![]() The Move is designed to allow you to take it to the beach or somewhere your wifi is not present and then it connects to your phone via bluetooth and accesses the music library on it. With that setup I could play from the turntable, reel to reel, cassette deck, receiver, or cd player. When I still had a hifi system I did have the Sonos connected to it, though I believe it was via a hardwire component connected to my frontend unit. You can connect via Airplay, but I have not experience with that setup. It is not hard to setup, especially after the 1st unit it is close to plug and play. Also once the 1st unit and system is setup when you plug in a new speaker you simply add to the system via the Sonos App. After this first setup you can disconnect, run totally off wifi (no units hardwired to network). You initially plug the 1st Sonos unit you get to your wifi and setup the system. Sonos connects via your wifi, or in the case of the Move wifi or bluetooth. Lastly take everything I has said with a grain of salt as my hearing is not a sharp as it was when I was younger Regarding Trueplay it does make a difference, especially if you have a "dedicated room" for listening. I will say the Play 3 is better than the Play, and Play 1's doing a much better job with the low end frequencies. I only compared the PLAY to the HomePod and and thought the Sonos had a slightly fully sound. I tried to use them as a stereo pair and it just did not given the quality that Sonos does. ![]() The issue I had was similar to what you have mentioned, the HomePod has good rich sound, but the minis were lacking. Note I got the HomePod, and the HP Mini when they (the mini) first came out. I have not used or heard the Era speakers. I am not familiar with JRiver but the Sonos App does allow connection to media centers. My potential sources are the music library with all my music, playlist, albums, etc, or Sonos Radio, Apple Music, TuneIn, and one other app. I linked my music library to the Sonos system. It did not register to me that you have a separate media system. Several good questions, but let me start with an apology. Seems like the larger HomePod would be easier to use especially since I will not be using voice control or any streaming service. If Sonos, which one is comparable to the HomePod? I have read Sonos sounds great but software/setup/reliability questionable. Next up would be the larger HomePod 2 or perhaps a Sonos or maybe some other Airplay 2 speaker. Tried the google Nest Audio and, while it sounded much better, one can only stream via bluetooth to it from the JRiver remote app on an iPhone that was returned because no lossless playback possible. So far I have tried the HomePod mini but returned it because no bass at all. Recognizing that I will only control the music selection from an iPhone what would be the best wireless speaker in terms of sound quality and ease of use? I want the highest audio fidelity I can get which includes lossless playback and at least reproducing the upper bass convincingly. Now, I want to stream audio to the garage and to a small patio/backyard. I also have no interest in controlling anything through Siri or any other voice assistant. Except for the HTPC all my other gear is Apple. I only play my own music (all lossless) through JRiver Media center from a windows HTPC connected to a full range hifi system. ![]() I need some help deciding whether to get a HomePod or some other wireless speaker for my situation. ![]()
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