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The Logitech Squeezebox duet is a one step solution to network digital audio, which employs a winning handheld wireless iPod like remote with an outstanding colour screen. Consumers can use the remote to navigate and scroll through their entire collection of music. This Squeezebox Duet also includes several online services and the majority of free internet radio stations. All this and more is available from the palm of your hand. The Squeezebox Duet from Logitech also supports Ethernet, as well as Wi-Fi home networks.

This squeezebox under the flagship of Logitech has been named duet because of its two part construction, the squeezebox controller remote and the squeezebox receiver base station. The base station of the Logitech Squeezebox Duet can be best described as a nondescript black brick which is capable of pulling the audio from the networked PC or from the internet using either the wired Ethernet or Wi-Fi home network. There is one single button that is provided at the base station which is used for manually syncing up the network during setup.

The real innovation here would be the remote here which is the squeezebox controller. Besides the normal ten buttons for controlling the standard functions, there is also a scroll wheel along with an amazing 2.4 inch color LCD screen. The controller includes a lithium ion battery. Besides this, there is an additional memory slot, a headphone jack, IR transmitter, inbuilt speakers and three axis accelerometer.

This Logitech squeezebox duet is capable of drawing audio from two main sources namely networked PC supporting Windows/Mac/Linux and the Internet. The breadth of the internet sources can be varied, from Online Music Services to Internet Radio to Podcasts. It is compatible with almost all the non-DRM audio file formats. It provides excellent online account integration and can be expanded to multiple rooms.

Finally to conclude, with its outstanding iPod like remote this Logitech Squeezebox Duet is an ideal solution of streaming the full range digital music which majorly includes files on the hard drive of your PC, free internet radio, premium subscription music services, all this to your living room stereo system.