Re: Sonos

Another interesting attempt, but, as you say, flawed because it's all or
nothing.

Is it that difficult to get this market right? Manufacturers don't seem
to have any idea what they are doing.

--Tim

AndyN wrote:

>I stumbled across Sonos by reading a review of their new system in the Feb
>issue of Sound and Vision.
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>Take a look - http://www.sonos.com - I'm impressed.  A few things I think
>they did right ... a) a great looking remote with display and iPod-style
>spin wheel; b) appears no server software is required since it supports NAS
>boxes; music is stored on the network, not in their box, c) the system is
>multi-zone aware and has the ability to play the same selections in sync
>across zones.  Two issues is that the stuff is a little pricy - $500 per
>ZonePlayer, $400 per Controller; and there is no "component" version (with
>digital out, etc) for use with an existing system ... the ZonePlayer has
>built-in amps.
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>Anyway, probably the most interesting system I've seen ... comments or
>observations welcome.
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>AndyN
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