The first time I tried to use a Sonos system at a local audio shop it didn't work. Period. And the staff person who tried to help couldn't get it to work either. And this was a decent shop, not some Best Buy or other big box store. I tried one a couple years later at a different store and it worked okay. Nothing impressive, but it worked.
Sonos is a much more restricted environment. Proprietary wireless network, limited interfaces, etc. But by all reports it works with minimum fuss, albeit with minimal flexibility. But if minimal flexibility is all you need, then it's a no-brainer: go with minimal fuss. Compared to that, Squeezeboxes are wild and woolly open-source products, with endless possibilities for some and endless headaches for others. I think the crux of your problem is (a) ALAC, which isn't decoded on the Touch, and (b) an underpowered server. Why the Touch still has a "buggy" (to use a Logitech developer's description) ALAC decoder is beyond me. When the player can't do the decoding that shifts the burden onto the server, and sorry, but your ReadyNAS can't handle it. I described your system as borderline wrt to system requirements, but if you factor in transcoding your NAS is _way_ below system requirements. Presumably your Sonos players are taking care of the decoding because they have non-buggy ALAC decoders. For the record, tagging errors are completely on the user. Neither Sonos nor Squeezebox write or edit tags for the user. Anyway, enjoy the music! -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87448 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
