Enter to Win: Aperion Zona Wireless Surround Speaker System!

[Tom Andry]

Aperion Audio wants you to win!

Aperion Audio is giving away the chance to one (1) Aperion Zona Wireless Surround Speaker System to one (1) eligible forum member! Say goodbye to tangled wires and complex installation of your home theater’s surround sound. The Aperion Zona Wireless Surround Speaker System gives you audiophile grade surround sound in a pair of easy to set up, high-quality wireless bookshelf speakers. Get great surround sound anywhere you want with the Aperion Zona system! This contest represents a $499 value!



Features:

• 2-way powered speakers with built-in wireless receiver
• Uncompressed 16 bit/48 kHz audio quality
• Wireless range up to 150 feet
• Plug and Play auto connection
• 2.4 GHz wireless band
• USB 2.0 Plug and Play Interface
• Remote Control
• Threaded Inserts for Wall or Stand Mounting

To be eligible to win, you must: 1) Be a registered Audioholics forum member, 2) Have USA Residence and 3) Answer the following questions in the thread below.

Contest Questions:
1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

• CD
• SACD
• DVD Audio
• LP
• OTHER Loose Media
• iPod or MP3 Player
• PC (files played from PC)
• PC (files played over network)
• Online music service
• Other (please list)

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

• Home
• Work
• Car
• Other (please list)

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

• Stereo audio system (2 ch.)
• Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.)
• Portable dock (ex: iPod dock)
• Headphones (ex: MP3 player)
• Tabletop radio or music system

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

Note this contest ends on May 31st, 2011. Winners will be drawn shortly thereafter.

Have fun and good luck!

 

[bellevegasj]

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?
Flac/MP3

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)
Streaming from PC, 50% MP3, 50% Flac, high bit mp3

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)
Work 50%
Car 10%
Home 40%

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)
Senn headphones at work, 2.1 at home, Crappy car stereo

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?
I would love to control stream high def audio to all sources remotely. Cloud streaming.

 

[Bryce_H]

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

iPod/CD

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)
CD - 25%
iPod or MP3 Player -75%

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)
Home - 3%
Work - 22%
Car - 75%

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)
Stereo audio system (2 ch.)
HomPortable dock (ex: iPod dock)

Not sure how to answer this - I hook my iPod up to my car stereo system or I use my iPod in a dock at work

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

ease of integrating across units. I have a dedicated dock for work, but still run the iPod through the car via a cassette adapter attached to the headphone jack of the iPod.

 

[tattoo_Dan]

Contest Questions:
1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?
iPod/ & Phone & iTunes on desktop & laptop PC's

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

* CD
* SACD
* DVD Audio
* LP
* OTHER Loose Media
* iPod or MP3 Player 10%
* PC (files played from PC) 10%
* PC (files played over network)
* Online music service 40%
* Other (please list) HD Radio 40%


3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

* Home 60%
* Work (I work from home)
* Car 40%
* Other (please list)


4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

* Stereo audio system (2 ch.)
* Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.) 100%
* Portable dock (ex: iPod dock)
* Headphones (ex: MP3 player)
* Tabletop radio or music system


5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve? my outdoor patio speakers

 

[shadymg]

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?
MP3/WMV

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)
Streaming from PC 50%
MP3 50%

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)
Work 50%
Car 10%
Home 40%

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)
Beats by Dre at Work, Onkyo at home

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?
Some cool free speakers

 

[Martiad3]

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

MP3 mostly.

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)
[10%]CD
[20%]iPod or MP3 Player
[50%]PC (files played from PC)
[20%]Online music service

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)
[30%]Home
[10%]Work
[60%]Car


4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)
[*]Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.) while at home, car 4.0 system otherwise


5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

I would improve my car system the most. Very happy with my home theater setup. Car could use more options in the receiver, such as being able to accept MP3 player inputs.

 

[fightinkraut]

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

Mostly FLAC, some old MP3's.

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

CD - 10%
SACD
DVD Audio
LP
OTHER Loose Media
iPod or MP3 Player
PC (files played from PC) - 70%
PC (files played over network)
Online music service - 20%
Other (please list)


3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

Home - 50%
Work - 30%
Car - 20%
Other (please list)


4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

Stereo audio system (2 ch.)
Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.) -- 90% (2.1 used for music though)
Portable dock (ex: iPod dock)
Headphones (ex: MP3 player) - 10%
Tabletop radio or music system


5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

I would like an affordable, high quality integrated speaker system that could stream FLAC files, similar to the Logitech Boombox, but with better audio quality.

 

[trnqk7]

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

Mostly mp3's on a WHS box that we stream through our PS3 to the stereo in the living room. Also have all of that music, other than itunes purchases, on cd as well.

