Tag: Gadgets

Power Docking Station

The darn thing has increased in price by $10 just in the last couple months to $39.99, but Digital Innovations’ Power Docking Station looks like a nice solution for those of us who have multiple devices that have to be regularly recharged by some sort of power source.

The chargers for the devices are affixed within the base, and then there is only one power cord that needs to be plugged into the power strip (which would alleviate my problem of having a spider’s web of power cords).

Sonos “Upgrade”

I was so close to buying a Sonos system until I read about the 40,000 track limit on its hand controller. The weird thing is that I’ve read dozens of reviews of the Sonos system in computer and audio magazines and not a single one mentioned this limit. Maybe most people don’t have 40,000 tracks, but I’m guessing the subset of music lovers willing to spend $1,000 or more on the Sonos are likely to (I’ve got about 35,000 tracks at the moment).

Now, I’m seeing stories about Sonos’ 2.0 firmware upgrade, but again no mention of the track limit. To Sonos’ credit, they have done something about the track limit, but unfortunately the upgrade is underwhelming on that point.

According to Sonos’ web site, “the maximum library and queue size has expanded to 50,000 tracks.”

Well, it is an increase, but 50,000 tracks is still relatively small for such an expensive system.

Sorry, no sale.