Quick background; I have a Sonos play:5 (gen 1), play:3, and Sonos 5.1 setup (soundbar, sub, 2 x play:1). I think it would be fair to say I have drunk the cool aid, Sonos remind me of apple, expensive but pretty good, but you can do better for the price if you are an enthusiast.. The app is nice on Android and iOS, and it integrates with the web services I like to use (spotify, soundcloud, Radio by TuneIn), along obviously with my own CD collection, which is stored as FLAC on my NAS. Most importantly Sonos is family friendly.
I am looking for some stereo sound, rather than listening through the single play:5 that I do now.
Some options:
- buy 2x play:5 gen 2 (£429 each), thats going to be quite pricey at around £860 total.
- buy sonos connect:amp (£399) and 2 x Monitor Audio Bronze 2 (£280) comes in at around £680
- buy sonos connect (£279), output SPDIF into say a NAD D 3020 (£399), and 2 x Monitor Audio Bronze 2 (£280). Total: £960.
Thoughts? Alternatives? Which do people think would produce best sound?
Other considerations;
- HD audio, Sonos doesnt support this, the NAD seems to. Not sure how I would get the HD audio from source into the NAD though.
- Flexibility later on. By breaking out of Sonos I may have some more usful components in the long run.
- Size. I am moving to HK, so having large devices is not really ideal. The NAD is quite a compact unit.
thanks for advice anyone can offer.
Simon
I am looking for some stereo sound, rather than listening through the single play:5 that I do now.
Some options:
- buy 2x play:5 gen 2 (£429 each), thats going to be quite pricey at around £860 total.
- buy sonos connect:amp (£399) and 2 x Monitor Audio Bronze 2 (£280) comes in at around £680
- buy sonos connect (£279), output SPDIF into say a NAD D 3020 (£399), and 2 x Monitor Audio Bronze 2 (£280). Total: £960.
Thoughts? Alternatives? Which do people think would produce best sound?
Other considerations;
- HD audio, Sonos doesnt support this, the NAD seems to. Not sure how I would get the HD audio from source into the NAD though.
- Flexibility later on. By breaking out of Sonos I may have some more usful components in the long run.
- Size. I am moving to HK, so having large devices is not really ideal. The NAD is quite a compact unit.
thanks for advice anyone can offer.
Simon