My wife and I are moving from a condo to a house in a month and I’d like to set up a “proper” audio system on the property such that my wife can listen to one thing in her office, I can listen to something else in the garage, and my kids can listen to something in their rooms. The Sonos system is what I think I aspire to, but I haven’t looked into things for a dozen+ years so don’t really know what all is out there.
I currently have a bunch of Google pucks across the house, but would like better-quality audio than those provide.
Any alternatives to Sonos that have feature parity (or near-parity)?
Sonos is solid. It’s expensive, but it just works and integrates well.
IKEA has Sonos speakers too, so I use their lamps as bedside tables and also rear speakers for my sound bar. (the stock lamp shade is ugly but you can find others that fit)
There’s a few open source options but they’re not nearly as polished. I spent way too much on Sonos and I don’t regret it at all.