MUMBAI: Sonos, manufacturer of wireless home audio system has announced the launch of Sonos Zone Player S5, a portable wireless music system that uses an iPhone or iPod touch for a controller.
According to the company, this one piece five speakers music system delivers audio that claims to rival much larger, more complicated audio equipment.’ Users can find and play any song from an iTunes library as well as music and radio on the Internet in any room of the house and provides access to 25,000 Internet radio stations, shows and podcasts and works with various music services to provide computer-free access to millions of songs and stations as well as Napster, Rhapsody, Pandora, last.fm or Sirius if they have the required subscriptions. It also gives users instant access to any iTunes library stored on any computer or Network Attached storage.
The music system features a 5-driver speaker system which includes two tweeters, two mid-range drivers and a built-in single subwoofer. All filter settings, bass and treble controls, active equalization, and time-alignment are done in the digital domain through its DSP circuitry.
Sonos, CEO John MacFarlane said, “Our customers tell us they listen to twice as much music after bringing Sonos into their homes. The new S5 is our latest effort to simplify the Sonos experience so more people can enjoy more music than ever before.”
The system looks a bit like the Bose audio systems that dock with the iPhone. The difference with the Sonos unit is you keep the iPhone with you, and the S5 gets your music from iTunes. The system will be available later this month for $399.00.
