Product Type: Philips hifi systems
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Philips Wacs700
Philips Wacs700
Member Name: eltonwiley
Product:
Philips Wacs700
Date: 27/10/05
Rating:
Advantages: Multi-room support
Disadvantages: 40 GB storage
I'm looking at several Digital Music Management Systems, the 1st one I saw was the Sonos at www.sonos.com, which seems to give you the same Multi-room playback capability but with a higher storage capacity (assuming you also get their suggested external drive), another one was the Musica at www.olive.us which comes with similar features and a built in 160 GB drive, I just don;t get why the WACS 700 is limited to 40 GB, it does not seem enough to me.
Summary: if it wasn't for the small 40 GB drive, it'd be a good choice
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04/11/05
You can't compare the sonos with the WACS700. The Sonos requires a PC (which is where the music is stored) and it connects to the PC wirelessly. Each zone requires a zone player which connects to separate speakers using cables. Not quite wireless is it ?. The WACS700 is a central dedicated music server with built in speakers which connects to 5 clients also with built in speakers. In fact the only cable the WACS requires is the power cable. The Sonos is therefore very expensive and not as neat a solution as the WACS. The Musica is very comparable to the WACS and actually has more functionality and therefore a corresponding higer price tag. With respect to the size of the hard drives, the WACS hard drive is upgradable