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Sonos Discontinues CR200 Wireless Controller, Turns to Apps
According to The Verge, Sonos is dumping the hardware for its multiroom audio system, in favor of software-based control methods. This includes the free iOS and Android apps, as well as software for the PC and Mac.
“We knew from the early days of the iPhone explosion that controlling our system from the device that people were carrying around in their pockets is what we wanted,” says John MacFarlane, Sonos founder and CEO.
The first free Sonos Controller app was launched for the iPhone in 2008. If you plan to snag one of the last $349 Controller units, Sonos says it will honor the warranty for two years from the date of registration and continue to offer software updates “for the foreseeable future.”
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If you want a “stand-alone” remote…
buy a $149 iTouch and download the app.
yeah, agree with that and use it as a source too!
So your saying that the Sonos is priced too high.?... I can agree with that.
The point is it’s one of the few dedicated remotes left. It has weight, gravitas, the raise lower buttons are right there (don’t have to wake it up, unlock it and select the app. Really not that difficult but still more than using the Sonos Controller) as you get older you will see.
A lot of my clients are older! How about you?
I will admit, the one and only flaw I see with the app is adjusting volume. I like to know that one click up/down will result in one level up/down in volume. This is not easy to do while sliding the volume bar on the app. All that being said…rarely do we sell/install the CR200.
Hard buttons are tough to top aren’t they?
Why are you doing this. Some people just want to pick up a remote and lower ( or raise ) the volume or press next song.
“Let me call you back I have to lower the volume”
Some times the app isn’t the answer.
They should keep it in the line…