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Posted by flung in Digital Audio Players and Media Players and Sonos05 Aug 2008 10:38 pm

Sonos also introduced two new ZonePlayer devices today - the ZonePlayer 120 and the ZonePlayer 90 - as well as a new money-saving bundle - the Sonus Bundle 150 which includes one 120 unit, one 90 unit, and a Sonos Controller 100 device. The new ZonePlayers incorporate SonosNet 2.0, Sonos’ latest wireless mesh network which doubles the wireless range of the Sonos Multi-Room Music System. The extended range also works with all previous generation Sonos ZonePlayers, Controllers, and ZoneBridges. Here’s what you need to know about the new units.

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The Sonos ZonePlayer 120 features:

  • Smallest, lightest, and most powerful Sonos ZonePlayer yet
  • Fan-less aluminum case
  • 55 watts per channel RMS at 8 Ohms
  • THD+N < 0.02%, 20Hz-20kH
  • Can be connected directly to speakers
  • Class-D amplifier
  • Line-In RCA jacks
  • Measures 3.5 x 7.3 x 8.15 inches and weighs 5.1 lbs

The 120 will retail for $499 individually.

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The Sonos ZonePlayer 90 features:

  • Lacks amplifier - can be connected to existing stereo systems
  • THD+N < 0.009%, 20-20kHz
  • Line Out: Analog RCA, Digital (optical and coaxial)
  • Line In: Analog RCA, auto-detecting
  • Measures 5.4 x 5.5 x 2.9 inches and weighs 1.5 lbs

The 90 will retail for $349 individually.

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Now for the new Sonos Bundle 150, you get one of the ZonePlayer 120 units, one of the ZonePlayer 90 units, and one Sonos Controller device. The bundle sells for $999 which is a 20% discount from the sum of the individual components. You can also purchase the bundle with Sonos loudspeakers for $1149.

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Posted by flung in Digital Audio Players and Media Players and Sonos05 Aug 2008 08:17 pm

sonos logo Attention Sonos owners out there - Sonos released version 2.6 of their Sonos System Software today which gives customers access to free music downloads valued at around $200 dollars once they register their new or upgrade their existing Sonos Multi-Room Music System. The one-button update is free to all Sonos customers and is available now for download.

Once you register or upgrade your system with the new Sonos 2.6 software, you will receive $200 dollars worth of DRM-free music from Sonos partners Classical.com, eMusic, and LiveDownloads.com. Sonos provided an example of what registered customers would receive:

  • 3 DRM-free albums (1 classical, 1 jazz and 1 world) from Classical.com. Classical.com is a digital music service with a library dedicated to the latest and greatest classical, jazz, & blues and world music. Browse by composer, genre or country and explore new music with the Classical.com playlists.
  • 50 DRM-free music downloads and 1 free audio book from eMusic. eMusic is the world’s largest retailer of independent music, offering more than 3.5 million tracks from thousands of the world’s top independent labels spanning every genre of music.
  • 10 full, DRM-free concerts (MP3) from LiveDownloads.com. LiveDownloads is the ultimate download source for live concert recordings. Download last night’s show from hundreds of artists and browse the catalog of more than 100,000 exclusive live tracks.

Other new features added in Sonos 2.6 include:

  • Support for SonosNet™ 2.0 and MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) wireless technology
  • Support for larger music collections with up to 65,000 tracks stored on a local music collection stored on a PC, Mac or Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices
  • Support for NasBasic firmware which allows more than 15 different brands of NAS devices to serve as a local music source
  • Support for Apple® Computer operating system Mac OS X Leopard

You can read more about Sonos Software 2.6 by going to http://www.sonos.com/support/software_updates/

More Sonos news to come..

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