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Testseek.com have collected 30 expert reviews of the Sonos Bundle 150 BU150 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Sonos Bundle 150 BU150.
Award: Most Awarded September 2008
September 2008
 
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The editors liked

  • Incredibly easy setup and operation
  • Cool and intuitive controller
  • Smooth integration with on line music services
  • Sounds great. Simple setup and interface. Mac software can also control music. Plays from local and Internet sources. Modular design lets you add more hardware later. Clear
  • 3.5-inch color screen.
  • Excellent sound quality
  • Supremely easy to use
  • Great remote control
  • Easy to set up. Excellent user interface. Superb remote control. Seamless integration with your PCs music collection—even iTunes. Plays different songs in different zones simultaneously. Solid integration of music services such as Rhapsody and Siriu...
  • Resuscitates the radio star with more than 800 channels - including Sirius
  • Pandora and internet radio. Setup makes gumchewing seem bafflingly complex.
  • Two-room
  • Wireless digital audio system
  • Expandable to as many as 32 rooms
  • Wireless
  • Color-screen remote utilizes iPod-style scroll wheel
  • Easy setup and installation for most home networks
  • Streams the same audio to all rooms or different music to ea...
  • Easy to set up and expand
  • Free subs to Pandora and Last.fm
  • Awesome controller.

The editors didn't like

  • Control of external sources limited to volume
  • Scrollwheelonly menu navigation on controller
  • Must use Desktop software for Web control
  • Lacks touchscreen. Having to pay extra for a charging cradle doesn’t feel right. Doesn’t play protectedAAC iTunes Store files. Expensive.
  • The price
  • If you lose your Wi-Fi signal
  • The music stops. Host computers cant be left in sleep mode while streaming. Track navigation could be better. Amplifier sounds a little sterile.
  • Might be cheaper to hire a cover band to rock your living room. Kind of a music snob
  • Sonos doesnt cotton to iTunes DRM and refuses to play it.
  • Cant stream copy-protected music purchased from the iTunes Store
  • Remotes rechargeable battery isnt removable
  • While the Sonos components are all wireless
  • One base station is required to have a wired network connection
  • Some competing products offe...
  • Bundle pushes you into buying an amplified ZonePlayer you might not want.

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  Published: 2009-11-01, Author: Darryl , review by: soundandvision.com

  • Abstract:  My home began as a tiny two-room house on a hilltop in the middle of nowhere back in the late 1800s. A century later, I’m sitting in a cubbyhole office in the original upstairs section. Old and new sections butt up against one another. Some of the...

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  Published: 2009-03-16, review by: avguide.com

  • Sonos has been making multi-room music servers since 2004. In the four short years since the introduction of its first player this 180-person company has become the market leader in moderately priced wireless multi-room music systems. How did it bec...

 
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  Published: 2009-03-12, review by: askmen.com

  • Abstract:  The Sonos Multi-Room Music System takes a stab at Apple’s AirTunes system. In the process, Sonos has streamlined how you'll want to listen to music from here on out; the company has created a simple system that streams songs from your PC, Mac or NAS (o...

 
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  Published: 2009-02-13, review by: v3.co.uk

  • Excellent sound quality; supremely easy to use; great remote control
  • The price
  • Although its terrifically expensive, this is the best music-streaming product weve ever seen Good points Excellent sound quality; supremely easy to use; great remote control Bad points The price ...

 
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  Published: 2009-01-20, review by: maximumpc.com

  • Easy to set up and expand; free subs to Pandora and Last.fm; awesome controller.
  • Bundle pushes you into buying an amplified ZonePlayer you might not want.

 
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  Published: 2008-12-12, Author: Scott , review by: techcrunch.com

  • Abstract:  We’ve reviewed a lot of home audio solutions, and they all offer different benefits and drawbacks. The big trend is “music everywhere”, whether through powerline networking or wirelessly. Most of these products require a specific music source to feed i...

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  Published: 2008-10-22, review by: maclife.com

  • Sounds great. Simple setup and interface. Mac software can also control music. Plays from local and Internet sources. Modular design lets you add more hardware later. Clear, 3.5-inch color screen.
  • Lacks touchscreen. Having to pay extra for a charging cradle doesn’t feel right. Doesn’t play protectedAAC iTunes Store files. Expensive.
  • The Sonos Bundle 150 feels dated without a touchscreen or sleeker remote. The simple interface and setup could save you time, but is that enough justify the price?...

 
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  Published: 2008-10-20, review by: wired.com

  • Resuscitates the radio star with more than 800 channels - including Sirius, Pandora and internet radio. Setup makes gumchewing seem bafflingly complex.
  • Might be cheaper to hire a cover band to rock your living room. Kind of a music snob: Sonos doesnt cotton to iTunes DRM and refuses to play it.

 
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  Published: 2008-10-01, review by: Digitaltrends.com

  • Abstract:  Video Review: The Sonos Audio system does have some competition in the home audio space, but most dont compare. With wireless access, a great controller, the ability to expand makes it the system to beat.

 
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  Published: 2008-09-22, Author: John , review by: soundandvision.com

  • Incredibly easy setup and operation, Cool and intuitive controller, Smooth integration with on line music services
  • Control of external sources limited to volume, Scrollwheelonly menu navigation on controller, Must use Desktop software for Web control

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