Not exact matches
One of the more surprising feature is the addition of
multi-room audio to hook up to multiple speakers throughout your home &
play in sync.
DTS
Play - Fi technology enables lossless
multi-room wireless
audio streaming from the world's most popular music services including Amazon Music, Deezer, iHeartRadio, Juke, KKBox, Napster, Qobuz, QQ Music, Pandora, SiriusXM, Spotify and Tidal, thousands of Internet radio stations, as well as personal music libraries, on any supported product.
Our smart speakers continue to get smarter over time, and one of the features recently added to the kit made by Amazon and Google is support for
multi-room audio — in other words, the option to
play the same tunes in multiple rooms at once.
Multi-room audio: Some soundbars can be components in a multi-room audio system, but this usually entails choosing one platform and sticking with it all over your home (speakers that support DTS Play - Fi are an exception to t
Multi-room audio: Some soundbars can be components in a
multi-room audio system, but this usually entails choosing one platform and sticking with it all over your home (speakers that support DTS Play - Fi are an exception to t
multi-room audio system, but this usually entails choosing one platform and sticking with it all over your home (speakers that support DTS
Play - Fi are an exception to that rule).
No one does
multi-room audio better than Sonos, so if you're intrigued by the idea of
playing different music in every room in your home, give the Sonos One a long listening test.
A home full of Echo Dots is no substitute for a genuine
multi-room audio system, however, because you can't
play the same music in sync on multiple Echos of any type.
The Sonos
Play: 3 continues to lead the way as the premium, mid-range
multi-room audio speaker system.
Apple's HomeKit service will now support
multi-room home speakers from several major manufacturers, and a new AirPlay 2 feature will make it easier to
play music and
audio to other devices.
The Sonos
Play: 1 and Sonos One will both work independently on their own or as part of an existing Sonos system, offering
multi-room audio.
The two devices have many of the same features in terms of music service compatibility,
multi-room audio and Trueplay compatibility but the Sonos One offers seamless voice control for your entire Sonos system, without the need for an extra device like the Echo Dot as the
Play: 1 requires.
I can use voice commands to stream music through Soundcloud and
play podcasts through Pocketcasts; the Google Home also integrates well with my
multi-room audio setup, which helps when I'm setting up the ambiance for a dinner party.
Multi-room audio A multi-room audio system can play the same or different songs on speakers in different rooms inside your home, managed by a centralized controller (most commonly an app on your smartphone o
Multi-room audio A
multi-room audio system can play the same or different songs on speakers in different rooms inside your home, managed by a centralized controller (most commonly an app on your smartphone o
multi-room audio system can
play the same or different songs on speakers in different rooms inside your home, managed by a centralized controller (most commonly an app on your smartphone or tablet).
PW stands for Premium Wireless, a collection of higher - end
audio components that use DTS
Play - Fi technology for wireless
multi-room audio.
Any music can be requested to playback on the G3 speaker, but you'll also be able to stream music from services like Google
Play Music and TuneIn to Chromecast built - in speakers, AV systems and hi - fi components in a room for voice - activated
multi-room audio.
Sonos is arguably the most popular
multi-room audio system, but Yamaha (MusicCast), DTS (
Play - Fi), and others have also introduced systems.
Users are also able to group compatible
Play - Fi products together within the app, allowing for
multi-room audio with music
playing simultaneously across speakers within the group.
The less - expensive Sonos
Play: 5 — one of my all - time favorite
multi-room audio speakers — was much less able to render each bass note as cleanly and distinctly as the Qb was.
It lets you convert virtually any analog or digital
audio component into a
multi-room audio node using your choice of DTS
Play - Fi or Apple's AirPlay.
I'd hesitate less if the Mu - so Qb was priced at, say, $ 750 (the Sonos
Play: 5 goes for $ 499, and the B&W Zeppelin Wireless is $ 699 — but that speaker doesn't support
multi-room audio).
As you'd expect from a modern
multi-room audio system, you can stream the same music to multiple
Play - Fi speakers (party mode), or you can stream different music to each speaker.
In addition to the Chromecast tech, the receiver also comes with support for DTS
Play - Fi as well as Flare Connect, and it supports
multi-room audio so whatever you're
playing can be enjoyed throughout the whole house, though you'll likely need to have the extra equipment to make this work.
To setup
multi-room audio, you need to have an Echo, Echo Dot, or Echo Show; remember, you can not
play multiroom music on Echo Tap and Fire TV.
If Sonos» closed system is the Apple of
multi-room wireless
audio, think of
Play - Fi as its Android competitor.
Sonos's other speakers, the
Play: 3 and the
Play: 5, are well regarded, and the Playbar could well act as a gateway drug to slowly building a complete wireless
multi-room audio system - and if you did, you'd be happy.
Amazon on Tuesday debuted
multi-room audio support for its Echo Internet - enabled speakers, consequently allowing users to
play music on individual devices or group them together in an effort to create a surround experience.
All the same features are on board the Sonos One as the
Play: 1 including the ability to pair two Sonos One's together to create a stereo pair, add it to a group of existing Sonos speakers for
multi-room audio and it is compatible with over 80 music streaming services, all controllable via the app.
Sonos has the better wireless
multi-room audio system overall, but these bookshelf speakers outperform a pair of Sonos
Play: 5s set up as a stereo pair.
In this press release regarding the HomePod's availability, Apple had this to say: «Coming this year in a free software update, users will be able to
play music throughout the house with
multi-room audio.»
The new Klipsch Stream Wireless
Multi-Room Audio series is an ecosystem of sound bars, wireless speakers, legacy
audio converters and USB DAC amplifiers that will feature DTS
Play - Fi whole - home technology, enabling consumers to wirelessly stream virtually any source into any room of their home.
The HEOS app gives instant
multi-room audio control, meaning users can command music in every room from any device:
play different music from different sources in every room, group several rooms together and
play the same song.
Using Samsung's new and improved
multi-room audio app, which streams from the company's Milk Music service or
plays locally stored media, the speaker can stand alone, operate in tandem with additional Radiant 360 speakers, or integrate with any of Samsung's Shape speakers over Wi - Fi.
With the Riva WAND app downloaded, you can set up speaker groups for
multi-room audio, check on the status of each speaker, and see what's currently
playing.
Apple also confirmed that, through a free software update later this year, users will be able to
play music throughout the house with
multi-room audio - this effectively means the speaker will directly compete with Sonos.
One of the benefits of both Google Home and now Amazon Alexa is that they can be used to
play music throughout your house without you needing to invest in an expensive
multi-room audio system.
We did appreciate the new
multi-room audio feature, which allows you to connect speakers together in groups and then
play or stream music in a synchronized fashion.
Until AirPlay 2.0 comes out, you won't be able to pair two of Apple's new smart speakers together so they
play stereo sound or
multi-room audio.
Multiple Google Home speakers can
play multi-room audio together, though, which Amazon speakers can't do yet.