Sonos work best with LaCie NAS drives?

Sounds a bit like a sales pitch, I  presume they sell Lacie but maybe not the others or have more of a margin on them,  It's a NAS so as long as it can deliver the data no real need to worry

kena:

Sounds a bit like a sales pitch, I  presume they sell Lacie but maybe not the others or have more of a margin on them,  It's a NAS so as long as it can deliver the data no real need to worry

His (bold) statement sort of threw me off a little bit I have to say. I haven't really done any research or reading-up on LaCie NAS, and I've never owned anything LaCie-branded, so I'm still a bit perplexed to be honest. He did say they out of all the NAS they tried the LaCie ones came out top when linking up to the Sonos hardware. Something to investigate maybe...

Never owned anything Lacie either , no harm in researching further but my view is it's a NAS one will not work smoother than another , it's down to you having  a decent reliable network to allow the data to be transferred.

The problem with LaCie NAS drives is that they consume a lot of electricity even when on 'standby'. Buffalo is regarded as amongst the best out there. Amazon I think is currently doing the best deal on them.

If the hard drive is 7200rpm & it's the same wireless network, I can't see how LaCie is better. All I know is that LaCie gives more margin than Buffalo in terms of profits.

bigboss:

All I know is that LaCie gives more margin than Buffalo in terms of profits.

Interesting... Strangely that particular reseller don't have any LaCie products for sale.

I can't comment on any other Nas Drives as I've not used them

BUT

I use a Buffalo Linkstation. It was easy to install and has worked perfectly ever since with no glitches.

I use db poweramp to rip all my music into flac.

Sounds great and I couldn't be happier.

You might want to pop over to the sonos forum for a long running thread on what nas people use.

 http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=2857

I use a readynas duo. As I've said before it works perfectly with the Sonos, some of its other features are not so user friendly.  The fan can be a bit noisy on it from time to time which could be an issue depending on where you locate the nas.

In terms of hard drive size I also went for 1tb.  I ripped about 900 cds to FLAC and put a load of photos on it and it has used just about 30% of the drive.

Yeah, it cobblers, Sonos doesn't care, as long as the NAS can send data over the network at a fast enough speed (which is, errrm all of them!) that's pretty much all that matters.

Agree with the previous answers here: I can see no evidence of LaCie's NAS drives working any better with Sonos than any other manufacturers'. I've used Buffalo, Linksys and Maxtor drives with Sonos systems, and I'm yet to experience a problem with any of them.

Andy H:

I can't comment on any other Nas Drives as I've not used them BUT I use a Buffalo Linkstation. It was easy to install and has worked perfectly ever since with no glitches. I use db poweramp to rip all my music into flac. Sounds great and I couldn't be happier.

 Great to hear as I was also interested in getting the Buffalo Linkstation.

Good luck with your S5

Andy H:

Good luck with your S5

Thank you very much. I should be getting it before the w/e if it is all going according to plan. Just need to get a NAS from somewhere, probably online. My guy at my local computer shop went "they're not really worth the money - too expensive..." on me. What do I know?...  

momo72:

My guy at my local computer shop went "they're not really worth the money - too expensive..." on me. What do I know?...  

Well if you have the space and want another PC type box lying about  , yes you can build your own NAS cheaper but but chanses are itll be big and ugly  and the wife would hate  it!!

The last post on here was 2009 just wanted to know if the buffalo linkstation was still the best NAS drive to get for the sonos as I have just purchased my first sonos play 5. 

Many thanks lewis