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

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Maybe we should design one in Rockford?

The Play: 1 speaker from Sonos packs a lot of punch and music for only $199.  It's a great way to expand an existing Sonos system and an inexpensive way to begin a system for those on a budget.  Here is a product review of the Play: 1 from Sight and Sound magazine.  If you have questions please give us a call or send us an email.

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Thanks-

Doug Campbell

Hear More Music LLC

Control your Sonos music system, Nest thermostat and Wemo lighting from your smartphone or tablet.

Here is a look at my iPhone with all three apps downloaded:

A look at the Wemo lighting screen once you've opened up the app:

Once you open Sonos you see a menu of all the available music:

Tired of typical black audio components? Want something a little more designer friendly?  White is the new black. Enjoy the Sonos Connect with a pair of gloss white Paradigm Shift A2 powered speakers. It rocks. It's pretty and you can enjoy your entire iTunes music library and many streaming music services such as Pandora, Beats Music, MOG, Spotify and more.  PLUS...internet radio allows you to listen to just about any AM or FM radio station in the world.

And it's white.