specific track, playlist, artist or radio
station, or to see what's playing etc. And because your iphone is only
the controller (you're streaming from your desktop computer hard disk,
rather than from your iphone) you're not using up valuable iphone
battery life or suffering mediocre sound quality, as you would likely be
from an iphone/ipod based bluetooth streaming system. Further, your
iPhone is still with you for answering phone calls, or using other
iphone apps, with no disruption to the music system.
2) Internet Radio: Listen to Pandora, Rhapsody, Sirius, last.fm, all
of your local radio stations (local radio is quick to find, given it's
independent menu item. A very nice touch.), or thousands of other
internet radio stations.
3) Upgradability: Add another (or multiple additional) zone(s) at any time in the future and you're set with a multizone system.
(I should point out that there are, of course, some benefits in going with a single Docking Speaker instead:
1) Cost Savings:
2) Can be used just as easily away from the home.)
Final Verdict: I really do love my S5 and my entire Sonos system.
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