Sonos ZonePlayer S5 review

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Verdict:

The S5 player looks fantastic and sounds brilliant. It's an excellent introduction to the Sonos service or, for existing users, a flexible new player to add to a running network.

Review Date: 21 May 2010

Price when reviewed: £340

Buy it now for: £284
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Supplier: http://www.amazon.co.uk

Reviewed By: David Ludlow

Our Rating 5 stars out of 5

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Although we're massive fans of Sonos' incredible multi-room music system, the one minor problem has always been flexibility: you either had to have an existing stereo or powered speakers and buy the ZonePlayer 90 (ZP90), or buy the ZonePlayer 120 (ZP120) and a pair of ordinary speakers. With the ZonePlayer S5 that's all changed, and you get everything you need inside one neat package.

Externally the S5 looks a little like a high-end iPod dock, which is no bad thing in our opinion. Although it's a little plain looking we really like its simple styling. As with all other Sonos ZonePlayers the S5 only has two buttons on it (a rocker switch for volume and a mute button), so there's nothing cluttering up the sleek lines of player.

The reason, in case you're not familiar with Sonos, for only three buttons is that you can't control music directly from any of the ZonePlayers. Instead, you need a Controller. It's this requirement that's made Sonos a daunting prospect for many people as the touchscreen Controller 200 costs around £275. However, you don't need one any more as there's a free iPhoneiPod Touch app that does exactly the same job, while Android users can get the free third-party Andronos app. In addition, you can install the bundled Controller software on any computer (Windows or Mac) and use these to manage your music.

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Call Sonos Experts at 1-877- 816- 3761 and press(1)

Ordered it already !!! I,too, am a SONOS fanatic. Use the system and you will love it. Besides simply charging my iPhone, now I have a portal to stream LIVE365 via its free iphone app throughout the house. Marvelous.I Saved $99 on the Sonos Zonebridge w/ purchase of two S5 Players at www.tinyurl.com/sonosmusic If you are Ready to buy or need to know more Call Sonos Experts at 1-877- 816- 3761 and press(1)

By casey36 on 27 Mar 2011

Great Product

This really is a great product. With music services such as Spotify and Napster available (plus more everyday) you can be sure to listen to whatever music you wish in whatever room you wish. Who could want more than that?
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By geckoryan on 23 May 2011

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