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The Sonos market seems to be people who want sound in every room but can't do in-wall speakers and don't have the space for lots of components.

And don't want to run cable to every room. AIUI, only one Sonos needs to be in Ethernet contact with the PC: all the rest talk over their wireless mesh network. This beats both Knekt and the multi-channel-amp setup. Its main competitor seems to be Roku, who are cheaper, but whose software appears to be nowhere near as advanced.

Naturally, Rio could have pwned this space from orbit by now if we'd capitalised on the Rio Central experience rather than detouring into penny-ante flash players.

Peter