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Logitech Squeezebox Duet Network Music System | 
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| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $349.75
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Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 1168
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 4.5 x 9.6 x 8.4
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: 930-000033
Model: 930-000033
UPC: 097855048929
EAN: 0097855048929
ASIN: B0013IWYHU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: **BRAND NEW IN BOX, 30 DAY RETURNS, UPS SHIPPING WITH TRACKING NUMBER*
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| Features:
| • | Intuitive hand-held controller with color screen for easy access to all your digital music | | • | High-fidelity 24-bit DAC for crystal-clear audio | | • | Support for all major digital music formats for playing all your favorite songs | | • | No need to run wires - wireless technology for clean, clutter-free installation | | • | Rechargeable lithium-ion battery with sleek recharging stand |
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Product Description
Squeezebox Duet consists of a multi-room Squeezebox Controller & charging stand, and a Squeezebox Receiver.The multi-room controller with 2.4-inch color display makes it easy to browse playlists, albums, artists, and more. Even search by name. Convenient scrollwheel, simple menus, and intuitive buttons make navigation a breeze.Expert engineering and sophisticated audio rendering technology provide sound clarity to please even the most demanding audiophile.Advanced 802.11g wireless technology eliminates the need to string wires everywhere just to listen to the music from your computer. And setting up an additional room is simple as pushing a button - even on secure networks.Access millions of songs, thousands of Internet radio stations, and music service providers such as Pandora, Rhapsody and Slacker, without ever turning on your computer using SqueezeNetwork, the unique Internet service. Even your personal music collection can be stored online in an MP3tunes music locker and played through your Squeezebox.Connect the Squeezebox Receiver to your stereo or powered speakers and create a musical oasis. Add additional Squeezebox Receivers and listen to a different song in each room, or synchronize them and hear the same music everywhere.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 59 more reviews...
 Excellent alternative to the more expensive Sonos system September 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I did a lot of research before I decided to purchase the Logitech Duet. I was able to narrow my choices down to the Logitech Duet, the Sonos system, and Yamaha's MusicCast. I couldn't be happier with my decision!
I purchased two sets of this, so I have two controllers and two receivers. I can control either receiver using either controller from wherever I am within my home network's range. I have the receivers and controllers connected to my home network via my home network's wi-fi signal.
PROS
Much cheaper than the Sonos or Yamaha systems.
REPLACEABLE batteries for the controllers, (the Sonos' battery is built in). The batteries are rechargeable and it comes with a cradle, but eventually, the batteries will have to be replaced (true for ALL rechargeable batteries)
Free Internet Radio which allows access to music without a PC or media server
Whole House music, or different music per room. With multiple receivers, it is possible to play different music in different rooms. When the players are synchronized, all players can play the same music throughout the house!
Expandable system. You can buy more receivers to expand your connectivity to multiple rooms, even when you have just one controller. Receivers can be purchased separately for about $150 apiece.
Wi-fi connected controllers do not need line-of-sight to control a receiver. As long as you are within range of your wireless network, you can control the music from anywhere in the house without being able to see the reciever.
Intuitive user interface. I am able to navigate the menus very easily without reading any manual.
Automatic firmware upgrade, which has already happened twice during the one month I've owned the equipment. Each upgrade so far has resulted in a monumental leap for the system's performance, usability, functionality, and my overall enjoyment of owning the systems.
Terrific sound reproduction/transmission. You have the option of hooking up the receiver to your audio gear using analog RCA cables or an optical digital cable. I have one of my receivers hooked up to a $10,000 audio system, and I am enthralled by the quality of the sound!!
You can remotely turn on your PC using the controller!!! I've read reviews on the internet that you need to have your PC on all the time for the convenience of accessing your digital music files anytime. That is not necessarily true. I have my PC's "Wake on LAN" function enabled (most newer PC's have that function available), so I can have my PC's in hibernate mode when not in use. I can then use my Logitech Duet Controller to "wake up" my hibernating PC remotely when I want to listen to music.
CONS:
Set up may not be as easy for the less than technically inclined. It is very do-able, but it just won't be as easy as loading a CD ROM on your PC and clicking on the "next" button as what most people would probably prefer. I am somewhat of a techie, and it took me a couple of days to iron out connection kinks. But then again, I am a perfectionist, so I may have made my system more complicated than necessary. What I consider a 'kink' may not bother most people.
Not compatible with Apple music files. I've read that Apple music files aren't compatible with this equipment. Not an issue for me because I rip my digital music files from my own CD collection. If all your music files are Apple, you need to buy another system.
Won't work with some dedicated network drives. If you don't want to use your PC as your music server, you can use a network drive. However, the Logitech Duet will not work with just any network drive. It is very picky, unlike the Sonos system which will work with any network drive. The Logitech Duet works only with a select few models. I know it works with Netgear's NAS Ready Duo series network drives, the cheapest is around 400 bucks for 500GB of storage. Sonos will work with any $100 network drive.
FINAL WORDS:
I love my Logitech Duet, which is why I have two sets. I highly recommend this system to any music lover who wants the convenience and pleasure of accessing thousands of music files from the PC. Just make sure you have a solid, solid home PC network already in place, and you will not be disappointed!!!
