Over the past couple of years I have worked with another Doug...Doug Connell, who owns and operates Rockford-based Engine Studio.  Doug and his staff work on corporate and museum exhibits as well as audio and video mixing, editing and voice overs.  I've helped them by supplying some audio and video components for various exhibits including Burpee Museum in Rockford and the National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  If your company is looking for such services and scope of work give Doug at Engine Studio a call.  Tell Doug that Doug sent you.  www.enginestudio.org

Read about the story behind the Engine Studio logo on their website.

The latest issue of ToneAudio is out. TA is an amazing online magazine full of reviews and news about quality audio, music, wine, automobiles and other great products. Best of all it is free!  Check out the latest http://www.tonepublications.com/MAGPDF/TA_63.pdf

Check out the Upgrade Now feature in your Music Menu and follow the directions. Don't you just love how you receive new features and music on your Sonos system...for free???

Add a projector and sound system to this cool outdoor overhead canopy and screen. We sell and install these systems with a variety of projector options available, depending on your application.

Hi everyone-

With the addition of Google Play on the Sonos I thought I'd update everyone on the available music services now available on Sonos' music systems.  See the attached pdf of the services, their bit-rate (the higher the number the better the sound quality) and cost (some are monthly subscription costs, some are free). Questions? Give me a call or drop me an email at hearmoremusic@gmail.com. Enjoy.

Check your Sonos app and it will now be asking you to update.  Once you update you will see the newest music service available on Sonos...Google Play!  Now you will find Google Play in your Music Menu under More Music.

Learn more about Google Play and Sonos here http://www.sonos.com/googleplaymusic 

SONOS AND MLB TEAM UP TO STREAM EVERY BASEBALL GAME THIS SEASON FOR $20

Rabid baseball fans who happen to own Sonos wireless audio systems have something extra to celebrate this opening day. Sonos has announced a partnership with MLB.com/GameDay that makes streaming audio from any of the MLB’s 2,430 regular season games and all post-season games available for a paltry $20.

This is the first dedicated sports service for Sonos, which has seen exponential growth over the last year. 

According to MLB.com, the service provides subscribers with access to audio from any Major League Baseball game with no blackouts, plus the option to listen to home, away, or alternate feeds (when available). According to MLB.com, the game audio will be synced with pitch-by-pitch coverage, and batter and pitcher stats, available via desktop computer application. 

This audio-only service manages to avoid blackouts restrictions where the MLB’s video services are otherwise restricted. MLB.TV, and MLB.TV Premium both offer HD video feeds of live games, along with a DVR feature making it possible to pause or rewind live games on a variety of connected devices, including game consoles, Roku, Apple TV, TiVo DVRs, and select smart TVs. Subscribers to the premium video service get the added ability to watch on mobile devices. However, these video services are subject to baseball club blackout rules; the audio service is the only way to ensure live access to every single baseball game played throughout the year. 

Sonos’ wireless audio systems allow multi-room audio synced throughout a home for a seamless room-to-room listening experience. Sonos’ entry-level Play:1 speakers (reviewed here) are available now for$200 each at Amazon, but will require the purchase of a Sonos Bridge to get up and running. Sonos also makes the popular Play: 3 and Play: 5 speakers for a bigger sound experience, as well as the PlayBar sound bar and Sonos Subwoofer, all of which can be mixed and matched to work together as part of a surround system, or independently for multi-room listening. 

There is a new music service available thru your Sonos music system...Beats Music.  Late in 2013 Beats Music (a music industry conglomerate made up of several hot-shot music stars) purchased MOG, one of my favorite online streaming music services. Many people subscribe to MOG thru Sonos.  Eventually MOG will go away, to much angst on my part, and Beats Music will replace it. All according to Beats Music.  I have been using Beats Music and while the interface is not currently as easy to use as is MOG the music still has good sound quality and you are able to listen to individual albums.  Cost is still $9.99/month.  Eventually MOG will cease operations and all subscribers will be offered the chance to migrate to Beats Music.

Here is a link to further information from Beats Music themselves.  Enjoy.

http://www.sonos.com/music/beatsmusic?lang=en-us&region=us&utm_source=beats-launch-USp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=hero-USp&utm_campaign=Beats2014

Doug

Hear More Music LLC

Rockford, IL