Sonos or Mac Mini?

I also have both and compared them frequently. Apple Mac Mini music SSD server with Asyn Dac to Amarra and Sonos to Asyn Zdac with MOG (Beats). I found that Sonos sounds in between my VPI turntable and Apple music server.

"But I’ve yet to find a good solution for controlling Pandora, Spotify or other browser-based internet radio stations. Are there any?"

Yes, you can pay $9.90/month to any streaming station and you can fully control your music with Sonos on ipad.

I highly recommend both system to enjoy world class music going forward with less than $2,000 invested.

There is a new kid on the block that I believe is better than whats mentioned here for the use at hand, The nexus 7 google tablet will astound you for all your needs, it has better specs than all the tablets here,I just bought one, I am very pleased of the speed and specs to use for High-end audio.

Reclocking a Sonos with Synchro-Mesh is excellent(particularly with Dynamo power supply and my BNC-BNC cable), but it is edged-out by the Off-Ramp 5 driven from a Mac Mini with good playback software on it.

The Mac approach is a lot more work however. You must invest more time and money, but the payoff is big.

If you want the same or even better result than the Mac Mini and your budget can withstand it, the Antipodes server driving an Off-Ramp 5 is easy and killer SQ.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio

Intel NUC anybody? I don't expect too many Raspberry Pi users here..