I went to see a local dealer of the Sonos S5. The salesperson there highly recommended the LaCie NAS drives over any others such Buffalo, Netgear, etc. explaining that LaCie worked much more smoother and well just "better". I'm getting an S5 very soon (couldn't resist it!) and a NAS is my preferred set-up for streaming lossless files. As I'm now shopping for a NAS, I'd like to hear Sonos users and the Experts' opinions on this please. (I was about ready to order a 1TB NAS by Buffalo (Link), but now I'm not too sure which to go for...)
Sonos work best with LaCie NAS drives?
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kena:Sounds a bit like a sales pitch, I presume they sell Lacie but maybe not the others or have more of a margin on them, It's a NAS so as long as it can deliver the data no real need to worry
His (bold) statement sort of threw me off a little bit I have to say. I haven't really done any research or reading-up on LaCie NAS, and I've never owned anything LaCie-branded, so I'm still a bit perplexed to be honest. He did say they out of all the NAS they tried the LaCie ones came out top when linking up to the Sonos hardware. Something to investigate maybe...
His (bold) statement sort of threw me off a little bit I have to say. I haven't really done any research or reading-up on LaCie NAS, and I've never owned anything LaCie-branded, so I'm still a bit perplexed to be honest. He did say they out of all the NAS they tried the LaCie ones came out top when linking up to the Sonos hardware. Something to investigate maybe...
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The problem with LaCie NAS drives is that they consume a lot of electricity even when on 'standby'. Buffalo is regarded as amongst the best out there. Amazon I think is currently doing the best deal on them.
If the hard drive is 7200rpm & it's the same wireless network, I can't see how LaCie is better. All I know is that LaCie gives more margin than Buffalo in terms of profits.
If the hard drive is 7200rpm & it's the same wireless network, I can't see how LaCie is better. All I know is that LaCie gives more margin than Buffalo in terms of profits.
bigboss:All I know is that LaCie gives more margin than Buffalo in terms of profits.
Interesting... Strangely that particular reseller don't have any LaCie products for sale.
Interesting... Strangely that particular reseller don't have any LaCie products for sale.
I can't comment on any other Nas Drives as I've not used them
BUT
I use a Buffalo Linkstation. It was easy to install and has worked perfectly ever since with no glitches.
I use db poweramp to rip all my music into flac.
Sounds great and I couldn't be happier.
BUT
I use a Buffalo Linkstation. It was easy to install and has worked perfectly ever since with no glitches.
I use db poweramp to rip all my music into flac.
Sounds great and I couldn't be happier.
You might want to pop over to the sonos forum for a long running thread on what nas people use.
http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=2857
I use a readynas duo. As I've said before it works perfectly with the Sonos, some of its other features are not so user friendly. The fan can be a bit noisy on it from time to time which could be an issue depending on where you locate the nas.
In terms of hard drive size I also went for 1tb. I ripped about 900 cds to FLAC and put a load of photos on it and it has used just about 30% of the drive.
http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=2857
I use a readynas duo. As I've said before it works perfectly with the Sonos, some of its other features are not so user friendly. The fan can be a bit noisy on it from time to time which could be an issue depending on where you locate the nas.
In terms of hard drive size I also went for 1tb. I ripped about 900 cds to FLAC and put a load of photos on it and it has used just about 30% of the drive.
Agree with the previous answers here: I can see no evidence of LaCie's NAS drives working any better with Sonos than any other manufacturers'. I've used Buffalo, Linksys and Maxtor drives with Sonos systems, and I'm yet to experience a problem with any of them.
Andy H:I can't comment on any other Nas Drives as I've not used them BUT I use a Buffalo Linkstation. It was easy to install and has worked perfectly ever since with no glitches. I use db poweramp to rip all my music into flac. Sounds great and I couldn't be happier.
Great to hear as I was also interested in getting the Buffalo Linkstation.
Great to hear as I was also interested in getting the Buffalo Linkstation.
Andy H:Good luck with your S5
Thank you very much. I should be getting it before the w/e if it is all going according to plan. Just need to get a NAS from somewhere, probably online. My guy at my local computer shop went "they're not really worth the money - too expensive..." on me. What do I know?...
Thank you very much. I should be getting it before the w/e if it is all going according to plan. Just need to get a NAS from somewhere, probably online. My guy at my local computer shop went "they're not really worth the money - too expensive..." on me. What do I know?...
The last post on here was 2009 just wanted to know if the buffalo linkstation was still the best NAS drive to get for the sonos as I have just purchased my first sonos play 5.
Many thanks lewis
Many thanks lewis
lewy20004 said:
Even 2 years later it still really doesn't matter. 99% of NAS devices will work fine with Sonos, the other 1% aren't likely to be available from any mainstream retailer, so really if you're trying to choose which one to get look at the other criteria which are more important to you, the Sonos will be fine.
I use a Buffalo NAS with my Sonos and it works just fine. Also has an extra USB socket so you can piggyback a further USN HDD for backup. Its also quiet although its stuffed down the back of the telly and can't hear a thing. Did try an Iomega NAS and could I heck get it to work but thats probably because it is not on the list of recommended NAS drives apparently. As long as the NAS works can't see what difference the brand makes.
Did not mean to bring an old post back up but tech does improve so much these days.
Thanks for the swift replays I shall be buying a buffalo for an early Christmas present..
Just one more thing I was also told I need some thing called dbpoweramp to run with the sonos.... Is this true
Thanks for the swift replays I shall be buying a buffalo for an early Christmas present..
Just one more thing I was also told I need some thing called dbpoweramp to run with the sonos.... Is this true
lewy20004 said:
No, dpPowerAmp is a CD ripper (amongst other things), used to pull music off your CDs to be saved as audio files on a PC (or your NAS, in your case). There's no requirement from Sonos for any particular piece of software to be used, so you could use dpPowerAmp or EAC or Media Monkey or even iTunes (shudder) or any number of others.
The format you save in is important though, you'll have plenty of space on the NAS so I'd suggest a lossless format such as FLAC. Other formats are available, particularly if you use iTunes.
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Nick's comment about a backup is important (unless your NAS is RAID 1 or greater). You don't want to repeat all your ripping if the NAS fails, which my Buffalo NAS did after about 4 years. Fortunately I had made regular backups on a USB hard disk.
Personally I COPY my whole NAS rasther than do a backup, as I do not have confidence that I could restore my files on a new NAS. Takes longer (overnight), but I think safer.
Andrew
Personally I COPY my whole NAS rasther than do a backup, as I do not have confidence that I could restore my files on a new NAS. Takes longer (overnight), but I think safer.
Andrew
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I use a 1TB Buffalo linkstation live with my Sonos and it works fine. I find the fan a little noisy though and the write speed isn't that great either. For backup I have a 1TB juststore connected to USB of the NAS and just write to both when adding anything, this works OK apart from not being able to copy files larger than 1GB to the juststore for some reason.
If you have the NAS located near you when listening to music etc I would probably look at a fanless Qnap NAS, that's what I would buy if starting again.
If you have the NAS located near you when listening to music etc I would probably look at a fanless Qnap NAS, that's what I would buy if starting again.
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