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hampig posted:Anyone have any advice on a good DAC that won't break the bank? Preferably one with a headphone out if I'm gonna be forking out for an external DAC anyway. I got the Emotiva DAC for my computer set up and it's been great. Plenty of hookups for an ipod dock, my windows PC and my Mac Mini.
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We wired Sonos Connect Amps into our networking rack and use those. I looked at other solutions and got a few suggested, but it's so easy with Sonos and our wiring was already run. The 1 series will work but I do find the 3 series sound better. Just be aware that you've got to run power to all of them so hiding speaker wire and using Connect Amps may be easier.
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The speakers are not meant to be mounted in ceilings. If you were putting speakers in the ceiling you'd get whatever speakers you wanted, run the wires for them, and connect them to the Sonos Connect Amps, which provide power and signal while being controlled from a computer or a smart phone. The computer just turns it on, it doesn't have to be dedicated to it. Many people will suggest using AirPlay, but I found that for a workplace I couldn't have it tied up to a computer and the sonos package of amp+controller was too easy. And I'm not paying for it personally so spending a little more on it wasn't a problem and made it more accessible to others. As for competitors, Sonos kind of dominates the wireless streaming audio but a lot of people are entering the market. You could look at an Airplay based solution, Bose, Panasonic and Samsung also just released offerings but they don't look as fleshed out. Pure is another company but I don't think they have anything that could work in a ceiling.
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Laserface posted:Every time I have seen a Sonos system installed somewhere, the client never uses it because it seemingly never works. Weird. I've seen about 6 sonos setups in the past month in workplaces and homes and the overwhelming response was "It just works". The only real complaint I hear (and that I have as well)is with the Playbar and the lack of processing for certain multichannel audio formats but that's outside of the scope of this topic. Maybe the hardware has improved in the past few years? Airport Express just wasn't acceptable for our office. We wanted a centralized controller that could be given to 3-4 people to adjust as needed and didn't want to dedicate a system's audio to play over the speakers mounted throughout the office. We also like the ease of using the various zones to adjust volumes and even what was being played. But it's pretty great if you just want to plug into an already existing system and I certainly can't blame anyone for not wanting to pay the Sonos premium. sellouts fucked around with this message at 02:40 on Mar 26, 2014 |
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