Sonos

Until Sonos arrived on the market 6 years ago, multi-room audio systems were the toys of the rich and famous - now almost everyone can enjoy music in any room of the home (or even in the garden) thanks to the affordability, reliability and wireless design of Sonos. Customers can start with just one room, and then expand the system to as many rooms as they wish by adding zoneplayers.

The first zone of Sonos must either be hard wired to your router or connected wirelessly via a zonebridge BR100. The remaining zones then link wirelessly over dislances exceeding 250m. If you choose a ZP120 zoneplayer which has an on board stereo amplifier, all you need to add are a pair of loudspeakers, in-ceiling or in-wall types if you want a really invisible system.

If you already have a stereo system in a room, to add multiroom music just buy a ZP90 unpowered zoneplayer (stereo amplifier is ommited). For an occasional use room, why not go with the Sonos S5 or Play 3, which have built in speakers for minimum set-up fuss.

Whichever route you take, you will be amazed at the speed of setup of your Sonos system, the wealth of online streamed music available to you, and the sound quality that is on offer when it plays any source of music, be it internet radio or music stored on your computer or network drive.