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

CD - 10%
SACD
DVD Audio
LP
OTHER Loose Media
iPod or MP3 Player-20%
PC (files played from PC) -
PC (files played over network)-60%
Online music service - 10%
Other (please list)


3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

Home - 50%
Work - 20%
Car - 30%
Other (please list)


4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

Stereo audio system (2 ch.)-20%
Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.) -- 60% (2.1 used for music though)
Portable dock (ex: iPod dock)
Headphones (ex: MP3 player) - 20%
Tabletop radio or music system


5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

I would like more zones in our home or at least the more ability to get our centrally stored media to different areas of the home. The ability to do this without having to run wire is a plus.

 

[jhanley]

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?
FLAC files on my PC's.

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

CD......................................01%
PC (files played from PC).........04%
PC (files played over network)..95%

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

Home 100%

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

Stereo audio system (2 ch.)................80%
Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.)...20%.


5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

Two things...
Serve up my music files without the need of my PC.
Portable "good" stereo speakers I can move room to room.

 

[its phillip]

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?
FLAC or mp3 (usually v0, but some 320, v2, etc) and maybe .1% is in ogg

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

• PC (files played from PC) - 98%
• PC (files played over network) - 2%

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

• Home - 75%
• Work - 20%
• Car - 5%

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

• Stereo audio system (2 ch.) - 100%, although it's usually a 2.1 system

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?
I'd like a better subwoofer and/or some room treatments.

 

[KC Sphinx]

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

CD, mp3, streamed music

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)
CD - 10%
SACD - 0%
DVD Audio - 0%
LP - 0%
OTHER Loose Media - 0%
iPod or MP3 Player - 20%
PC (files played from PC) - 20%
PC (files played over network) - 0%
Online music service - 50% (Pandora/Grooveshark/Slacker)
Other (please list)

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)
Home - 60% (Split in format seen above)
Work - 20% (CDs only)
Car - 20% (66% CDs, 33% radio)
Other (please list)

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)
Stereo audio system (2 ch.) - 80% (general listening)
Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.) - 0%
Portable dock (ex: iPod dock) - 10% (basement)
Headphones (ex: MP3 player) - 10% (housework/yardwork/baby sleeping)
Tabletop radio or music system

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

I would like to add stereo to basement to improve sound quality and total SPL. Also would like wireless integration for zones to be played from main source (able to play music in bedroom/patio from cd player, network, ...)

Thanks for opportunity to enter and give feedback.

 

[smurphy522]

my entry

Contest Questions:
1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

320 kbs MP3 or FLAC

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)
5% CD
0% SACD
5% DVD Audio
0% LP
0% OTHER Loose Media
50% iPod or MP3 Player
5% PC (files played from PC)
35% PC (files played over network)
0% Online music service
0% Other (please list)

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)
10% Home
75% Work
15% Car
0% Other (please list)

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)
Stereo audio system (2 ch.)
Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.)
100% (@ work on a Mirage Omni Vibe) Portable dock (ex: iPod dock)
Headphones (ex: MP3 player)
Tabletop radio or music system

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?
The dock I have @ work is pretty nice - a Mirage iPod dock, so not much. Serves its purpose. At home I would like to use these or other wireless speakers in the bedroom to listen to my PC library which is about all of the 1,200 Cds I have plus 1.5 other tetra bytes of other lossless-downloaded music

 

[tulax13me]

Contest Entry

Contest Questions:
1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?
>256kbps MP3, CD

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

• CD 5%
• SACD 5%
• DVD Audio
• LP
• OTHER Loose Media
• iPod or MP3 Player
• PC (files played from PC)
• PC (files played over network) 50% (iTunes to Apple TV)
• Online music service 40% (Pandora)
• Other (please list)

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

• Home 50%
• Work 25%
• Car 25%
• Other (please list)

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

• Stereo audio system (2 ch.)
• Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.) 80%
• Portable dock (ex: iPod dock)
• Headphones (ex: MP3 player) 10%
• Tabletop radio or music system 10%

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?
Wish I had home integrated audio (speakers in ceiling/walls in Kitchen, Bedrooms, Bathrooms). Not planning on being in current house long enough to justify purchase/installation currently.

 

[turophile]

Contest Questions:

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

100% FLAC, transcoded to -V0 mp3 for portable (iPod Classic)

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

• 4% CD
• 0.5% SACD
• 0.5% DVD Audio
• 20% PC (FLAC read from NAS)
• 75% PandoraOne

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

• 15% Home
• 80% Work
• 5% Car

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

• Work @Office: Headphones, 90% FLAC, 10% PandoraOne (computer->Pico DAC/Amp->JH16)
• Work @Home: 2 ch Stereo, 50/50 FLAC vs. PandoraOne (NuForce Icon->old Yamaha 3-way speakers)
• Home 1: 2 ch Stereo in living room (+crappy wireless speakers in kitchen), 90% PandoraOne, 10% FLAC
• Home Theater: 7.1 w/ Aperion 6T and 5C, and crappy old JBL ceiling-mount surrounds, 90% FLAC, 10% SACD or DVD-Audio
• Home Headphones, 100% FLAC: RWA Isabellina HPA->Doge 6210->HD600/JH16

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

• More options for purchasing lossless digital audio
• More options for high-quality portable sources

 

[gholt]

Contest Questions:
1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

Most of it is located in MP3 or streaming on the computer, some on CDS.

