rwparis84

Are you saying that in lieu of having multiple Sonos Ports, just a single Sonos connected to Josh.ai and the Control4 System would work? What I have seen is that I would need to have multiple Sonos Ports/Amps in however many zones I wanted to stream the music to? This would be a substantial savings if I only needed one Sonos connected to the system for Josh to pull from and then the Control4 system would manage the distribution. I may be reading too much into that, I just want to be sure I am understanding what is needed.

Thank you for the info. We currently have several Echo dots/spots that we have used. May still go that route if Josh.ai is too $$$, but just do not like the idea of Amazon/Google/Apple listening in and selling off my data to advertisers. I also like how intuitive Josh.ai seems to be with multi-tasking as well as the ability to not have to have the exact phrase correct....I kind of "geek out" at the fact that when you say "Fitness Room", Josh.ai will also recognize that as gym, workout room, exercise room, etc. So it is very easy for a lot of people to use it without knowing the exact name/phrase. Just seems a step above Alexa. We will see how it pans out.

Great info. Thank you for helping me understand so that I can be sure to go the right direction.

sonic3101 - you may have answered this already above, must have scrolled past your other reply. So - if I am wanting that functionality, then the additional $$$ for Sonos is required....?

This is what I was interested in hearing. So THIS is what adding the Sonos will do? Even if you tell Josh.ai to play it from Spotify, since Spotify is supported by the Control4 System now? How does Sonos make that connection happen?

That is what I was thinking as well, but it seemed that the folks pushing Sonos "knew something others didn't"....and maybe there is a setup that makes sense, but I primarily use Spotify, which should be no issue with C4. I have used Sonos at other properties where it is a stand alone sound system, and it is great, but I did not understand the need for it here with the C4 System. This is primarily for my young kids that will not be able to use a touchscreen easily on a wall, but they love playing music and they are always asking our current Alexa to "play something" almost every time they walk into a room. Am I correct in assuming with the native C4 system and Josh.ai, I do not have to do all the programming that would be involved with Alexa....correct? I know setting scenes up and everything, but for my little girl to walk into a room and say "Josh, play the Aladdin Soundtrack on Spotify", does that phrase have to be programmed into Josh.ai, or will it just search Spotify for the Aladdin Soundtrack and begin playing it?...and obviously she would not have to say what room she is in because the Josh.ai mic will pick that up in that room and play it in that room? For some reason, the folks pushing Sonos made it seem like that process could not happen easily without the Sonos Components? Obviously, I am just wanting to be sure because either way this is a big investment in a system, and I do not want to think one thing and then realize after the fact that it was something different and I did not completely understand it.

I am doing my homework on SmartHome Systems for a custom home project. I very much like the Control4 System and I have been very interested in adding the Josh.ai System along with it. My problem is I have 2 contractors that are telling me 2 different things. 1. Is telling me for everything to work seamlessly, I need to have Sonos Streaming Components throughout the house wherever I want to be able to say "Josh, play XYZ by whomever". 2. The other contractor is telling me that the Control4 Triad Audio Matrix will do everything that Sonos will do now and Josh.ai is the bridge for the voice control. Obviously this system is not cheap, and here I have one person telling me I have to add the Sonos throughout (which is an even bigger expense) otherwise I will not be happy with the Josh.ai System.... Can anyone explain what the difference would be here between using the Control4 Triad Matrix, vs. the Sonos Streaming Components with a Zektor Audio Matrix in lieu of the Triad System?