[Mitch G]

I have a Squeezebox and really like it.
My set up is that I have my CD collection ripped to FLAC on the family computer (1 GHz Pentium III, I think?) in the basement. This drives the Squeezebox fine. The only time I'll experience a lag is if my son is playing Warcraft or some other CPU-intensive game. But even then the lag is generally short lived and the system continues playing fine.

I haven't seen a Sonos first hand but I do understand the interface is slick.
That said, the interface for the Squeezebox is very user friendly.
Using the remote, it's easy to scroll through albums, artists, genres, playlists and hit play. Additionally, I have a laptop in the family room and can use the web interface to control the squeezebox. (There are even skins for wireless PDAs and I think for the PSP as well that let you use these devices' web browsers to control the Squeezebox.) But, I use the remote control to control the box about 99% of the time.

Additionally, with the plugins available, I use the Squeezebox to get weather reports, stream RSS feeds, etc. using the remote.

The bottom line is I think for the money, it's a great little box.



Mitch

P.S. I suggest ripping to FLAC or some lossless format and then using something like flac2mp3 to create song sets for loading on the iPod.