cybersus;298181 Wrote: > Anybody out there research/own both? I have been looking at sonos for a > while, and just saw duet advertised. Sonos certainly more expensive. > Sonos says their remote is nicer, and that it is easier to set up a > multi-room set up. > IMHO that's wrong. I cannot comment on the functionality but the Sonos remote is much more clumsy and heavy than the SBC. I don't see how multi-room setups are difficult on SBC, you can selectively sync players.
The big edge for the duet is that it's a much more open system. There's tons of 3rd party plugins for the server, some alternative control modes - there skins or applications to use Nokis 770/800 devices, Windows Mobile devices and of course iPhone/iTouch as a remote for the SqueezeBox, so if you need more than one remote you don't need to buy Controllers for each of your rooms if you own one of these devices. Overall, due to the open architecture there's MUCH more potential in the SqueezeBox system, maybe the Sonos stuff is a bit more integrated and finished. In the end it boils down to what kind of customer you are: If you are the "Bang & Olufsen-Buyer" kind of guy who wants a highly expensive closed system that is highly integrated and comes with a philosophy attached: go Sonos If you are the kind of guy who buys 6 components from 8 different companies to build the perfect HiFi experience: go SlimDevices. -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47145 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
