also foudn this.

a digital music hard-disc recorder but exceptionally high quality.

lacks aesthetics of Bs5 though.

http://www.hifichoice.co.uk/page/hifichoice?entry=naim_audio_hdx

I looked at the Sonos in an Apple dealership several times.

I liked the concept, and I figured you could always hide the bridges or whatever they are called.

However the Apple dealer never had it wired up for demonstration so I never knew what it sounded like !!!

Looked at this a few times myself. You can get units without the built in speakers that connect via Phono (RCA) plugs.

Craig🙂

I'm planning to create a Sonos+B&O setup on a friend's father home.

The setup will consist on Beolabs on "link rooms" connected to (hidden) ZP90 (I've seen on the Sonos forum that people connectiong Sonos to B&O never complain, on contrary to people connecting Airport Express to B&O). The remote control will be at first the Sonos software for iPod/iPhone, maybe a Sonos remote will be added later if he finds that the reconnexion time of the ipod is too long (has to be tested).

All the music will be stored in a NAS (probably a MyBook World NAS). This NAS also contains all SD and HD videos.

On the main room, a WD TV Live will allow full access to the NAS for video and audio playback. 

This setup will allow to distribute audio all around the home, and select tracks on a cool touchscreen with cover art... Everything with perfect (B&O) audio quality. What I hoped for years B&O would do, but unfortunately they are too focused on backward compatibility with Masterlink to jump to this kind of tech now...

I have multiple sonos zones in my house connected to B&O.  The nice thing about the zonos non amplified units is that you can output a pure, unaltered digital signal.  I have one sonos outputting via digital coax to my lab5s.  I have another feeding a Benchmark dac which is then connected to my lab3s in another room.  Awesome sound and it just works. 

Thanks Beoinbuff... But how does the BL3s sound without the DAC? (using the Sonos analog output)

I'm sure I wouldn't be able to tell difference. The built in dac of the sonos is fine. I mainly got the benchmark because it also has a built in high quality headphone amp for late night listening.

I like it,shame b&o do not produce something similar!!!😕