shado said:
As ever thinking outside of the box is wrong I have seen AVI products on sale with Subwoofer for £1100. In this simple comparison I have merely stated that a benchmark of 330kbps for music which the majority use what is a good system for the money in comparison it could be 2 Play 3 with Subwoofer or Playbar with Subwoofer for people who dont want wires dominating there small front room as again the AVI would only have connection to source and subwoofer be it NAS drive and PC/Mac. No different to Cambridge Audio, Marantz versus Naim & Cyrus. Blah, blah, blah is more expensive but however it justifies the cost. There is a multitude of Sonos gear that can be integrated. SACD exhibited beyond stereo playback, why can't affordable downloadable tracks produce this level of interest
Your comparison is so far outside the box as to be in fact sitting on a window-ledge in a Tasmanian brothel surrounded by scented candles.
There is no real point in a comparison of products that aren't competing in the same market, and are in fact compatible as products to be used together.
It isn't like someone in the market for Avi speakers is going to change their mind and buy Sonos. It is however, very likely that someone in the market for Avi Speakers will use a Sonos product for source.
In fact to my mind, Sonos is one of the best sources you can use for Avi speakers. Apple products less so because of the frequent problems and drop outs, which the "salesperson" seems to like to deny (possibly an Apple share holder).
Either way. Sonos and Avi don't compete.
It's like asking if a Panasonic Plasma TV is better than a Denon blu ray player.
Personally I think the Clangers were great and the remake is a little troublesome.