Ikabob wrote: > Just as an option, I have been looking at the Sonos system. I love the > SBs so I do not want to change. The SB sound quality is so excellent. I > was wondering how the Sonos SQ compares? Thank you. Provided you are routing the data from a Sonos Connect to an external DAC such as your Benchmark there should be no difference in sound quality via your hifi. I'd say the Sonos Play:1 compares favorably soundwise to a Squeezebox Radio. I've heard the Play:1 and it sounded pretty good for a little box. Like the Radio you can do two of them in stereo configuration. The bigger units get pricey but they do promise better sound. The Play:5 is quite a bit larger than a Boom and should move a lot of air. If it matters to you, I don't believe Sonos supports hi-res files (anything over 16/44). In short, there is nothing Sonos can do that your Squeezebox system can't do so long as we still have access to music services such as Rhapsody.
usc95 wrote: > Sonos is just too expensive to me to even bother with. After building > players for under $100 out of Raspberry Pi's and hacked pogoplugs I am > going to have a hard time paying $350 for a single Sonos Connect. To be fair about the cost, when you buy most Sonos units you are buying a self-contained playback device (streamer, DAC, amplifier, speaker) not just a streamer as is the case with RPi/PogoPlug/etc. You are right that the Connect hifi interface is overpriced at $349. There is no equivalent in the closed Sonos universe for Squeezelite which allows simple devices like a RPi or Android mini-pc to serve as a cheap streamer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apesbrain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=738 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104336 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
