![]() We’ve tested everything from Denon/Marantz’s Heos System, Yamaha Musicast, and even some DIY options. It just works, but the recent supply chain issues and very tight constraints on Sonos’ most popular product for installation (the Amp) left me wondering if anyone else could deliver a similar experience.Ī cottage industry of competition has sprung up since Sonos began its undisputed reign, each with varying levels of success. Not only was Sonos the first company to get multi-room right by simplifying all the intricacies of latency and delay, they single-handedly brought that Apple “Automagic” element into the space.Īt Audilux, probably 90% of our multi-room installs incorporate Sonos in one way or another. When people think of a whole home audio system, they call it a “Sonos System,” regardless of the manufacturer, and there’s a good reason for this. There’s a reason why their name has become synonymous with multi-room audio, even reaching the level of ubiquity enjoyed by brands like Kleenex and Coke. The road to slick home entertainment has never sounded, or looked, so sweet.Let me start this article by saying that Sonos is good. If you've always discounted professional installs because you assumed sky-high pricing, it's definitely worth getting a quote because you really may be surprised. I may be using the Sonos Architectural system for home theater, but it's just as capable for a more discrete multi-room system, and the fact you can run several sets of Sonance speakers off a single Amp makes filling a much bigger space all the more realistic. The result is a system that sounds better and looks cleaner, and with the convenience that Sonos is known for. ![]() well, I wouldn't try to give myself a filling instead of seeing an actual dentist, and I think this falls into the same category. Being able to hand that responsibility over to a team who absolutely knows what they're doing. Of course, you could just as easily discover a weekend or more of work, including patching up plaster or worse. You might even get lucky, cut the right sized hole in the ceiling or wall, and find no unpleasant surprises waiting for you inside. ![]() I'm fairly confident that Sonos Architectural could be installed by a reasonable DIYer. At the same time, the range tries to bring some of the polish Sonos is known for to pro-installs. Launched in early 2019, it shifts away from the self-contained model for the company's other speakers, instead assuming that the speakers and their amplification will be separate. The result was the Sonos Architectural by Sonance lineup. And then there's that they're exposed, anything that goes wrong the client can potentially see." There's this insane level of attention to detail and craftsmanship. There's this people-managing-expectations kind of skillset. What I was blown away with, was you think of an AV professional as a tech, kind of a nerdy person, but this profession is so much more than that. And then going on-site and seeing them applying their craft, their trade. "It started with Sonos Amp," Benjamin Rappoport, Director of Product Management for Architectural at Sonos, explained to me, "and it really started with going out in the field and first talking to installers in their home turf.
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