A vendor of multi-room stereo components based on embedded Linux will open a European sales office in Hilversum, Netherlands, and expects to enlist 500 retailers worldwide by year's end. Sonos says its Sonos Digital Music System is already available at 145 North American retailers.

Sonos announced its Digital Music System at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show in January, where it won a “best in audio” award for design innovation and engineering. The System began shipping later that month, and was praised in a PC Magazine review as “the best and easiest audio-only media hub we've seen.”

The Sonos Digital Music System includes a PDA-like remote control that runs Linux, and up to 32 ZonePlayers, which also run Linux and house a 50-watt amplifier. The System creates a database of the digital audio files available throughout a local network, and can stream the same or different files to any or all players. It supports standard wired Ethernet networks, as well as a “SonosNet” wireless networking protocol. The System is positioned as a much less expensive yet more featureful alternative to traditional whole-house stereo components.

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