Sonos Brings Wireless Multi-Room Music to China

Sonos Brings Wireless Multi-Room Music to China

Sonos Controller for iPad and Entire Sonos Product Lineup Localized in Chinese

Sonos China Opens Shenzhen Office and Names Yaling Zhang Managing Director

BEIJING and SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonos, the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems for the home, today announced that the award-winning Sonos Multi-Room Music System will be available in China beginning later this month. The Sonos system will be available for purchase in China at select audio video retailers.

At a press conference today in Beijing, Sonos founder and CEO John MacFarlane introduced the Sonos product family and the upcoming localized Sonos Controller for iPad. MacFarlane announced that Sonos China will be headquartered in the southern China city of Shenzhen, and will be the company's second office in Asia.

MacFarlane also introduced the new Managing Director of Sonos China, Yaling Zhang. Zhang, who previously served as Managing Director of Archos China, is a consumer electronics veteran who has successfully introduced new brands and new ways of experiencing entertainment to the Chinese consumer.

"More than half of Sonos' business is conducted outside of the United States," said John MacFarlane, founder and CEO, Sonos, Inc. "As we enter the world's largest music market, we have a tremendous opportunity to introduce the Sonos music experience to even more music loving consumers."

MacFarlane continued, "We're committed to doing business in China the right way, with localized products, a local office, local leadership and a local Website. We've found that leader in Yaling Zhang who has both the background and experience in introducing new consumer electronics brands to the Chinese market."

For more information about Sonos please visit www.sonos.com. To learn more about Sonos China and the Sonos Multi-Room Music System in China, www.sonos-china.com will launch later this month.

About Sonos, Inc.

Sonos® is the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems for the home. The Sonos Multi-Room Music System is the first, wireless multi-room music system that lets you play all the music you want all over your house - and control it all from the palm of your hand. Sonos liberates the music stored on a computer so it can be enjoyed all over the house. In addition, by partnering with audio services like Audible.com®, iheartradio, Last.fm, Napster®, Pandora®, RadioTime, Rhapsody®, SIRIUS® Internet Radio, Spotify, Wolfgang's Vault, and more, Sonos gives music lovers instant, computer-free access to millions of songs, thousands of radio stations, audiobooks, and more. The award-winning Sonos Multi-Room Music System is available at more than 6200 retailers in over 65 countries worldwide; or direct from Sonos at www.sonos.com. Sonos is a privately-held company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in Cambridge, MA, Hilversum, Netherlands, Shenzhen, China and Penang, Malaysia. To find out more about the company or the Sonos Multi-Room Music System, please visit: pr.sonos.com.

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CONTACT: Thomas Meyer, Global Public Relations of Sonos, Inc., California, +1-949-212-6201, Thomas.Meyer@sonos.com, or Chris Chen, Marketing and Public Relations of Sonos China, Shenzhen, China, Chris.chen@sonos.com

Web Site: http://www.sonos.com

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