smarthome/controlsystems/Music Only

Sending music around the house these days is becoming easier and cheaper, but often at very low quality. That isn't our interest.

Most plans we see involve one room where you want it to be good, with good speakers and a proper sound, attached to streaming to more rooms where the quality, although still decent, isnt the most important issue.

We start with Sonos. You can stream to many rooms at a reasonable price and can start with 1-2 rooms and add more later.

A one room Sonos solution can be £ 1400 to 2000 and will play your music library from computer or itunes, internet radio, and also stream music from online providers such as napster or Spotify.

Add-on rooms can be tabletop from £ 250-350 per room or amplifier and slim or ceiling speakers from £ 650 per room.

To add quality you need to start with a better source in your main room. This means Cyrus or Linn. Your quality room with Cyrus can start from £ 2200 complete and go up to £ 5000.

A Linn room did start at £ 3900, however the new Linn Sneaky DS means that you can add a Linn room for only £ 1295-2000. At the top end there is almost no limit to the price or performance!

With both these systems you can then add Sonos for extra rooms very easily, and control can be by remote, iphone, ipad, etc. to make it very simple to access and use.

To establish what is the right system for you a demonstration is a must. Only you can say what quality you are happy with and it is very easy to hear the differences and decide.

Let Which magazine pick your dishwasher but a music system is too important to leave to anyone else!

Here are some links to relevant websites for you to check out:

Sonos

Cyrus

Linn Website

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