Based on anecdotal experience of friends/colleagues (3 sonos owners, 5 SB users), I would say that there is some simplicity with the Sonos, but it comes at a significant cost. The reasons are:
(1) Sonos runs its own proprietary wireless network, whereas the SB pigggy-backs on your own wifi network. The drawback for SB is the challenge of dealing with such a diversity of hardware, the drawback for sonos is more hardware and the risk of interference with your existing network. (2) Sonos effectively provides a server box too, albeit one that it far less customisable than the Slimserver or SqueezeCenter. The advantage for SB is that they don't charge you for that hardware as you already have it (your PC/NAS/whatever), the drawback again is dealing with diverse infrastructure. For me the SB advantages are far greater, but for some the ease of the Sonos is worth the extra $$. Logitech/SD are clearly aware of these issues and are working hard to close the gap while retaining the benefits of flexibility that their system provides. -- smc2911 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43491 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