 Great idea, poor product August 28, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bought the first Squeezebox Duet at the end of June. Fired up fine. Within a week the remote began to fail. Within days of that the remote failed completely.
Logitech's support was excellent once I got pass the first level gatekeeper. Per their instructions I re-set the unit several times. The remote might work for a couple of hours or a day and then fail. I also learned at that time that the problem with the remote is widespread.
On the 30th day of ownership, Logitech advised me to send my unit to them for a re-furb or back to Amazon for a new replacement. Hmmm. Let me think about that.
Exchanging for another with Amazon was a piece of cake. They do things right. The replacement arrived a couple of days later. The new remote was DOA. I immediately returned it to Amazon and was issued the proper credit.
Props to Logitech Support and Amazon. They have great customer service. Thumbs down to Logitech for continuing to sell a product that they know is a lemon. A better managed company would pull the product from the shelves and do a general recall for those that are out there.
 Nice idea, good hardware, bad software August 28, 2008
Overall, a nice product that I enjoy having, and I expect to get better.
The set-up was okay - it worked mostly as they said it would.
It took a software update to actually connect to the computer. I never figured out how to get it to work through SqueezeNetwork. Maybe this is fixed by now.
It has really strange bugs sometimes. Sometimes it will start a radio stream over and over and the only way to stop it is to reboot the controller. This doesn't happen too often and is not a showstopper.
Another complaint is that it will stop playing streams. Again, a correctable software problem, but very annoying.
The hardware is nice. Not as nice as an Ipod, but quality.
Overall, it works most of the time, and when it works, it's an incredibly nice toy. However, the only real advantage over a laptop is convenience and (maybe) price - put a small box near your receiver. It's cheaper than a dedicated laptop and doesn't need many wires.
With better software, this will be a great device.
Nifty Little Toy August 27, 2008
My family bought this product when we decided that TV was rotting our brain and cut the cable. For the most part it seemed like TV was white noise, so we figured why not just listen to the radio? Unfortunately, we didn't actually HAVE a radio in our main family room, so we went looking for stereos, doing some online research, and found this.
It's a little pricey, but then again, so is cable. At least this is only a one time expense, unless you decide to sign up for the paid services like Sirius and Rhapsody (we didn't).
The upsides are great - free streaming music on Slacker without any commercials, local radio stations through another service, HD local radio stations, internet radio with stations all over the world (really, it's overwhelming - we choose a radio station sometimes based on what we're having for dinner, so for example if we're having lasagna, we can find a station in Italy!), live concert (thousands of Grateful Dead shows, if you're into that ... I'm not, but my husband is - heavy sigh), plus the ability to play whatever songs you have on your computer's hard drive.
I've read some reviews stating that it was difficult to set up the wireless connection but we didn't have much trouble. I read the WEP key and my husband went through the letters. The controller doesn't have a keyboard so you have to scroll through letters but since you only have to do it once, it's not a big deal - no need to put in a whole keyboard for a one time thing.
Although I've never owned an iPod, the interface looks similar - a scrolling wheel dial.
The only downside I can see, and this is extremely picky, is that in the navigation to stations there are a lot of "play" buttons, as in you have to hit play three times to finally get to the final drilled down "play" that will actually cause the station to start.
One word - BRILLIANT August 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Have been playing with it for 3 weeks now ... the sheer joy of rediscovering your music - can't be put to words ...
Detailed review on my blog - http://venkythinky.blogspot.com/2008/08/imagine-or-should-i-say-visualize-this.html
Excerpts from my review -
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The sheer brilliance of the design is that the remote has a screen!!!
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It is like having an Ipod/Music-player in your hand with
1. Infinite capacity - as much as you want to have on your computer
2. Wireless music transmission and remote - completely WiFi so no pointing at anything!
3. Instantaneous Lyrics browser - yep there is this plugin which finds the lyrics for the song playing and also scrolls automatically with the song!!
4. Wireless RSS reader
5. Internet Radio player
6. Podcast player
7. Expandable - I can add as many receivers as I want ... and they all can synchronize to play the same music OR - hold your breath - play their own streams ... so I could be listening to Led Zeppelin in the living room and D could be listening to The Beatles in the bedroom!
8. Fully customizable software and firmware - yep the Squeezecenter (the server software) is open-source - so boatloads of plugins and goodies updated daily - it's a programmers dream (makes me want to start programming!!) and god bless all those programming souls out there that write so many cool plugins for everyone to use .
Get this - they are writing new firmware features and plugins for the Controller as we speak - essentially enabling more cool features on your hardware - how do you beat that!!! The sheer excitement that every software release is going to make your hardware more cool just cannot be explained ... Now that's definitely a first!! Yaaaaaaaaaaay! Shame on you Apple - look and learn - your stupid firmware update pretty much made my Ipod Classic a no-video device - pfffffffffffft!! (ya ya - before you Apple lovers scream like little girls I know that I can buy an Apple docking station to output video to my TV ... I have one question ... WHY? how dare they tie me down to one stupid hardware when there are so many better ones out there :P ... but I digress)
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BRILLIANT.
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