Control-IT Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 New Sonos amps/Connect (AVR zone)/ & Playbars VS EA Controller/Triad Matrix/TriadAmps etc. for a whole house system. I really can't see good reasons to go with the C4 solution Voice control alone is in my opinion the deciding factor. Alexa, play XX in the Kitchen....done. I can play anything I want from any music service in any room with voice. Cant do that with C4 in any scenario. C4 just seems dated in this regard. Am I missing something that makes this a harder decision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecschnei Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 New Sonos amps/Connect (AVR zone)/ & Playbars VS EA Controller/Triad Matrix/TriadAmps etc. for a whole house system. I really can't see good reasons to go with the C4 solution Voice control alone is in my opinion the deciding factor. Alexa, play XX in the Kitchen....done. I can play anything I want from any music service in any room with voice. Cant do that with C4 in any scenario. C4 just seems dated in this regard. Am I missing something that makes this a harder decision?I can do that from any of my Google home's, mini's or android phones into my c4 system Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Sonos - All the time - Voice control is brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObuseMe Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Using C4 alone, I'm able to setup an action in Composer HE to play XYZ in a specific room which I can trigger from a remote or light switch. I haven't tried with Alexa yet, I can test it out this weekend and get back to you. It probably also depends on what your music source is and how good that's integration w c4 is - what are you using for a music source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saluki2007 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 35 minutes ago, ObuseMe said: Using C4 alone, I'm able to setup an action in Composer HE to play XYZ in a specific room which I can trigger from a remote or light switch. I haven't tried with Alexa yet, I can test it out this weekend and get back to you. It probably also depends on what your music source is and how good that's integration w c4 is - what are you using for a music source? Mind sharing how you programmed this in Composer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control-IT Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 2 hours ago, ObuseMe said: Using C4 alone, I'm able to setup an action in Composer HE to play XYZ in a specific room which I can trigger from a remote or light switch. I haven't tried with Alexa yet, I can test it out this weekend and get back to you. It probably also depends on what your music source is and how good that's integration w c4 is - what are you using for a music source? You are setting up programming to maybe play a channel but that programming will never change. It will play the same one every time with no customization. With full voice control I can ask for any station, any channel, any artist etc. Can't do that with C4 with any device as far a i know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 3 hours ago, ObuseMe said: Using C4 alone, I'm able to setup an action in Composer HE to play XYZ in a specific room which I can trigger from a remote or light switch. I haven't tried with Alexa yet, I can test it out this weekend and get back to you. It probably also depends on what your music source is and how good that's integration w c4 is - what are you using for a music source? We also do that using Sonos Play List and Favourites - However have Sensors trigger at certain times of the days Nightime - Waves or Whales sounds etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control-IT Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, Gary Leeds UK said: We also do that using Sonos Play List and Favourites - However have Sensors trigger at certain times of the days Nightime - Waves or Whales sounds etc Wow that's hardcore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Mind Blowing Programming !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObuseMe Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 3/22/2019 at 10:44 AM, saluki2007 said: Mind sharing how you programmed this in Composer? Sure - I'll post a video later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObuseMe Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 3/22/2019 at 12:52 PM, Control-IT said: You are setting up programming to maybe play a channel but that programming will never change. It will play the same one every time with no customization. With full voice control I can ask for any station, any channel, any artist etc. Can't do that with C4 with any device as far a i know. Oh yes that is a really good point. Though Amazon Echo integration with Spotify Connect is really good, so I suppose I could break it up into two separate commands 1) Turn on the C4 zone with the sonos source selected, and then 2) "Alexa play Tweezer by Phish on Spotify in the basement" where "basement" is the sonos room. That would work, right? (still need to connect alexa with C4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObuseMe Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 3/22/2019 at 10:44 AM, saluki2007 said: Mind sharing how you programmed this in Composer? Here ya go, I made a video about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8HYDiva1o8 Let me know what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saluki2007 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 11 hours ago, ObuseMe said: Here ya go, I made a video about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8HYDiva1o8 Let me know what you think. Awesome thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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