Did the Sonos upgrade on the cheap (Z90 and Itouches) this weekend and was very surprised and quite impressed by the quality.
I'm running it to my Cyrus amp via an old Audio Alchemy DAC and Chord Cobras/codac.
My children who are from the Ipod "can't tell the difference between our Ipods and that rubbish hifi of yours dad,,," generation think it's the cleverest bit of kit since their Itouches and the Xbox360....
The sound of a decent quality rip in my opinion is great, but not as good and open as my Cyrus CD.
I went for a bit of a blindfold test on the wife and kids
I ripped duffy's Warwick Avenue at 320Kbps and compared the rip to the original CD, flicking between each via the amp's remote. Very little difference in it in my opinion. But the wife and kids said they could not tell the difference at all, and one of the kids said they liked the Sonos best.
The only problem I have is as we now have the Sonos app on all of the children's Itouches, they love changing the current selection remotely from the other rooms in the house. It's driving me mad.....From Genesis/Pink Floyd to the Artic Monkeys and Bassrunner....
The Sonos in my opinion deserves the awards heaped upon it in what Hifi. If you do want to initially run it to your Hifi only and already have a Itouch/Iphone as well as a long network cable, it can be done on the cheap (it cost me £240) plus cables. Good value in my opinion.
The only upgrade I am considering for this is an upgrade to my good old Audio Alchemy DAC. Will it make much difference to this source? Any suggestions greatly appreciated
I'm running it to my Cyrus amp via an old Audio Alchemy DAC and Chord Cobras/codac.
My children who are from the Ipod "can't tell the difference between our Ipods and that rubbish hifi of yours dad,,," generation think it's the cleverest bit of kit since their Itouches and the Xbox360....
The sound of a decent quality rip in my opinion is great, but not as good and open as my Cyrus CD.
I went for a bit of a blindfold test on the wife and kids
I ripped duffy's Warwick Avenue at 320Kbps and compared the rip to the original CD, flicking between each via the amp's remote. Very little difference in it in my opinion. But the wife and kids said they could not tell the difference at all, and one of the kids said they liked the Sonos best.
The only problem I have is as we now have the Sonos app on all of the children's Itouches, they love changing the current selection remotely from the other rooms in the house. It's driving me mad.....From Genesis/Pink Floyd to the Artic Monkeys and Bassrunner....
The Sonos in my opinion deserves the awards heaped upon it in what Hifi. If you do want to initially run it to your Hifi only and already have a Itouch/Iphone as well as a long network cable, it can be done on the cheap (it cost me £240) plus cables. Good value in my opinion.
The only upgrade I am considering for this is an upgrade to my good old Audio Alchemy DAC. Will it make much difference to this source? Any suggestions greatly appreciated