Sonos

[bertles86]

Well Sonos devices have line inputs too. Anything connected to a line input can be played anywhere/everywhere. There's also an iPod dock accessory that streams wirelessly and also gives you control of the iPod via any smart phone/tablet/PC/Mac/Sonos Controller.

When I'm installing Sonos for clients I use the line inputs for stuff like the TV audio (Freeview/Sky) and a local CD player if required. But TBH, once all the music is stored centrally there's very little requirement for much more than a dock and Freeview/Sky audio, and on rare occasions a CD player. Do you need anything more than that?

Actually the Sonos WD100 iPod dock went end of life in November. Just before Christmas they released an update which allows you to play the library direct from an Apple device through the Sonos app. Much like Airplay but proprietary to Sonos.

 

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I have a cupboard next door, when I renovated I wired in speaker cables flush into the walls from the cupboard (terminated with a banana socket face plate) into the bathroom in the ceiling. I then have a Sonos Connect:AMP (or ZP120 as I know it as!) plugged in there to power and the faceplate

I have Kef ceiling speakers in there.

In the lounge I also have the Sky phono outs running to the Sonos zone in there, so that allows you to keep playing sound in the toilet. Usually do this when I have friends round to watch footie etc, never ceases to amaze them!

It's also great when you are in bath/shower to listen to radio etc

They are quite small speakers, so the bass isn't really great but good enough for what I use them for.

A question about your Kefs in the bathroom. Are they waterproof ones? Is it essential to have waterproof ones? I have an extractor fan in the bathroom so it never seems to get to damp in there but don't want to shell out for good speakers, only to then ruin them.