So to preface, I know nothing about the sonos system, I only started considering this when I was thinking of wanting some far-away (not next to my bed) alarm system to actually get me out of bed (very long story, just trust that I've tried other options) and someone suggested sonos for this (though I'm not sure how it would work).

And costco has it for $250 off right now, for a final price of $650, so I thought I might just go ahead and buy it and worst case return it if I can't find the value of it within their 90 day return policy.

But $650 is quite the alarm clock...I know the soundbar is often paired with TV systems. But I have a Samsung Neo QLED tv and I'm quite happy with the sound from there. When I look up "what's so great about sonos" the answers are pretty much "it's the best"...does that mean this is something like once you switch to it, you'll never want to go back?

Basically, while the primary reason for my interest in sonos was from the alarm system suggestion, I'm obviously not going to drop $650 just for an alarm clock. I'm trying to figure out how else this would improve my life somehow.

I'm also not tech-savvy at all. I've heard some rumblings of some kind of major screw up with the app and the CEO getting fired over it...can someone briefly ELI5 what that's all about and if that impacts whether it's worth getting a sonos now? Would it impact my alarm system plans?