Logitech Squeezebox Radio Expert Reviews

Logitech's Squeezebox Radio ($199.99 direct) offers all the Wi-Fi-music-streaming splendor of other Squeezebox products in a compact, all-in-one solution for your nightstand. The radio is packed with features most alarm clocks don't offer, like an ...

Color LCD. Easy to operate. Streams Internet radio and Web music services like Pandora and Slacker along with music from your PC. Incorporates apps like Facebook and the Amazon CD Store

Set-up can be a hassle. Streaming and buffering issues over Wi-Fi. Weak sound quality. Remote not included

Logitech's wireless-audio-streaming devices keep getting better, but the Squeezebox Radio, with so-so sound quality and some connectivity and set-up issues, is not the star of the Squeezebox line.

Logitech's stripped down version of the Boom reaches a sweet spot in both features and price.

Color display; tight integration with online services, such as Facebook; robust server software; compact and portable; good sound

Not outfitted with stereo speakers; remote control is optional; uses an 802.11g Wi-Fi radio

Everybody knows internet radio is a hit when you're at your computer. Away from your computer? Not so much. Getting your streams into your living rooms, bedrooms, and semi-detached servants quarters is rarely easy, and rarely fun. Logitech's ...

The Squeezebox Radio is one of the best networked music and Internet-radio streamers currently available. While the audio spewed out by its mono speaker isn't exactly hi-fi quality, it's still punchy enough to fill a kitchen or bedroom. This device ...

Looks fantastic ; easy to use ; stunning array of features

Remote is optional extra ; text-entry system is laborious

The Logitech Squeezebox Radio's combination of great looks, good sound quality and a stunning range of features means it's among the best Internet-radio streamers that money can buy. We've no hesitation in recommending it

This Wi-Fi-enabled internet radio from Logitech plays virtually any music format, including MP3, FLAC, WMA, AAC, WAV and AIFF. The Squeezebox Boom also boasts Stereo XL technology, six-button presets, a bright high-contrast VFD display and measures ...

You've got 14,000 tunes on your computer and you still listen to them through the crappy speakers it came with? You might as well pour Marmite in your ears. Instead, why not upgrade your audio life with 30W of tub-thumping bass from a smarty-pants ...

Without your PC, the Boom is just a big, black box of quiet. Turn your computer off and the Boom can't stream files (obviously) or pick up any internet radio stations (not so obviously). There's no DAB or FM tuner, although the line in socket for an ...

There's no faulting the Squeezebox for what it does (play music well) or how loud it does it (er, loudly). It's what it doesn't do (work without a computer, pick up normal radio) that makes us doubt we can squeeze a full £200 of value from it.