The two units are linked by their own wireless network, which sets itself up in a few minutes with the press of a couple of buttons. The second unit can then be placed in a distant room, with speakers or an audio system, where you wish to hear the music. You plug one of the players into your home Internet router so it can fetch the music over the Internet from Rhapsody. For your $999, you get two small Sonos ZP80 players and one controller. But all of them, even an earlier implementation using Sonos, require a PC. There are other media-streaming devices that can bring Rhapsody to parts of a home far from the computer, and most cost less than Sonos. Out of the box, the new Sonos system gives you a 30-day free trial to Rhapsody, without even requiring that you enter a credit card. Then, simply click on the Rhapsody choice in the menu on the Sonos controller and you can listen to any of Rhapsody’s 2.5 million tracks. You just connect the Sonos hardware to your Internet service, and to either powered speakers or an audio system. This is all done using Rhapsody’s software, or a Web browser.īut, with the new Sonos/Rhapsody system, no PC is necessary. Users pay a monthly fee to either “stream” music from its collection, or to download it for use on the computer or on a portable device. Rhapsody, too, is typically dependent on a PC. The system is controlled by a gorgeous hand-held remote with an iPod-like wheel and a large, bright color screen that show menus and song information. It normally relies on software you install on the computer. It consists of a series of small music-playback boxes that connect to each other over their own wireless network. Sonos is the most polished consumer hardware system on the market for taking the music that resides on a computer and streaming it to multiple other rooms of your home. ![]() It is simple, fast and rewarding.īoth Sonos and Rhapsody were originally designed to work with PCs. If you’re still reading after digesting those prices, let me add that I’ve been testing this system, which pairs up Rhapsody with the elegant Sonos whole-house music system, and it works very well. It saves you time (and what some folks consider a big hassle) in exchange for money: $999 for the basic hardware, plus $10 a month for the music service. This new system is a time/money tradeoff. ![]() Starting today, there’s a way to get access to Rhapsody’s 2.5 million digital tunes, in any room in your house, straight from the Internet - without even turning on your computer. The Sonos controller, accessing the Rhapsody music service
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