Sonos or Bose AirPlay?

samboette

As the title says, which one?

We have just bought a 64gb Mini Ipad specifically for music and to use with one of these wireless systems but don't know which one to get.

Does anyone have experience with either of these systems and if so what are the pros and cons for each?

googler

I have no experience of either, but have to ask what the logic is behind 'getting an ipad' when there's no real plan about what it will be integrated with.

Is the plan to store all your music on the iPad, or have a separate streamer/server which will be controlled by the iPad?

samboette

We bought the iPad mini to store our music as currently we have it saved on 2 different iPods and I didn't want to fill our iPads up with music etc when we like to store other things on them. I just wanted to have all our music in one place and be able to control what I listen to from anywhere in the house, rather than being in the same room as our current Bose System and having to either set up playlists or use the remote to change the track.

I would just like to know what other people's views are on either system before we buy. I like the look of the Sonos and the idea of having the app as a controller but I not sure what the sound is like or whether to have the Play 3 or 5 version.

Fifer

My view would have been not to buy the iPad, but to use a NAS or server to store the music and build a much more versatile, cost-effective and robust networked system from that base. What will you do when the iPad is full?

Handsome90

Are you happy with the sound quality of the current Bose speakers? I'm not sure whether this could be done or not but I reckon you might be able to connect the current Bose speakers to Apple Airport extreme and stream the music from your iPad.

Ok I've a better idea. Connect the Bose speakers to your computer (I'm assuming you've one) and use Apple Remote app in your iPad to control music from the iTunes library.