I ran some rough numbers for the different options based on 11 zones. The costs below don't include labor and materials for the speaker wiring.
SONOS (I'd have to buy a 12th player for the media room, where I was planning to use Softsqueeze on a Mac Mini connected to a 5.1 home theater receiver.) $6,000 players $660 speakers _$400_controller_ $7,060 total Pro: All-in-one solution WIRED SQUEEZEBOXES IN BASEMENT $2,750 SBs $1,210 amps $605 speakers _$350_Nokia_770_ $4,915 total Pros: Open source Cons: I'd feel bad putting such a pretty user interface in the basement. I'd probably need to build some sort of rack for the SBs. I'd need a hub and a lot of outlets in the basement. *Computer-Based Players in Basement* $772.50 computers $1,210 amps $605 speakers _$350_Nokia_770_ $2,937.50 total Pros: Cheap Cons: I'd have to build the computers. I'm not sure if it will work. I'm leaning toward the Golden Mean (wired SBs in the basement) at the moment. -- bmarston ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bmarston's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4923 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22860 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
