Why I can`t stop paying the `Sonos tax`
(CrackBerry.com)

Sonos speakers are expensive. Unfortunately, if you want best-in-class connected audio, you don`t have much of a choice but to pay a sort of luxury tax for the privilege. If you want best-in-class connected audio, you`re going to pay (handsomely) for it. I`ve been a Sonos user since the company`s first-generation Play:5 speaker was introduced in 2009. Since then, no other tech company outside of Apple has managed to extract as much money out of my piggy bank. Seriously, I used to have so many empty Sonos boxes kicking around that I`d transform them into SonosMan, the audio superhero, as demonstrated in the image below. (Don`t judge me ... ) Unlike Apple, that wasn`t because Sonos products don`t last a long time: they do. Rather, it`s because I always want MORE SONOS. I just have to have Sonos speakers anywhere I spend a substantial amount of time. It sort of drives me insane if people don`t have Sonos speakers. (Kidding ... sort of.) So beyond kitting out the obvious places like m...