Sonos ZonePlayer ZP120 Review

In the spring of 2005, the building block of its multiroom Sonos Digital Music System: The player one hundred zone, a combination digital music streamer and amplifier. Since that time, the ZP100 has gained many new features through software updates, but do not modify the hardware themselves. Now, more than three years later, Sonos has finally released a new version, the Zone Player 120 ($ 499). Although this gap is an eon in technology years, do not expect big differences in the new box.

Zone Players are the heart of the Sonos system. Routing them anywhere in your house where you want to hear music. Add the company CR100, a handheld controller designed a bit like an iPod, and you can play music in all areas of your home – either the same music everywhere or different tracks in different rooms. The various parts of the Sonos hardware to communicate with each other over a wireless mesh network that the devices automatically set. A basic two-zone system costs $ 999.

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(Earlier this year, Logitech released a less expensive alternative, the so-called Squeezebox Duet, a comparable two-zone setup with the Duet costs $ 550. But its streaming devices do not include an amplifier – you have to be connected to your stereo or powered speakers .)

The new Zone Player 120 is 35 percent smaller than the ZP100, thanks to an extruded aluminum housing, which acts as a heat sink. (Sonos does not use fans inside cool, I did not feel the feeling of the device hot, however.)

The company also claims that it doubles the range in the ZP120. Reliable testing wireless range is difficult, because interference from other wireless sources or because of obstruction by walls and windows, but I found that I could the system out on my house, something to use occasionally a problem with the older Sonos hardware.

The ZP120 also has several audio power amplifier, 55 watts per channel, 50 watts per channel in the older version.

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In addition to the ZP120 Sonos ZP80 has his, a zone player without a built-in amplifier that you update your existing stereo plug in system. The $ 349 ZP90 is the same size as the original, but also provides better wireless coverage, according to Sonos.

When you already have a Sonos system, the new Zone Players offer no compelling reason to upgrade if you have problems serious bandwidth. But for new buyers should the updated hardware to make the system more reliable, especially in large houses.

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