Robert
With the Sonos solution, you still need the Zoneplayer(s) Clients to be on in order to access the Music Files on the NAS. The Sonos remote on its own offers nothing. It "reads" the NAS based files thru the Zoneplayer client. Turn the Zoneplayer off and the Sonos Remote (or the Sonos App on an iTouch) cannot read the NAS files any longer

In a similar way, you need a Mac Client to be on in order for the Remote App to access the Files on the NAS.

I'm not sure there is a big difference. The Power Saving options on a Mac Mini are pretty good and the installation of an SSD takes a step further

Last edited by Ronnie Hurley; 2010-01-28 08:41.
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