Squeezebox Touch or Sonos ZonePlayer


I'm looking at streaming my digital music (FLAC audio files) from my HP EX490 server running Windows Home Server (WHS) to various sections of my home.

I was very close to getting the Sonos solution when I came across an article on the Squeezebox Touch in Stereophile magazine.

Unlike the Sonos ZonePlayers, the Squeezebox Touch also plays hi-rez FLAC downloads.

In terms of sound quality, would anyone know which of the two sounds better?

I'm looking at connecting the media player via digital coax to an external DAC in my living room to my dedicated stereo music system while for the other rooms the media player would connect to various "portable" boomboxes/radios via analog RCA cabling.
agiaccio
I have not heard the squeezebox touch. I have the sonos in the exact manner you propose, in my high end systems (2) and throughout the house and porch in various forms ( as an amplifier to ceiling speakers, as a source to a family room system, as a source to a Peachtree Nova in a screened porch, and two s5 boom boxes used as a stereo pair in a sun room.). I love the Sonos sound ( in one high end system the sonos goes to a emmlab dac and in the other to a Meridian 861 preamp/dac and in both systems I no longer play any CDs) and the great convenience. I can get music from my computer, play Pandora, or Rhapsody ( my favorite.). In addition, the ipone app is better than the Sonos controller, and I saw
a demo of the iPad app which is even more advanced (all three components of the music are seen at the same time, rather than switch
ing screens.)

My less than 2 cents. Good luck.

Reg
I think that Sonos is a better solution all around. More reliable, easier, sounds better and more flexible control options.
I had my sonos modified by Cullin Circuits to be clocked by my Apogee Big Ben clock. Big improvement but regular Sonos is pretty good. Also the high def files are downgraded by the squeezebox in order to play. Therefore no longer high def anyway.