Oct 20, 2008 12:00 AM

Review: Sonos Bundle 150 With Loudspeaker

Name: Bundle 150 With Loudspeaker
Item: Bundle 150 With Loudspeaker

Sonos Bundle 150 With Loudspeaker 8/10 Learn How We Rate Wired Resuscitates the radio star with more than 800 channels — including Sirius, Pandora and internet radio. Setup makes gum-chewing seem bafflingly complex. Tired Might be cheaper to hire a cover band to rock your living room. Kind of a music snob: Sonos doesn’t cotton […]

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Rating:

8/10

WIRED

Resuscitates the radio star with more than 800 channels — including Sirius, Pandora and internet radio. Setup makes gum-chewing seem bafflingly complex.

TIRED

Might be cheaper to hire a cover band to rock your living room. Kind of a music snob: Sonos doesn't cotton to iTunes DRM and refuses to play it.

Others Tested
Apple TV $229
iTunes streaming, HD video rentals, and the iPhone as WiFi controller all shred, but it's zone-deficient.

D-Link DSM-330 $300
Streams music and HD video. The remote's as useless as a cuneiform instruction manual.

Philips Streamium Wireless Music Center $999
Prefers to pull music from its integrated hard drive and play it through its speakers. Great choice for those without a stereo or computer (not you).

Sonos includes everything you need for a full house of music — right down to the tunes. The main 110-watt ZonePlayer blasts sound through the included speakers with enough volume for a Gitmo interrogation. A secondary player connects to any set of amplified speakers. The hardware is so slick and the software so capable, you'd almost think it was designed by Steve Jobs — especially with the hefty price tag.

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