In the house

The Sonos Move

There’s a Sonos Move on the kitchen counter. It’s yours for the stay — your account, your music, carried to whichever room you end up in. Here’s everything, in about a minute.

Turn it on

The power button is on the back. If the light on top is already white, it’s awake and on the house wi-fi — leave it be. It sleeps on its own.

Connect your phone

Press the Bluetooth button on the back, the one sitting between Power and Join. The speaker chimes and the light on top turns blue. Press and hold that same button and the light starts flashing — that’s pairing mode.

Open Bluetooth on your phone, choose Move, and you’ll hear a second chime when it connects.

Put something on

Everything plays from your phone now — your Spotify, your podcast, your account, never ours. Volume and skip are on top of the speaker if you’d rather leave the phone where it is.

Looking for something? Sunday, Unhurried for the afternoon, One More Glass once the kitchen gets busy. Both are here.

Take it with you

Lift it off the base and go — the patio, the studio, the garden, the table. A full charge runs about eleven hours.

Set it back down

When you’re done, set it back on the charging base in the kitchen, contacts down and touching. The light glows orange for a few seconds and then goes dark — that’s it charging, not off. A full charge takes about two hours.

Going back on wi-fi: press the Bluetooth button once more. The light moves from blue to flashing white to solid white, and it’s back on the house network.

Keep it low.

These playlists were built for a room, not a crowd. Played quietly, you hear the thing that makes them worth putting on — the detail, the space around it — and conversation still carries easily over the top. Turn it up and most of that goes away.

Sound travels further outside than in, so the patio asks for a lighter hand than the kitchen. And please be mindful of the neighbors, especially after dark.

If something happens

Things happen. A glass goes over, it slips off the counter, the weather turns while it’s still out on the patio. Tell us the same day — a text to your host is plenty. There’s no penalty for an honest accident, and knowing early means we can have it sorted before the next guest arrives.

— Keep it dry. It will survive a splash on the patio. It will not survive the pool, the hot tub, the shower or a storm — bring it in.
— Let it dry completely before it goes back on the base. Water and charging contacts don’t get along.
— The base stays indoors. It isn’t built for weather.
— Keep it out of direct sun and away from the grill. Heat is what shortens its life.
— It stays at the house. The Move doesn’t travel home with you.

Guests are responsible for loss or damage beyond normal wear, at the actual cost of repair or replacement. We’ll always talk it through with you first and show you what it came to. Nobody here enjoys surprising anyone with a bill.

Press play.

The house sounds better with something on. Take the playlists with you when you go.

The Linea Playlist