Last winter we looked into getting a HD-TV/flat screen (didn't get one after all, as we then would have to replace all of our other equipment, including TiVos, receivers, DVD player), so spent some quality time at a local electronics store. During a lull time, a salesman showed us one of these Sonos systems, and it looked pretty cool, though expensive.
Mark Frauenfelder of BoingBoing really likes his Sonos:
Boing Boing: Sonos music system is fantastic
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I attached one of the ZonePlayers to my Ethernet router and pressed two buttons on it. The Sonos software recognized it and prompted me to give it a name (I chose “TV Room”). I attached the other ZonePlayer to my home stereo system, pressed the buttons, and Sonos asked me to give it a name (“Living Room”). I also got a ZonePlayer 100, which has a built-in 50W amplifier, and a pair of speakers, and I put that in the kitchen and called that zone “Kitchen.”I was expecting that there'd be more to the set-up process, but that was it. I didn't need to consult the manual to use the controller because the interface, controls, and display are very well-thought out. It's very easy to select any one of the three zones and start playing music. You can have different playlists going in different zones, or you can link zones together to play the from the same queue. You can control the volume of each Zone separately, or all at once.
Maybe if we discover gold in Frostpocket?
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