Award-Winning SONOS Digital Music System Begins
`Shipping to Consumers
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`By Brian Mitchell
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`January 27, 2005
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`SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — January 27, 2005 — Sonos, Inc. today announced that the
`award-winning Sonos Digital Music System has begun shipping to pre-order customers in
`the United States. The Sonos Digital Music System is the first and only multi-zone digital
`music system with a wireless, full-color LCD screen controller that lets consumers play all
`their digital music, all over their home, and control it all from the palm of their hand. The
`company expects that all pre-orders will be filled within 10 days.
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`The Sonos Digital Music System is now available for purchase online at www.sonos.com and
`will be offered at consumer electronic retailers across the nation over the next several weeks.
`Sonos now offers an introductory bundle of two Sonos ZonePlayers and a Sonos Controller
`for $1,199.00. Since the system is scalable up to 32 zones, additional ZonePlayers retail for
`$499.00 and additional Controllers retail for $399.00.
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`“After nearly three years of hard work, we are proud to offer digital music fans the first
`product that allows them to enjoy their digital music library throughout their entire home and
`control it all from the palm of their hand. At a quarter of the cost of traditional analog whole-
`home stereo systems, we make multi-room audio available to a much larger audience,” said
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`John MacFarlane, CEO, Sonos, Inc. “With focus on quality of design and ease-of-use, we
`have developed the Sonos Digital Music System for consumers who are looking for a stereo
`that gives them the control and flexibility that they have come to expect with their digital
`content.”
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`Recently, the Sonos Digital Music System has received third-party praise for innovation and
`design, including ‘Best in Audio — 2005 CEA Innovations Awards’, ‘2005 iF Design Award’,
`and ‘2005 CEA Mark of Excellence Finalist.’
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`The Sonos Digital Music System is comprised of two stylish components: the Sonos
`ZonePlayer, a networked audio player that distributes, plays and amplifies music in any
`“zone” in the home, and the Sonos Controller, a wireless handheld device with a full-color
`screen which allows the user to access, customize and control the music anywhere – from
`the bedroom to the backyard.
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`The ZonePlayer delivers great sound in every room through a powerful and compact 50
`Watts/channel amplifier with component-quality audio specifications. The ZonePlayer can
`access and play a wide variety of music formats, including MP3, WMA, AAC (MPEG4) and
`WAV, stored on a PC, Mac or Network Attached Storage (NAS), and comes bundled with
`customizable Internet Radio stations. Built-in wired and wireless capabilities provide the
`consumer flexibility of installation at no extra cost.
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`The intuitive Controller, designed with a full-color LCD screen and touch-sensitive scroll
`wheel, provides consumers with simplicity — pick a zone, pick a song and hit play —
`unrestricted by line of sight. Consumers can play the same song synchronously in every
`room or play different songs in different rooms, queue-up favorites for the evening or
`rediscover their collection via random play; the options are virtually unlimited. The high
`resolution LCD shows what is playing in any zone at any time, including album art when
`available.
`Sonos will distribute the product internationally later this year. To find out more about the
`Sonos Digital Music System or to place an order, please visit www.sonos.com.
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`About Sonos, Inc.
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`Sonos has a team of highly-talented, music-loving software developers, audio engineers,
`hardware engineers, industrial and interactive designers, and usability engineers. Working
`side-by-side, they’ve created the Sonos Digital Music System, the first and only multi-room
`digital music system with a wireless, full-color LCD screen controller. Sonos is a privately-
`held company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in Cambridge, MA. To find
`out more about the company or the Sonos Digital Music System, please visit:
`www.sonos.com.
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