jimbo45;518090 Wrote: > Hi there > > > The SONOS system is HIDEOUSLY expensive -- true it's considered the > "Rolls Royce" of this type of application - but the squeezebox system is > the "best bang for buck" BY FAR -- jimbo
Is it really? An SB3 is $300 and the Sonos preamp models are $350. Add a decent "auto power on" amp to the SB3 and you won't be far off the $500 price of the Sonos amplified model. The Sonos Controller at $350 is more than the SBC at $250 but it is also a touch screen unit with proprietary radio linking to the nearest zone player so you get tangible performance uplifts for the cost difference. It's true that Sonos does't have anything in their product line to compete with the cheap and frustrating, non staic IP configuring, no GUI setup, SBC, but I'm not sure that this is a market niche that any company should be chasing. When comparing the rest of the Squeezebox line I really don't see where the price delta is all that dramatic. -- upstatemike 6x SliMP3, 1x SB1, 2x SB2, 10x SB3, 2x SBR, 4x SBC, 1x Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ upstatemike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
