Sonos S5

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Hello

Anyone here familier with Sonos kit? I'm interested in the Sonos S5 for my ipod touch but I don't have any other Sonos kit. Is it true that at least one piece of Sonos kit MUST be connected by ethernet to your router? I'm not planning on using it in the same room as my router. I have one of those ethernet extender kits that converts your mains supply into an ethernet port. Would that suffice?

Cheers

Michael

 

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Hi, I have three S5s, a ZP90 and a ZoneBridge - so fairly familiar. Yes, one piece of kit needs to be hardwire connected to your router. A pair of Homeplugs would suffice - I assume that's what you're referring to when you say "one of those ethernet extender kits ..." Only thing to be careful of is the actual speed you get over your mains - are these the latest generation of Homeplugs, or first gen, which were a bit slow?

If you dig into the Sonos documentation, they do admit you can hardwire your Sonos directly to your PC / Laptop - it's covered on the Sonos forums - as long as the PC does DHCP. I believe the same may be possible with a NAS, if and only if the NAS is running a DHCP service (which most don't).

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the quick reply!

Think I might take the plunge with the S5!

Cheers

 

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That's OK.

Assume you've got an iPhone / Touch / iPad for control - or are you going to use the desktop controller?

 

[The_Lhc]

Could also get a Zonebridge and plug that into the router, might be a bit neater than homeplugs and allows the S5 to be wireless. Has a cost implication of course, I think they're about 70 quid from memory.

 

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the_lhc:Could also get a Zonebridge and plug that into the router, might be a bit neater than homeplugs and allows the S5 to be wireless. Has a cost implication of course, I think they're about 70 quid from memory.
All very true

I just assumed that the OP was trying to avoid the extra cost of Zonebridge, having already go the homeplugs...

 

[TheHomeCinemaCentre]

A sonebridge is the best way to do it. The Homeplugs are better for packets of data rather than a stream. There is a new bundle available that puts the S5 with a ZBR100.

 

[The_Lhc]

TheHomeCinemaCentre:A sonebridge is the best way to do it. The Homeplugs are better for packets of data rather than a stream.

Erm...

There is a new bundle available that puts the S5 with a ZBR100.

Interesting, there doesn't seem to be any bundles at all on the UK Sonos page now?

 

[TheHomeCinemaCentre]

The BU250 is finished and there is a new bundle available at £398.99 for an S5 and a zonebridge.

 

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So effectively an S5 with a Zonebridge thrown in for £50, rather than £79.

A good starter deal, and shows where Sonos thinks the market is going...

 

[The_Lhc]

It's nothing like as good a deal as the BU250 though, in terms of money saved. I don't like that development (dropping the BU250 I mean, the S5-BR100 bundle is a good idea).