Musikverteilsystem: Sonos Celebrates 75 Years of Blue Note and brings new controller … – Heise News Ticker

Sonos will jazz lovers have something special: a “Collector’s Edition” Play: 1 Blue Note for the Musikverteilsystem. In addition, there are significant improvements in the controller software for tablets and smartphones.

75 years Blue Note. What has written for a birthday for a label that jazz history and influenced jazz styles – with musicians such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Terence Blanchard, etc., etc.. So for jazz lovers really a reason to celebrate – and those who use the Sonos multi-room music system or this plant, which can with a playlist: 1 Blue Note do

Blue Collectible

Sonos denotes the output of the simplest wireless speaker for their Musikverteilsystem as a collectible: instead of black or white, the play is: 1 Blue Note therefore suitable in a blue gradient. There is next to two public Bluenote music channels for all Sonos users an exclusive channel called “Blue Note Artist Selects” for owners of Play: 1 Blue Note

From the Play:. 1 Blue Note will only 4,100 pieces give – and the sales start in Germany on Thursday, March 5 10 Clock exclusively on the Sonos online store. At this time, then goes the channel “Blue Note Artist Selects” online

Cost point of the “collector’s item”. 250 euros, ie 50 euros more expensive than a regular playlist: first In addition to the custom paint and the special music channel, the Blue Note-Edition hardware does not differ from the normal Playlist: 1: In only 16 centimeters high network speaker in the form of a coffee can put a two-way system and a digital amplifier together with radio module with which the Speakers can be integrated into the Sonos network

Blue sister

The Play:. 1, indiscriminately and also the play: 1 Blue Note is designed as the first device of Sonos as a single device , Like its larger siblings Play: 3 and Play: 5 but can also be two devices connected together to form a composite stereo. By the sealed housing of the play is to: 1 itself be protected in areas with particularly high humidity – even against steam shower in progress

provide a high and a midrange that are supplied by a separate driver. for a surprisingly rich sound that does not have to do without on bass. Whether a chic finish and the additional music channel, and the feeling that they have acquired a rather exclusive wireless speaker, the surcharge is worth, the jazz lovers found prey – at least the already anhörbaren public Blue Note channels offer at any rate an appealing music compilation

New Controller

Almost parallel to the publication of the play:. 1 Blue Note Sonos brings a new software version is released. Output 5.3 improves notably the controller software for tablets and smartphones. Especially the pretty complicated operation on tablets was significantly improved, as well as the screen space is better used: There is now a view in which the cover of the currently playing album and all information about the current track and the control elements for the player are displayed

The Sonos Controller software now offers on tablets a view of the music without permanent display the music services.
(Photo: Jürgen Kuri)

can also display the active playlist on request. About a drop-down menu, you can quickly switch between spaces, as can a menu of available music services and music library open. Per swipe gesture, this is also possible. These are all significant improvement in the Controller Apps for Tablets – for smartphones, however, only lighter adjustments were necessary because they were already knew about a cover-view with the current title without a permanent display of Music Services / library. The controller software for the PC, however, has not changed. (jk)