Not surprising, the answer is "it depends"... I am not going to try and sell you the SqueezeBox... But here is what I would say are some factors:
Cost - Yes, cost is a factor... And some Sonos advocates will say that everyone wants a Sonos, but will compromise to the SqueezeBox because they can't afford a Sonos... I disagree with this... But I also will concede that price/cost is a factor... Gadget Guy - Are you a Gagdet person? If you like to tinker, and you don't mind figuring things out, I actually think the SqueezeBox is the better solution regardless of cost... The developers here are way cool, and they put out nightly betas of their code... It is not without some risk of course... But I am currently running beta software, and I love the fact that the company is open to giving it's customers access to software that is not quite ready for production... For the most part, it is quite stable... I would say that you should always keep older builds to make sure that if you install a pre-production version that "breaks" something important, that you can always downgrade to a version that worked well for you... I am a gadget guy... I am the family (and the neighborhood) IT guy...so I am very comfortable here... Form Factor - What do you want to do in your kitchen? Do you want a single all-in-one product? Or are you planning on installing in wall/ceiling speakers... Or are you looking to have some nice speakers sitting on a ledge or shelf? If you want a tidy all-in-one package, the Boom is a nice product... If you are looking to install speakers or have some bookshelves, then either Sonos or the SB will be good solutions for you... I was waffling between Sonos and SqueezeBox... And I am pretty sure I would have been happy with either (at the end of the day, it's all about the music, right?) :) The new Cisco network music system is a new entrant in this space that I don't know a lot about... As you can see from my signature, I went with a SqueezeBox Duet in my living room, along with four Booms... One in each of my 3 bedrooms (which also double as alarm clocks), and one in my kitchen... I also have my living room and kitchen right next to each other, and it is great to have either different sources running in each room, or having them synchronized without the need to blast the living room system to have it heard in the kitchen... Please let me know if you have any questions... I can't say I know everything about everything... but I do no something about some things :) -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63925 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
