Sony S-AIR hands-on

by Ryan Block, posted Feb 26th 2008 at 1:11PM

We sat down with Sony's new proprietary S-AIR wireless music distribution system and came away, well, what do you think? It's 5GHz, which is nice, but it's not mesh and the whole setup is pretty rudimentary, especially given its bulky interface cards. If you buy nothing but Sony products this might do, but we have a feeling unless they make a huge blitz in the market to get other companies to adopt S-AIR people will probably forget this thing as quickly as it came.

Gallery: Sony S-AIR hands-on

Filed under: Media streamers

Tags: hands-on, multi-room audio, Multi-roomAudio, s-air, sony, streaming audio, StreamingAudio

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Eagle117 @ Feb 26th 2008 2:58PM

What other options are out there to stream music through out the house to different stereos, all from a PC that can be controlled remotely?

I have a Netgear MP101 but it doesn't like Vista and is flakey when used wirelessly. I'm looking for something that doesn't need a full monitor, but comes with a small LCD to select songs. I would prefer it to be able to sync with other devices so the bedroom, living room, porch, and basement can all have the same song going.

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Notung @ Feb 26th 2008 5:18PM

U talking Sonos?

2nd option.. Logitech's Duet or the Squeeze stuff

3rd... Roku's Soundbridge (I am not sure if it is Pinacle's nowadays)

Lame option Apple Airtunes (with Airport Express) and this Sony thing

If you have enough money to get the initial bundle right away, try Sonos. I am a Sony's backer, but I have tried previous DLNA options from them and they were really poor. I won't put money behind this one until I see a really advantage to SONOS

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Video Master @ May 13th 2008 7:52PM

I've used all of the products and the Apple TV is by far the best product for streaming music. These other products just don't compare.

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