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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.

If you are looking for a Media Streamer for you’re A/V set, then Slim Device’s Squeezebox is the best available gadget you can get from the market. You can call this product a beauty with brains. It allows you to play your music from any room in the house.

With a Length of 80mm, Width of 192 mm and height of 93 mm the Squeezebox is a very compact unit. And it has a black screen with glossy finish and a Chrome frame stand with a black rubber stabiliser. On the back of the HiFi system you will find all types of connectors for any type of Audio connection like the SPDIF with the optical audio, the Ethernet connector, RCA audio connectors and the headphone jack. The text generated on the screen is on account of neon blue lights and can be customised as per convenience as a result it is easily readable from a distance.

The set up of the squeezebox is also very user friendly and simple. Connect the Squeezebox to the PC through the Cat5cable and the server software is loaded on the PC which will lead to automatic set up. Then assign the squeezebox the IP address and it starts working. The server after scanning the PC assigns all the content in the audio section into different categories like Album, title or the artist to provide you a control over audio content, it also helps in setting radio presets, sets the volume control and has many other functions. Similarly the remote control functions are also very user friendly. Just scroll the menu and you can select the songs whichever way you like. Similarly music can also be accessed through the PC’s folder structure.

Besides the above it also has the facility of accessing pre-installed links to famous news sites through the RSS element.. It also has the facility of an alarm clock and through Squeeze Network access the internet radio. The quality of audio is also much above expectations and the speed with which it processes is also remarkable as there is no delay in playing the song after you have chosen it. Another major feature is that it is compatible to almost formats including the FLAC, Vorbis and OGG files.

Slim Devices’ Squeezebox 3 is a wonderful digital lossless playback system with support for a wide range of Audio formats and amazing animation that works on completely wireless technology. It has a superb audio quality with an easy-to-use setup and interface. The Squeezebox offers high resolution digital sound and music at any place inside the house, without the need of connecting to a PC.

The Squeezebox 3 happens to be the latest entry in the newest variety of home audio products, the Media Server. The Squeezebox was launched with the aim of providing the basic core features of  the Apple AirPort Express Base Station, but with some added extras. Slim Devices have made the product available with a very attractive interface, an enhanced DAC and a remote control.

If you are an Internet radio station lover then the product is just tailored to suit your needs. One of the coolest qualities of Squeezebox is its ability to locally streamline internet stations without the need of a computer. The Squeezebox is pre-programmed with many cool stations like shoutcast.com, radioio.com, and live365 to name a few. Slim Devices have further enhanced the squeezebox with support for nearly every file formats: the three main lossless formats - FLAC, and WMA, the compression formats - AAC, WMA, MP2, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and MusePack, with support for practically all of the uncompressed formats too - AIFF, PCM, and WAV. This is one of the amazing features of the squeezebox as it provides a full conversion to PC audio. There are various connections at the rear side of the Squeezebox with support for 1/8″ Stereo mini-jack (standard headphone jack connector), a left and right RCA speaker jack, digital Coaxial, digital optics, Ethernet and for power.

High reliability DAC of 24-bits with built-in ultra-low distortion feature are capable of delivering the finest audio quality. Players lying farther from wireless access points can be easily located with support for true 802.11g along with superior lossless compression technology.

Browsing and searching more than 100,000 songs from song libraries in moments to get the perfect match for the situation is one of the device’s key features.

However, the Squeezebox does have one serious defect, as when listening to radio streams saved previously in iTunes playlists, the player can get completely locked and become non-responsive to remote commands and actions.