The Play:3 doesn't take an engineer to set up. Photo / Supplied
The methods we music lovers employ to hear our wonderful audio collections are many and varied. PCs hooked up to stereos, iPods hanging over ragged sets of cables, computer speakers pounded into submission by bass they're just not made to handle - most aren't ideal solves.
Single-speaker solutions that allow
you to simply stick your MP3 player of choice on the top and let it go are popular and provide wireless solutions. Sonos have tackled this with the recently-released Play:3 system, offering a wireless streaming package that doesn't take an engineer to set up.
It may not be the most stylish offering on the market - the three-way speakers look a bit low-end compared with some of the design-driven offerings out there - but what they lack in attractiveness, they make up for in sound and tricks.
Set-up is quite simple: plug a music bridge, which your iPod connects to, into Wi-Fi router, where it will act as your wireless server. It's very small and features a pair of ethernet ports, a power plug and a join button.
Once speaker positions are sorted, it's just a matter of waiting for a few minutes for the Sonos software to install, selecting your music folder and you're away.
