"Obligatory: SlimMP3/Logitech's Squeezebox[0] was the best." It has been a while since I thought about this but I think the primary reason that I opted for a S

"Obligatory: SlimMP3/Logitech's Squeezebox[0] was the best." It has been a while since I thought about this but I think the primary reason that I opted for a Sonos system (in 2006) vs. the squeezebox system was that the squeezebox required server-side software to function ... whereas the Sonos could connect to any old SMB share you pointed it to. So in my case, my FreeBSD fileserver could (and still does) feed my Sonos system - with no software to be installed anywhere.