[Noisebridge-discuss] a networked sound system idea

[travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 01:32:26PM -0700, John Adams wrote:
> Funny, my Sonos Boxes do this entire design pattern with no effort on my part.

That's a pretty cool system, and surprisingly reasonably priced.

If I weren't a developer, I'd probably find it suitable for my purposes.

Since I am, I have a few nits with it though:

1) uses a custom mesh wireless network technology

   a pretty cool idea generally - I wish our normal WIFI APs did mesh
   networking - but not sure about the details of a proprietary
   protocol, interference, etc.

2) Still kinda pricey for my tastes ($350/unit)

3) Requires you to use their hardware & speakers
   Pretty much implicit with their networking technology

4) Can't share it with people for free the way I could if I wrote it

5) Not clearly an open design
   Perhaps there is a way to hook my IDS into it, but not sure.

6) Not F/LOSS - runs on Mac and Win, not Lin
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