- High-resolution, 3.5-inch LCD color screen provides easy viewing, day or night
- Best-in-class wireless technology for multi-room music
- Instant access to endless music
- Browse your collection, build playlists, queue tracks, and more from the palm of your hand
- New features and music services with automatic updates
Sonos Controller 200 (CR200)
Dedicated wireless Controller with full-color VGA display and ultra-responsive touch screen. Pick it up or touch the screen and it’s instantly on, ready to play your music. Dedicated Mute, Volume and Zones buttons get you to the functions you use most. Includes a Sonos Charging Cradle and removable battery.
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List Price: $ 349.00
Price: $ 349.00
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July 28, 2010
#1
Review by Robin J. Tanner
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Been using my CR200 for about 3 weeks and it has been a joy.
Compared to the original CR100 (which itself seemed fabulous when first received) the CR200 is from a different planet. It’s much smaller, lighter, and the screen is bigger and brighter. I am not sure I would pay to upgrade for those benefits alone however.
The real advance is in the search functionality. Gone is the ipod style scroll-wheel with the tedious onscreen keyboard and in is a full touch sensitive on screen keyboard. Once you get used to it (it takes a little practice) the difference is night and day. If you have a large music collection, or especially if you use Napster or Rhapsody, searching using the CR200 is a joyous experience. Not only is the input vastly quicker now that you can type, but the search itself is predictive such that when you type “depe”, for example, Depeche Mode will already be on screen vying for your attention with DePedro. The combination of vastly faster typing combined with the improved search makes the search experience on the old CR100 feel like wading through cement in comparison.
Rhapsody plus the CR200 really is a wondrous thing, it really makes searching for music a joyful experience. I frequently have to stop myself squealing with delight.
So, if the CR200 vs. CR100 = a no brainer, how about vs. an iPod touch or iPhone? My experience using the Ipod application is limited to about 5 minutes. My reasons for preferring the CR200 were twofold: 1. I really value the speed of the search experience – having to wake up my iPod, load the app etc was a trifle unappealing. Furthermore, I have a big house with lots of sonos players in far flung corners (like the basement) and I really wanted my remote to work on the Sonos Mesh as opposed to wifi (which the iPod uses). These are perhaps not big reasons, and if you already have a suitable touch or iPhone it may well not be worth the upgrade. As irrational as it may be though, I just wanted a device built from the ground up for Sonos rather than an apple product I could dumb down to do (almost) as good a job.
July 28, 2010
#2
Review by TCK
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Simple to set up and use. Got it for my wife who doesn’t take to new tech easily. Learned to use and love it on the first day. Uses it all the time. Well-designed and manufactured product. …just hope it doesn’t get dropped.
July 28, 2010
#3
Review by Sarah F. Smith
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With the complicated whole house music systems available today, the Sonos Digital Music System is by far the best and easiest to use. With in minutes of putting it in my hands, I was able to access all of my computer music, listen to Pandora and then connect to internet radio – absolutely amazing!
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July 28, 2010
#4
Review by KRS10
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We’ve been Sonos users since 2007 and have two of the original remotes. We bought one of the new remotes and it’s a big improvement. Touchscreen navigation with an iPhone-like scroll you control with a flip of your finger. Search functionality is a million times better. The only thing I’d add to a Sonos wishlist is the ability for a user to make a custom screen that pushes all of our favorites into one category, so things like our local NPR station are just one click away instead of three or four. But this is splitting hairs. We love our Sonos and use the system constantly, from streaming radio to playing entire albums via Rhapsody, or even podcasts downloaded via iTunes. It rocks.
July 28, 2010
#5
Review by Kevin Dragan
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The Sonos system works perfectly, as expected, right out of the box. I’ve been trying for a long time to manage a digital music collection accross multiple computers/devices, and this solves all the problems. In fact, when combined with a Rhapsody and or Pandora account, this system will change the way you purchase music. No need to buy, when you can simply “rent”, with access to all forms of music, new and old, punk to classical, even foreign language.
The ease of setting up a perfectly synced, multiroom system that performs as advertised is worth the premium price. And the CR200 controller is a must to do some of the complicated searches, read reviews etc… and does so with a beautiful color display and touch screen interface. You can also use an old iphone with a free download app. The push button interface is easy to use, such that this is my daughters new favorite toy..searching for singing cat christmas records and other fun music online. Think of a kid show theme song or album…and you’ve got it in seconds playing throughout the house (or maybe just to the kids’ rooms!)
Can’t recommend enough, including the S5 stand alone unit which is perfect accoustic quality system for bedrooms, bathrooms, office,etc, with no wires or clutter. You will not be dissappointed…