Hey All,
It's been a while, but glad to be back. So, the latest idea for the HT is a Sonos system. Any thoughts......
I just updated my wireless router. The new one (linksys E4200) has a built in USB port, in which I am planning to hook up an external drive with all my music. I was thinking on buying a sonos play5 for the kitchen. Will I be able to access the external hard drive connected to the wireless router by usb on the sonos? I was also planing on buying another sonos to hook up to the yammy. Is that the way to go? I want to access the wireless drive in the kitchen on the sonos play 5 and then music on the yammy with the zone player 90. Is that all I need? I am a bit confused. Please help.
InTheIndustry highly recommends the Sonos system as well.
Looks very, very cool.
We use dozens and dozens of Sonos pieces a year. It's incredible, our cleints rave about it & we get referals every year from happy users. People go out of their way to show it off because it is so easy to use & sounds great. We've never been asked to replace it with something else, only to add more zones.
For what you described will need the following...
- 1 Sonos Play5
- 1 Sonos ZP90
- 1 Sonos ZoneBridge (Assuming your router is in another room than the ZP90, this hooks into your router to wirelessly talk to your ZP90 & Play5.)
As far as the external hard drive is concerned....
The Sonos system will play anything that you have on your network. Depending on how all of your hardware (PC, Hardrive) is setup you may need to call Sonos Tech Support to have them help you configure. Usually it's automated and easy, but different externals can be weird to set up the 1st time.
A word of advice: You get 30 days free of Rhapsody, Napster, Sirius, etc. through Sonos. You can stagger these services if you, for example, sign up for trial of Rhapsody... let it expire, then do Napster... let it expire, then Sirius. That's 90 days of free music trials on top of the already free stuff it provides like Internet radio & Pandora.
Instead of messing with the Hard drive I would try Rhapsody 1st. It's a great service that will expand your music collection exponentially. Most of our clients love it.
Good luck & let us know how you like it!