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Sonos Digital Music System May 23rd, 2005 | by Rebecca Day

Conclusion
 
Sonos has nailed it.  Without the need for expensive custom installation or drilling through walls, you can have far-reaching multi-room audio and fast access to your digital music, all from a no-brainer controller.  The sound quality was as good as I could expect, given that I store music on my hard drive at varying quality levels.  High bit-rate recordings sounded terrific on both my speakers and the supplied Sonos pair.  The system is compatible with the four digital music formats: MP3, WMA, AAC and WAV files.
 
At a $1,200 buy-in price for two ZonePlayers and a controller, the Sonos Music System isn’t cheap.  Additional ZonePlayers are $499 each and controllers are $399 each.  A bundle (speakers included) lists for $1,499.
 
But you can start small with this system and add on as you need to.  The Sonos is an impressive digital-age multi-room music system that gives you room to grow.