Logitech Squeezebox Duet – Hifi Simplified

The Squeezebox Duet carries on the tradition of excellent high fidelity of the previous generation Squeezebox at an affordable price. It really is a wonderful solution for people who have a lot of music files on their computer. With portable players being the rage these days, the vast majority of people’s music collections are on their portable players and computers. However, the most popular file encode for most people is the mp3 format. Mp3’s are lossy compressed encoded formats. In other words, the sound quality is sub par and it leaves a lot to be desired for anyone who cares about audiophile grade quality.

Thankfully, lossless audio codecs ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec), FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec), WavPack and WMA lossless (Windows Media Audio) just to name a few have been gaining popularity and the Joe six-pack music lovers are beginning to realize what audiophiles have known for years: the quality of the source material matters and lossless audio should be the rule and never the exception.

The Logitech Squeezebox Duet works by syncing with your computer network either via wi-fi or Ethernet and will play whatever audio file you have on your computer. Simply connect the Squeezebox to your receiver or processor. It’s that simple. It will play back lossless files like ALAC, FLAC, WMA lossless and Wav files. You can also use it for podcasts, Internet radio and subscription based music services. The beauty of the Squeezebox Duet is that it can be used in as many rooms as you desire. Simply purchase an additional squeezebox receiver and place it in whatever room you want. The user interface is easy and navigating is a breeze with the wireless handheld controller that is also equipped to a 2.4” LCD screen.

The Squeezebox Duet was an Editor’s Choice at CNet, and for good reasons. It’s perhaps one of the best deals going around for a device of this sort. Many other high-end esoteric devices that do what the Squeezebox is capable of doing will cost you a pretty penny.

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This entry was posted by Atane on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 at 9:42 am

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George Stern 09/18/2008 11:33 AM 1 point
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Hi

I completely agree - great product, however I have run into a couple of problems. Firstly, there appears to be no direct streaming service available in the uk e.g. Napster or Rhapsody or have I missed something?

The second problem is with the supplier - Ripcaster. They are completely useless, and simply will not take my calls to ask for help. I am warning all would be customers of Ripcaster to beware - they will ignore you as soon as they have your cash.

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hifiturk 10/11/2008 06:33 AM 1 point
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good article

thank you

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