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If you’ve seen Hitch with Will Smith you’ll have a brief introduction as to what this post is about. Although this device won’t be able to control your lighting, it will be able to focus in on one thing, your music. What I’m talking about is a Digital Music System that can surround your whole home with music with the touch of a button for a price tag of around $1000 depending on how much of your home you’d like to surround. When I first heard the price tag it actually doesn’t seem a lot but you’ll need speakers in every room you want music which can be expensive so basically all the product offers is the ability to wirelessly transmit music. The company that makes this is Sonos and has retailers offering their products in Canada and the U.S.(plus many more!)

How Does it Work?
The requirements of this system is you need a high-speed internet connection, router, modem, and an Ethernet cable which I’m guessing all of you readers must have. A ZoneBridge will then need to be purchased and hooked up to your router through the Ethernet cable. This acts as a base camp where all the other ZonePlayers will communicate with throughout your house wirelessly. The ZonePlayer comes in 2 different series, the ZP80 and ZP100. The ZP100 offers better sound with a 50W amplifier and is slightly bigger. Once you’ve connected your ZoneBridge with your computer, place all your ZonePlayers around your house where you want music and have speakers to connect them with. Once all your speakers are hooked up to the ZonePlayers you’ll be able to interact with all of them through a beautifully designed remote that has a 3.5″ colour screen and scroll wheel.

Features
This remote is top of the line and allows you to select playlists that run as long as you want, search artists, tracks, albums, and has different modes. One example of this is party mode where you use all of your ZonePlayers to play one track so your house is in sync. You also have the option of selecting one or some of your ZonePlayers to play music like just the kitchen or just the living room. One neat feature I found was you can select a track to play after the current one has finished.

Conclusion
If you are interested in a Digital Music System then this is definitely right up your alley. To learn more, and I highly do suggest this because the website offers many great videos on the basics and technicals of it’s product, visit it’s homepage at www.Sonos.com.

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