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)
5% CD
20% iPod or MP3 Player
40% PC (files played from PC)
15% PC (files played over network)
20% Online music service


3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)
80% Home
0% Work
15% Car
5% Other (please list)

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)
50% Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.)
40% Headphones (ex: MP3 player)

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

I would like to have the ability to listen to the music throughout the house and be able to change the music at the different zones.

 

[scott911]

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?
ACC files, generall at 320 kbps, now using apple lossless since that became available.

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

CD......................................2%
at computer workstation .......2%
through apple TV to stereo..........96%

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

Home 100%

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

Stereo audio system (2 ch.)................80%
Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.)...20%.


5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

wireless may let me take speakers temporarily to various areas, and outdoors, where I don't want perminant set up.

 

[djoxygen]

1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

95% 320 kbps MP3 files (ripped from CD library)
5% 256 kbps AAC files (purchased online)

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

80% MP3/AAC
15% Pandora Radio
4% CD
1% DVD-Audio

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

40% Home
40% Car (20% in Summer)
0% Bike (20% in Summer)
10% Bar/Club
10% Work

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

HOME:
60% Stereo (Sonos w/ self-powered bookshelf speakers)
30% 5.0 Home Theater System (iPod/iPhone to pre/pro driving active studio monitors)
10% Headphones (at computer, direct from iTunes library)

CAR:
50% iPod/iPhone through FM transmitter
50% Public Radio (Classical station)

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

Plan to extend the Sonos system to additional rooms. Will eventually add a sub to the Home Theater room.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Contest Questions:
1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

FLAC

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

• CD
• SACD
• DVD Audio
• LP
• OTHER Loose Media
• iPod or MP3 Player
• PC (files played from PC)
• PC (files played over network)
  [X]Online music service
  [X]Other (please list)

50% FLAC files on Smartphone
50% Online music service

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

• Home
• Work
• Car
• Other (please list)

70% Work, 30% Commute

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

• Stereo audio system (2 ch.)
• Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.)
• Portable dock (ex: iPod dock)
• Headphones (ex: MP3 player)
• Tabletop radio or music system

100% Stereo Speakers

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

Nothing

 

[cwall99]

Contest Questions:
1) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

Still mostly on disks. While there are several iPods floating around my house in various formats, and while most of us have our own Pandora accounts, I mainly listen to music on vinyl or some variation of the digital disk format.

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

• CD 35%
• SACD 1%
• DVD Audio 2%
• LP 35%
• OTHER Loose Media
• iPod or MP3 Player 20%
• PC (files played from PC)
• PC (files played over network)
• Online music service 7%
• Other (please list)

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

• Home 90%
• Work 1%
• Car 9%
• Other (please list)

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

• Stereo audio system (2 ch.) 5%
• Home Theater system (5.1, 7.1, etc.) 90%
• Portable dock (ex: iPod dock) 2%
• Headphones (ex: MP3 player) 3%
• Tabletop radio or music system

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

It'd be nice to have a high resolution digital audio server with lots of good music to put on it.

Note this contest ends on May 31st, 2011. Winners will be drawn shortly thereafter.

Have fun and good luck![/QUOTE]


Thanks for the opportunity.

 

[Stealthfixr]

) When you listen to music at home, what format is your content stored in these days?

ANSWER: Combination of high-quality (256k+ or lossless) MP3s and AAC files, mostly ripped from CDs, but recently I've been buying online only (so much easier and quicker)​

2) MUSIC: (Please estimate a percentage by format, that adds up to 100% of your home listening, please include any comments as well)

75% iPod or MP3 Player
15% PC (files played from PC)
10% Online music service (Pandora)​

3) Where do you listen to music? (in percentages)

50% Exercising
30% Work
20% Home​

4) When listening to Music where you listen the most, what percentage is on each type of audio system? (please include any comments as well)

20% Home Theater system (5.1 home surround system)
30% Portable dock (ex: Bose iPod dock)
50% Headphones (i.e. Etymotic)​

5) Having thought about how you listen – what’s missing, or what would you like to improve?

1. High-fidelity, wireless surround sound at a price point that's affordable
2. Better options for music coming from a computer for under $200​