Blorty, Not sure what size your music collection is but be ware the Sonos can only handle less than 25,000 tracks. In fact even getting close to that say 23,500 tracks makes the Sonos database slow down to a crawl. Thus if you are using 5-6 rooms at one time and there is more than one track playing at a time you will be in trouble. Also i spoke with Sonos just a few months ago and they told me that "There is no plan to increase the capacity for there database, and who has that much music anyway." Direct quote. Well that are many people that have that much or more music. My music collection is over 57,000 tracks, and I have heard of other people here on this forum with collections over 80,000 tracks that do not have a problem.
I currently have 3 SB3's all running different music at one time off of a Mini iTX board with a Via C7 Processor @ 1GHz and 1 GB RAM. The processor only runs at about 17% this way so there is more than enough room to expand and have more SB's running with different music. As for Kluggy with and extra amp, i have heard the Sonos amps and although they sound OK you could get a much better sounding amp for the difference between the Sonos and the Squeeze Box Receiver. And really you only need one Remote unless you are going to be continuously playing different music in all rooms at the same time. Now look at the costs: Sonos / Slim Devices Controller $399.00 / Controller $299.00 Zone Player 80 $349.00 / SB Reciever $149.00 Zone player 100 $499.00 / SB 3 $299.00 Amplifier you have $200 or more for each zone to play with from the difference in cost. Music Storage You already have it up and running if you already have a SB3 Oh by the way that is one less you have to buy for a room, so use that money for some other treat you might like to have. To me it's a no brainer. But that is just my 2 cents. I can't wait to get my hands on a Duet. Schatzy -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41911 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
