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Sonos CTAZPUS1

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The Sonos Connect:Amp is an excellent streaming-audio product for sound-quality sticklers who prefer to supply their own speakers.Read more
Sonos returns to its roots with a just-add-speakers music systemRead more
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Pros

  • The Android app is quite compact
  • everything up and running perfectly in minutes
  • simple

Cons

  • 5 systems lack is audio inputs
  • beefier amplification the bass was a little lean
  • hideously expensive music servers
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Key specs

  • D
  • Home
  • 0.02 %
  • 55 W
  • Wired & Wireless
  • Banana connector/Binding posts
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Sonos CTAZPUS1 - Pros & Cons

Sonos CTAZPUS1

Pros

  • The Android app is quite compact
  • everything up and running perfectly in minutes
  • simple
  • seamless setup
  • feels really solid and well designed

Cons

  • 5 systems lack is audio inputs
  • beefier amplification the bass was a little lean
  • hideously expensive music servers
  • any sync issues despite simultaneously streaming around my apartment
  • need to have separate speakers and a tablet or smartphone
  • These are not Sonos speakers in the usual sense
  • sound like an extreme sonic mismatch
  • specific instruments getting a little lost in the melange
  • the Amp is marginally smaller than the older model

Sonos CTAZPUS1 - Full Specifications

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General
Amplifier classD
Audio output channels2.1
PurposeHome
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Technical details
Bridge functionyes
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)0.02 %
Peak power per channel55.0 W
RMS power output per channel (8 Ohm)55.0 W
Built-in crossoveryes
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Dimensions
Width7.28 in
Depth8.15 in
Height3.5 in
Weight5.07 lb
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Connectivity
Connectivity technologyWired & Wireless
Speakers connectivity typeBanana connector/Binding posts
AC (power) inyes
Audio (L/R) out2
Audio (L/R) in1
Line outputs (RCA)2
Line inputs (RCA)1
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Design
Colour of productWhite
MaterialAluminium
Volume controlDigital

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Sonos CTAZPUS1 Sonos - Editorial Reviews (2)

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Sonos CTAZPUS1 Sonos Connect:Amp
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CNET
Published: 22.09.2012
Sonos Connect:Amp

The Sonos Connect:Amp is an excellent streaming-audio product for sound-quality sticklers who prefer to supply their own speakers.

By Ty Pendlebury
11 minute read
Sonos CTAZPUS1 Sonos Amp review
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whathifi
Published: 28.04.2020
Sonos Amp review
4.0

Sonos returns to its roots with a just-add-speakers music system

By What Hi-Fi?
14 minute read

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