Sonos Introduces the Sonos Zoneplayer ZP80
one of our preferred gadgets in the last few years shown up in 2005, the Sonos music system. As 2006 starts they’ve just released the official info on their new Zoneplayer ZP80…
“SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – January 4, 2006 – Sonos, Inc., the designer of wireless multi-room music systems for the digital home, today introduced a new ZonePlayer to complement the Sonos™ digital music System suite of products. The Sonos™ ZonePlayer ZP80 enables music enthusiasts to play all their digital music, around their house, on all of their preferred audio devices – a house movie theater system, powered speakers, a premium table top radio such as a Bose Wave® Radio, as well as more.
By linking a ZP80 to any type of amplified audio gadget through the analog or digital outputs, that gadget immediately as well as perfectly becomes part of a wireless, multi-room digital music system. This offers the consumer with the power to utilize the full-color Sonos™ Controller to manage all of their music, in all of their rooms, all from the palm of their hand.
“We produced the ZP80 since numerous of the spaces where consumers want to listen to digital music already have an amplifier,” stated John MacFarlane, chief executive officer, Sonos, Inc. “Our goal is to offer digital music enthusiasts with a variety of products for building a wireless digital music system throughout their homes.”
The ZP80 can likewise be utilized to retrofit a traditional multi-room audio system with home-run speakers or as a wireless extender to boost the wireless variety of Sonosnet™, the peer-to-peer wireless fit together network produced by Sonos.
just like the Sonos ZonePlayer ZP100, the ZP80 includes auto-sensing line-in connectors that can digitally encode any type of line-in source. This offers Sonos individuals with the capability to link an outside audio source, such as an Apple iPod®, a CD player or satellite radio, to the Sonos digital music System as well as to listen to that source throughout their home.
The Sonos ZonePlayer ZP80 will ship in spring 2006. The ZP80 will retail for $349.00 / €399.00 (including VAT) / £269.00 (including VAT). The new ZonePlayer will be offered at Sonos authorized sellers around the world as well as directly from Sonos.
Sonos ZonePlayer ZP80 technical Specifications:
Sound high quality – THD+N<0.02%, 20-20kHz Line-out connections – Analog (RCA), optical as well as coaxial digital audio, fixed as well as variable settings Line-in connections – Analog (RCA), auto-detecting, able to digitally encode line-in sources Ethernet connection – 2-port switch, 10/100Mbps, car MDI/MDIX Wireless connectivity – Sonosnet™, a protected AES encrypted, peer-to-peer wireless fit together network Audio styles supported – support for compressed MP3, WMA, AAC (MPEG4), Ogg Vorbis, Audible .AA (format 4), Apple Lossless, FLAC (lossless) music files, in addition to uncompressed WAV as well as AIFF files. native support for 44.1kHz sample rates. extra support for 48kHz, 32kHz, 24KHz, 22kHz, 16KHz, 11KHz, as well as 8KHz sample rates. Firmware upgradeable to support future audio formats. Apple "Fairplay" as well as Microsoft "Plays-for-sure" DRM-encrypted as well as WMA Lossless styles not able to be supported. Audio services supported – Rhapsody 3.0+, Audible Internet radio – Streaming MP3, WMA. Pre-loaded with much more than 190 Web radio stations. Album art supported – JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF Operating systems – Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Macintosh® OSX, v10.3 as well as v10.4; NAS (Network connected Storage) gadgets supporting CIFS Power supply – AC 100-240, 50-60 Hz Dimensions – 5.4 x 5.5 x 2.9 in (136.0 x 136.8 x 74.0 mm) Weight – 1.5 lbs (0.69 Kg) Finish – Light gray, top quality PC grade with Aluminum details www.sonos.com Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Email More WhatsApp Print Skype Tumblr Telegram Pocket