What is the Best Sound System?

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I have a set of Logitech Z906 speakers and they are 500 watt and pretty much the best I have had. I got them from pc world at about £100 less than the list price of 300.
 


This. I have a play 5 and regret not getting 2 play 1s instead.

Sonos is good if your going to use a subscription like deezer. If not I wouldn't bother. It would be better if it let you stream audio from places like youtube easily.
I've got two Play 1s and they're excellent, can have 2 in the same room for stereo or have them in different rooms.
 
Expensive sytsems to play mp3s?

Dunno if many people can really tell the difference between 320kbps mp3s and CDs, especially if listening around the house.

I think the Sonos system sounds pretty good tbf. Bluesound powernode plays 24-bit audio and if paired with good speakers will be superb I imagine. Problem with kit like that is getting to listen to it first, wouldn't want to spend £1500 on something as personal taste as audio from the recommendation of strangers on the Internet.
 
Get a Naim Muso. 900 quid but pi$$es all over a Sonos etc. Digitise all your cds & it'll stream them in CD quality. Plus all usual music streaming services & Internet radio.

You run it off a phone app. Bought one last month & its quality. Won't go back to a proper hifi after this.

You can tell difference between mp3 320 & cd/flac. But depends on original sound quality. A poorly recorded/produced album will found crap whatever. Same goes for a £100 system. But get something well produced (such as any of the MTV unplugged from 90s) and difference is obvious on a decent system.

BTW, 24 bit audio is pointless. Human ear can't discern differences from CD quality unless trained & in controlled conditions.

Spend all your money on a decent system & flac files.

PS. Stick out with bass through a Naim Muso & watch your windows fall out. 450 watts. 6 separate speakers & drivers.
 
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Get a Naim Muso. 900 quid but pi$$es all over a Sonos etc. Digitise all your cds & it'll stream them in CD quality. Plus all usual music streaming services & Internet radio.

You run it off a phone app. Bought one last month & its quality. Won't go back to a proper hifi after this.

You can tell difference between mp3 320 & cd/flac. But depends on original sound quality. A poorly recorded/produced album will found crap whatever. Same goes for a £100 system. But get something well produced (such as any of the MTV unplugged from 90s) and difference is obvious on a decent system.

BTW, 24 bit audio is pointless. Human ear can't discern differences from CD quality unless trained & in controlled conditions.

Spend all your money on a decent system & flac files.

PS. Stick out with bass through a Naim Muso & watch your windows fall out. 450 watts. 6 separate speakers & drivers.
Good point, well made. Remember the Bang and Olufsen shop in Newcastle generally used to use the Eagles' MTV Unplugged for demos. Recall it sounding f***ing amazing.
 
All of my music is on my hard drive - the highest quality I could find, as well as an Apple Music subscription and an Amazon Music sub.

I play it all through my SONOS. I have two 5s, two 3s two 1s, two subs and a playbar.

Can't argue with the quality. Unless you're true audiophile, I'd recommend SONOS.
 
All of my music is on my hard drive - the highest quality I could find, as well as an Apple Music subscription and an Amazon Music sub.

I play it all through my SONOS. I have two 5s, two 3s two 1s, two subs and a playbar.

Can't argue with the quality. Unless you're true audiophile, I'd recommend SONOS.
Can you just buy the speakers or do you need something to connect them all together?

Use Spotify from my iPad to the bairns beats pill+ at the moment, but fancy sticking a few speakers around the house.
 
Can you just buy the speakers or do you need something to connect them all together?

Use Spotify from my iPad to the bairns beats pill+ at the moment, but fancy sticking a few speakers around the house.
You buy the speakers and set them up on your home wifi

http://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/play1.html

When you buy additional speakers you just plug them in, set them up on the app and you're away
 
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Yep, another vote for Sonos here.

Got a 3 and the PlayBar but do quite like the look of the new Playbase actually. Whether its good enough to contemplate selling the Bar and replacing it with that though is another thing altogether
 
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