[murphtall]

only 65,000 tracks is my dealbreaker. i have 82,000
`~KM

[tosui]

There are really two specific issues here:
1) Sonos is a multizone setup, not just a multiroom. This is great if you're wife is in one room listening to Mariah Carey and you're as far from this as possible, listening to something good. Apple's solution only allows you to be tortured, or to torture your spouse, which will just piss her off:)
2) The sound quality of Sonos is renowned; look to any of the audiophile reviews and they rave about it at least as much as Chris is. Again, Apple really doesn't allow that kind of quality, and if you're looking to spend at least $1000 to sound your house, you probably care about sound quality. (E.g., Chris's B&W speakers, which aren't cheap, but are great sounding.) For many people, this is the deal breaker. (Of course, these same people probably don't have much low-quality ITMS content. Regardless, the drm issue is really is easy to circumvent, especially if you do it a little at a time as you purchase content.)

[Dan Frakes]

soloredd said:

For the other bit that made me laugh - streaming different music to different zones. How is this in any way productive? Yeah, I can sit in my office and listen to Michael Jackson while in the other room play some Jay-Z? Doesn't make much sense to me.

The Sonos system is designed from the ground up to be a multi-room, multi-zone audio system. (Keep in mind that, as I noted in my review of the original Sonos system several years ago, comparable custom home-audio systems often cost upwards of five figures.) If you don't need the ability to play any of the music you own (or can access, in the case of online services) in any of multiple rooms -- with the option to play it in multiple rooms simultaneously, and even play different music in different rooms simultaneously -- a Sonos system isn't for you. Just as a network of Mac Pros isn't for you if your main use of a computer is checking email and browsing the Web ;)

[bbh]

I have an Apple TV, A couple of Expresses, an Extreme and an iPhone. I live in a kinda small house, but.... after reading the review and visiting the Sonos web site, I dropped into Amazon.com and ordered two ZP90s and a Bridge. I will probably still use my Apple setup, but this thing does sooooo much more. With the Sonos, I can plug in my XM Satellite feed and share it all over the house. Plus, as mentioned, the iPhone remote aspect is a $400 option I will take advantage of.
And, as an aside, you CAN stream different iTunes streams to different Expresses, at the same time. Simply send Stream A from your primary USER account, and send a second (or third) from a second (or third) USER account. (I haven't done it in a while, but I just double checked that it still works...)

[rolandg]

Sorry but there are several reasons I would prefer to go the Apple route as good as this does sound.
1. I don't listen to that much outside my library so Pandora, last.fm etc integration isn't a huge deal. BUT if it was I would simply use a great app I already have called Airfoil that allows me to stream any audio, not just iTunes to my Expresses and Apple TV.
2. A couple extra Expresses or Apple TVs are not nearly as expensive as this. I personally can't spend $350-$500 for each ZonePlayer. I am completing a renovation on my home which is at the same time being updated with a wired network to which I can hook up my Expresses and Apple TVs for more consistent streaming, but these ZonePlayers seem overly obtrusive for placement purposes, whereas an Express is easy.
3. I like the iTunes interface and don't personally like the idea of a different software.
4. I don't see that I would have the need to play more than one set of content to more than one room at a time, more that I want to hear whatever I am listening to as I travel throughout my home from room to room. Especially for parties, where music will be playing in the living room, kitchen, office and back patio. But I suppose if I did I could try the multiuser approach or use my MacBook rather than my iMac.
The Sonos sounds like a great idea, but just a little high on cost. I am sure they have done some things right, and for the audiophile and consumers willing to spend the extra money, it may be a good system, but again as some one else said the lack of video and DRM are also deal breakers.

[pilotjim99]

Soloredd must live alone.

[Opportunities]

I can see you live by yourself. What if you wanted to listen to Michael Jackson while your kids wanted to listen to Jay-Z and your wife was listening to Pandora while in the garden? That's why so many people like multi room / multi-zone audio systems.