Sonos has been such a welcome addition to the Techcraver household.  It’s amazing to be able to stream music to anywhere in the house, whether it’s from my music library of streaming off a music service such as Pandora, Last.Fm or iheartradio.  My wife and I constantly use our Sonos Home System.

There’s a new Sonos product that is caught my eye recently, the Sonos Wireless Dock.  At first glance, the wireless dock looks simply like an iPhone or iPod docking station.  It is just that, however, with some amazing smarts to it.  The Sonos Wireless Dock can take any music from any iPod Touch or iPhone and instantly make the music from the device available on the Sonos system in a home or business.

What use problem does this new device solve?  Have you ever had a person come over and talk about a sweet tune or album they just bought.  Then you say – “hey let me borrow the CD” and they reply with the unfortunate answer that it’s on their iPod or iPhone?  Well – now with the Wireless Dock, they can simply plop their device on the stand and you can instantly play the music.  Pretty. Dang. Sweet.

All this magic happens with no drivers or configuration when you mount an iPod or iPhone.  What’s sweet is that the device is also charging the whole time as well.

Set Up and Use

When you take the Wireless Dock out of the box – you simply plug it in.  Then, using any Sonos controller (I used the iPhone app already on my own iPhone) you go to setup, then Add a Sonos Component, then simply click the link button on the back of the Sonos Wireless Dock.  The Dock will then sync with the existing Sonos set up and be ready to use.  The whole process took less than a minute.

Then, within the Sonos controller, there’s an option to choose Docked iPods.  Do so, and you’ll be shown all the music on the attached iPhone or iPod.  This is an amazing bit of technology that makes sharing music easy and fluid.

Sound and Quality

One word: wow.  The sound is amazing.  Because there’s no digital to analog conversion, music off a docked iPhone or iPod sounds incredible.  This is a very worthwhile addition to any Sonos setup.

The Sonos Wireless Dock costs $120.