The Sonos ZonePlayer system S5 is a wireless high-fidelity music and multichannel source used as an iPod. Users of the apple breeding are in luck. Simply plugging into the electricity grid and an iPod to be ready for use. The surround sound is capable of removing this product from Sonos is high quality, thanks to five speakers fed by integrating their corresponding five class D digital amplifiers Two of the speakers are tweeters, two midrange is a cone of 3 inches and the fifth is a 3.5-inch woofer.
Audio formats supported are MP3, iTunes Plus, WMA, AAC (MPEG-4), OGG (Ogg Vorbis), Audible, Apple Lossless, FLAC, WAV and AIFF. However, incompatible Apple Fairplay, Enhanced AAC and WMA Lossless. The sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz is the native, but can operate at 48 kHz, 32 kHz, 24 kHz, 22 kHz, 16 kHz, 11 kHz and 8 kHz.
This device has two 10/100 Ethernet ports. The S5 can be used to stream Internet radio stations in MP3 and WMA streaming whenever you are connected to a router. In fact, this works very well with Sonos online music services are not protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management) as of Deezer, Last.fm, Napster, Pandora, Rhapsody or Sirius. The Sonos ZonePlayer S5 includes a headphone minijack connector with which detects were made to, and automatically cuts the sound from the speakers, so that listening takes place only through the headphones. Furthermore, it has an auxiliary audio input, used to connect other portable audio players other than Apple.
Another of its great advantages is the ability to communicate with other modules S5. You do not need to run cables, simply put a S5 in each room. And the whole exercise may be carried directly from an iPhone or iPod Touch. Only need to download a free application called the Sonos Controller. Thus, the user should only choose which room where there is a Sonos ZonePlayer S5 want to hear music, find a song and press the play button. If you use an iPhone does not connect to the S5, but may be carried in the pocket, make phone calls or send short messages without the music stops. S5 enjoy the Sonos ZonePlayer costs 399 euros for each room.
