type private founded june 2002 ; 14 years ago 2002 06 headquarters santa barbara california no . of locations 4 offices 2014 founder s john macfarlane craig shelburne tom cullen trung mai ceo john macfarlane industry audio equipment products sonos wireless hifi music system employees 1 275 website www.sonos.com native client s on ios android windows mac sonos is an american consumer electronics company founded in 2002 by john macfarlane craig shelburne tom cullen and trung mai . the company makes a variety of wireless audio products . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit sonos was founded in june 2002 . 1 as of december 2013 the company is estimated to have raised 118 million in venture funding including a 25 million round in december 2013 . 2 its investors include kohlberg kravis roberts redpoint ventures and elevation partners . 2 in march 2016 the ceo said the company would focus more on streaming music services and voice control instead of playback of locally stored music on wireless sound systems and would lay off some of its employees . 3 in early july 2016 sonos announced that it was opening its first flagship store in new york city s soho neighborhood on prince street . 4 products edit the company offers a range of products . these include the sonos wireless hifi system which creates a dedicated local sonos network through wireless and or ethernet connections . this allows for the streaming of digital audio to any sonos device on the network . multiple sonos devices in a single household can connect to each other on a proprietary peer to peer synchronous mesh network using aes encryption . this network known as sonosnet allows audio to be played simultaneously in separate zones . a single zoneplayer or zonebridge must be wired to a network for access to lan and internet audio sources when using this feature or when creating a 3.1 5.1 surround setup . 5 6 sonosnet 2.0 integrates mimo on 802.11 n hardware providing a more robust connection . sonos does not implement wake on wireless technology instead requiring that every sonos player or bridge constantly maintains a wireless connection even when in standby mode or connected by cable . sonos devices do not have power buttons . the company claims that each speaker consumes between 4 and 8 watts in idle or standby mode . 7 references edit company overview of sonos inc. . retrieved 3 december 2013 . a b nellis stephen 3 january 2014 . top 10 software e commerce growth companies in the tri counties . pacific coast business times . retrieved 10 march 2014 . sonos will layoff employees as it adapts to changes in the music industry techcrunch retrieved 10 march 2016 . sonos expands its brand opens flagship ny store . wheepr media . sonos guide to setup options . sonos . sonos guide to setup over wifi . sonos . sonos components consume power when idle . sonos . 2005 03 16 . retrieved 2012 06 19 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sonos & oldid 738026681 categories internet audio playershome automationlinux based devicesamerican brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages e tinadanskfran aisportugu ssvenska edit links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 13 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view