Sonos BU150 Expert Reviews

Sonos has been around since 2005, when the small company introduced its first multiroom digital music system to glowing reviews (including a CNET.com Editors' Choice Award). The product was comprised of two base stations and a unique for the time ...

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 ...

Can't stream copy-protected music purchased from the iTunes Store ; remote's rechargeable battery isn't removable ; while the Sonos components are all wireless, one base station is required to have a wired network connection ; some competing products ...

With the Bundle 150, Sonos continues to refine its excellent multiroom digital audio system--but the price remains high compared to alternative streaming audio products from Logitech and Apple.

You know a product is uncommonly designed when each of its successors looks and functions pretty much like the original. Such is the case with the latest revamp of the Sonos multiroom audio system. All the latest changes are inside the product or the ...

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

We've always considered the amplified ZonePlayer to be the system's weakest link, but the new ZonePlayer 120 does much to change our mind. It produces only 55 watts per channel (five more watts per channel than the original), but when paired with a ...

Instead of lugging a boom box from room to room or turning up the volume on your stereo or TV really loud, the lets you blast tunes all around your house via a network.

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 protected-AAC 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?

The Sonos music system lets you set up and play zone-based music throughout your house from a single controller.

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premier home wireless audio system. And partnerships with Rhapsody, Napster, Sirius, and Pandora only increase the value of the system.

Easy to set up. Excellent user interface. Superb remote control. Seamless integration with your PC's music collectioneven iTunes. Plays different songs in different zones simultaneously. Solid integration of music services such as Rhapsody and Sirius.

If you lose your Wi-Fi signal, the music stops. Host computers can't be left in sleep mode while streaming. Track navigation could be better. Amplifier sounds a little sterile.

Although pricey, the Sonos Bundle 150 is the perfect solution for those with several musical tastesand many roomsin the same house. Whether you use Rhapsody, iTunes, or Sirius, this deluxe wireless home audio system works seamlessly.

Wirelessly beam your tunes to anywhere in your home or studio.

The Sonos system comes in various configurations but we recommend the Sonos Bundle 130 ($999) which will get the party started in two rooms in your home or studio

I have discussed in many reviews the desire to live the digital lifestyle. This so-called new lifestyle has obviously been coined by many companies and countless marketing majors as they try to se...

Sweet styling, Compact design, Connections galore, Bitchin' remote, Expandable,

Remote takes 15-20 seconds to boot up, Software could hang at times, Price,

iTunes streaming, HD video rentals, and the iPhone as WiFi controller all shred, but it's zone-deficient.

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

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.