Rhapsody Teams Up With Sonos
Sonos is "a modular set of digital appliances that replaces a home stereo system. The appliances work together to form a zoned hi-fi in which different zones may play the same or different sounds."
Cool, right?
It just got a whole lot cooler, when the company joined forces with Rhapsody to bring a pile of music into Sonos owners' homes:
Last Thursday Sonos announced a partnership with Rhapsody, the music subscription service from RealNetworks. Now I can play two million songs on any stereo system in my house, using Sonos' portable iPod-like controller. It's an incredible experience being able to call up almost any song you can think of and start playing it. I showed it to my wife, and she immediately began playing all of David Bowie's '70s songs. She's hooked. I've been teaching my 8-year-old about punk by playing Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Ramones, Clash, and Buzzcocks. You get a free 30-day Rhapsody trial with Sonos. After that, you pay $10 a month. It's a bargain.
We're lucky to live in an age when we have access to so much recorded material (audio and otherwise) and any tool or product that makes it easier -- of just more fun -- to get it, is on my OMG I REALLY GOTTA HAVE IT list.
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BridgeTwnPeddler
Portland, OR
January 2003
SEP 19, 2006 09:54 PM