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Network digital audio system includes excellent wireless remote with color screen and scroll whee... (cnet.com)

Easy to use; great design; open-source; huge codec support; Internet radio; on-demand music from ... (cnet.co.uk)

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We have collected and analysed 22 expert reviews and 76 user reviews from international sources. The alaScore™ for this product is 98/100 = Excellent. Experts rate this product 84/100 and users rate it 80/100. The average review date is March 26, 2008. We have compared these reviews to 24837 reviews from other Home Theater Systems. Last update: December 2, 2008.

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Network audio player - high-gloss black

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Expert Reviews (22)

Logitech Squeezebox Duet

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Network digital audio system includes excellent wireless remote with color screen and scroll wheel control; supports Wi-Fi and Ethernet home networks; compatible with virtually all non-DRM audio file formats, provides access to PC-based music files (on Wi...

Minor improvements could make the already good interface even better; scroll wheel isn't quite as responsive as the iPod's; no compatibility with DRM music files such as those purchased from iTunes or Zune online stores; setup process could frustrate thos...

With its excellent iPod-like remote, the Logitech Squeezebox Duet is an ideal way to stream the full range of digital music--including files on your computer's hard drive, premium subscription music services, and free Internet radio--to your living room s...

Enter Logitech's new Squeezebox Duet: the $400 network digital audio streamer...

Logitech Squeezebox Duet

By Nate Lanxon (cnet.co.uk)

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If you can work an iPod, you can work the Logitech Squeezebox Duet. This multi-room audio streamer is easy to use and attractive, too. It supports a plethora of codecs and could be the best, most enjoyable way of setting your PC's music collection free

Easy to use; great design; open-source; huge codec support; Internet radio; on-demand music from Internet Archive; Last.fm integration; gapless playback

Software not included; LCD screen could be brighter; no USB port

A truly superb music streamer, with just about everything a streamer should have built-in and painfully simple to use. No matter if you're a novice or an IT pro, you'll love it and it'll love you back

Every six months or so, a new manufacturer takes it upon itself to flog the t...

Logitech Squeezebox Duet

By Mathew Honan (wired.com)

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Nice job with the firmware upgrade, Logitech! When we first reviewed the baby Squeezebox five months ago (issue 16.06), we weren't totally impressed - the device seemed difficult to use. Well, we've changed our tune. The Duet now connects your computer's

Easier to set up than a lemonade stand. Exceptional value. Hot mix of internet radio, Pandora, Rhapsody, Last.fm and top podcasts from Odeo and Podcast Alley, plus optional service from Sirius. Remote displays news from the BBC, The New York Times, and mo...

Can be slow connecting to large libraries via WiFi; our 10,000-tune trove sometimes made the Duet controller sing solo. No DRM support.

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"Nice system once up and running."

By dapogny (cnet.com)

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Nice unit for $300 and change. Cost less than...

Just finished setting up. Works well with my network once the MAC addresses added to the filter I use.

Wish the scroll wheel went a bit quicker when scanning through extensive track listings. Also, it seems to have a problem when I run the microwave in the next room over from the receiver. Looking into that....