LED. The Bright LED can be configured to turn on/off via the Sonos app.

- Ease of music sync.
You can use the free Sonos app for your Android, iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod), Windows Phone, Mac/Windows laptop/tablet (sadly, no Windows Store app yet) to control how the speakers play: you can easily choose which speakers to pair/unpair into groups. Grouping the speakers allows you to play the same music on those speakers. You can have up to 32 separate groups. You can also individually control each speaker from the app. Each group's volume is controlled by the Sonos app. So, if Speaker 1 is set to 50% volume, and Speaker 2 is set to 25%, lowering the volume by 5% will lower Speaker 1 to 45%, and 2 to 20%.



Once music is playing, you can leave the house, and it will continue to play -- as long as the music source is not coming from that mobile device (meaning: if you're playing MP3s from your phone, and your phone leaves, it will stop playing. But if you started Pandora from your phone, or you told the speaker to play music off one of your network shares, it will continue playing since the source is coming from a device that's still at home.)

PARTIES: one cool feature is that once you download the Sonos Controller app and pair it to one of the Sonos speakers (which authorizes the app/phone to talk to your Sonos system -- this prevents unauthorized people outside your home from controlling your speakers), each device can control the playlist. So, if you have guests coming over, and each guest downloads and authorizes the Sonos app to your system, each guest can now add/remove songs from the queue. Everybody can now be a DJ.

- Stereo pairing for PLAY ONE.
You can take two PLAY ONE speakers and set them up as Left & Right channels for stereo output. WARNING: you cannot pair PLAY ONE and the older PLAY:1 for stereo. You either have to use two PLAY:1 or two PLAY ONE.

- Expandability.
Sonos did a smart thing. They released the less expensive PLAY:1/PLAY ONE to wet your/my appetite. As you use the system, you will likely buy more Sonos components to expand your sound system, resulting in more revenue for the company.

You can add any Sonos component to your system, and they will all work in harmony. You can set up a complete home theater system that way too. I know, sounds pricey. It is. But it still is cheaper than having your whole house wired with nice speakers.

- Alarm/Sleep timer.
You can set up each speaker (or Group of speakers) to play music at a specific time, day, and volume (Alarm) from a specific source for a specified amount of time. Or you can also set a Sleep timer to play music for a specific number of minutes to ease you into sleep.

I love getting waken up by mellow music (ie. Norah Jones) in the morning, and when I leave the home, I don't have to worry about turning off the speakers. It'll automatically turn off after the 45 minutes I set up for the alarm.

- Sound. Sound quality is quite good. I will leave you with the reviews by others to read more about that. With the Sonos app, you can control Bass, Treble, and volume. I have the speakers play between 15% to 25% volume in each room -- they are plenty loud enough. Setting them to 100% can be heard through the whole house -- and the potential for your neighbors to complain.

Even at low volume, the sound is very good. It's definitely better than most Bluetooth speakers. If you put the PLAY ONE in the corner of a room, the sound seems a bit more muffled due to the amplification of the Bass by the walls on both ends. You can fix this by adding more Treble, or by moving the speaker away from the corner.

- Design. The PLAY ONE and BRIDGE are beautiful devices. They don't look out-of-place in my home. I bought the White ones.

- Capacitive touch control: works very well.

CONS
I couldn't find many cons with the PLAY ONE. But here are some that have annoyed me.

- Lack of screw hole for mounting onto stands like the PLAY:1. The PLAY ONE replaced the PLAY:1's screw hole with the power button. I have not yet found a speaker stand to mount the PLAY ONE on yet.

- Cost. The Sonos system is expensive. Just look at the price of the other components. Holy moly. Still, if you were to wire your house with Bose speakers, the Sonos system is comparatively inexpensive. Again, I chose Sonos because wiring the house won't add much resale value. I like the idea of being able to take my Sonos with me to my new home.

- Sonos App Interface. The app is clunky and looks outdated. It took me a while to figure out where to go to do what (and I love gadgets/toys. I'm a technology tinkerer!). It's not very user friendly.

- Music sources. Not all apps can play to the Sonos speakers. You have to use the Sonos App, add the approved source to it, then you can play from that source. I wish you could re-route any audio from any device to the speakers.

Pandora, network shares (NAS), iTunes, TuneIt Radio (built-in), iPod/iPad/iPhone, media files on your own Android/Windows device are all possible sources. At one point (if I remember correctly), my not-so-tech-savvy dad was able to beam his iPad's YouTube sound to the speakers without using the Sonos App.

I didn't get a chance to verify how he did it, but I did see the PLAY ONE being available as a target on his iPad. Perhaps it was playing via the DLNA protocol. Either way, that was neat.

- Input source. I wish that the PLAY ONE had a Line-in/Aux port so that you can connect any music source to it for playback, such as your TV or existing home entertainment system. Yes, the Sonos CONNECT takes care of that, but look at the price of that component! Even then, the CONNECT doesn't support SPDIF/Optical input.

Weren't it for the Amazon/Target promotions on Black Friday, I would have been EXTREMELY hesitant to buy these expensive speakers. I bought two PLAY ONE during the promotion. With that said, overall, I'm quite pleased with the purchase.

It came out cheaper than wiring the house, and I get to control my music from any of the mobile devices. That's neat. Lower the prices of your other components, Sonos! I hope for increased competition in the market to drive the prices down -- as of today, I'm not aware of any good, alternate, wireless HiFi solution.

Know More: hifigadget.com/
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You might be asking, what is this place? Why is there a lamp? And why is it awkward? Well, Awkward Lamp Reviews is a place for those who not just want a good scary movie, but those who want to learn about films that cannot only scare the begeezus out of them but also mentally challenge them (Read bios for more on the lamp).

Here we take pride in giving the most honest, straight to the point reviews of scary movies from the perspective of honors college students. What does that mean? It means that we aren't thwarted by the cheap tricks, gore, nudity, and a lack of plot development.

In a genre that is usually underrepresented, it is our mission to find true horror gold. We enjoy movies that contain the right balance of terror and open-mindedness that leaves you thinking, up at night and even sparks a few lively debates. So, if you are tired of overused plots and stereotypes, then welcome because you have definitely come to the right place.

Method to Our Madness:

Lightbulbs:
Ever seen a movie that was so scary that just the thought of having the lights off was out of the question? Well, that’s how we rank our movies “scariness”. The more lightbulbs, the more lights you should have glowing in your house.

For example, five light bulbs mean “we were holding to each other and attempting not to scream” scared. It then decreases to 4 lightbulbs=terrifying, 3=unnerving, 2=getting there, 1=meh, and zero lightbulbs, which equates to us being able to watch it in an abandoned cabin in the middle of the woods during a thunderstorm without even blinking an eye.

Grading System:

If you managed to read our “Get in the Glow” section, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that honors students love to give grades! After all, we are hardcore nerds, and with that comes the love of intellectually stimulating horror films.

We felt that films should not only be merited for their scariness since some horror films can lack the screams but bring it home on the plot. So it’s pretty dang self-explanatory: A is awesome, B is good, C is average and whatnot. So please don’t just watch some films based on their scream factor cause you’ll miss out some good ones. Got it? Good.