Logitech Squeezebox Wi-Fi Internet Radio Receiver
by Logitech
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Customer Review: If you are into music, this is necessary
Summary: 4 Stars
I didn't purchase this from Amazon, although it is the lowest price around, instead i was able to purchase mine from Circuit City at an insane price due to liquidation.
At first installation was tricky, but i mostly blame this on a bogged down 9 year PC I was using. My laptop had crashed a week prior to purchasing the Duet. i figured I would at least get a "taste" of the Duet's features while i waited for my laptop's recovery disks to arrive.
With squeezecenter(program needed to stream throuhout house) installed on my PC i was able to get internet radio and Rhaposody to steam. But i was having problems streaming my Itunes library. At the end of the day i really blame this on my old bogged down PC.
Into the picture comes my newly formatted laptop. I installed the squeezecenter on there. At first I was still having the streaming problem with Itunes. I was able to find the FULL manual on the slimdevices(Logitech) website. After reading through it a quick change in my settings and resestting my Duet painlessly solved my problem. Within seconds i was streaming my 3,000+ itunes music.
My only real gripe with the Duet was it not including the FULL manual, but instead a Quick Setup Guide. I now enjoy listening to music more than ever and plan on converting all my music to FLAC and eventually purchasing a DAC to really get the most out of this unique system. But don't get me wrong the squeezebox sounds pretty good as it stands right now
Customer Review: Easy way to expand your sqeezebox network
Summary: 5 Stars
I currently have the Logitech Squeezebox Duet Network Music System which includes one receiver (like this one sold here) and the controller. I wanted to add an additional receiver without spending $400, so this worked perfectly. My one squeezebox controller now controls both receivers, so my husband can listen to talk radio in one room while I get to listen to my favorite Pandora stations in the other room. This will not work stand-alone as the other reviewer stated, but if you already own the Squeezebox Duet system, you can expand and add several receivers and there won't be a need to buy another controller.Customer Review: Incompatible with the old Squeezebox
Summary: 3 Stars
I have an old Logitech Squeezebox, and I thought I could buy an extra receiver and use as a slave to extend my listening to another room.
It didn't work. Because, according to Slimdevices phone support staff, you have to have the new remote control with a built in display to set the Receiver up on the network. I find the new remote control to be way too expensive for me, so I had to return the Receiver to the store.
Customer Review: logitech squeezebox needs remote
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought the logitech squeezebox receiver without buying the remote and hooked it up to my hard wired network. I assumed it would be smart enough to obtain an IP address from my DNS server and that I could log on to its web page and set it up remotely, just like any other network device you buy. However, this is not the case. You need to also buy a remote control for an extra $300 just to get it to connect to the network. To me, this seems like a real rip off.Customer Review: Very convenient, 95% would be my score. Works very well in Linux!
Summary: 5 Stars
It is not 100% because the software that runs on the server is still under development and have a couple of rough edges. Nothing major.
Also, one can setup the receiver without the remote control. My remote control is my wireless laptop. Works beautifully.