Great little product!! | Logitech Squeezebox

Just What I Needed | Logitech Squeezebox

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highly recommended

Not for the faint of heart, but great when it works

I own a "classic" Squeezbox since Apr 06. I bought it with a single purpose in mind - to listen to Polish radio station without having to use a computer.

When it arrived I quickly realized that the manual was close to useless when it came to configuring the server and resolving problems with firewalls and locked up ports. Finally, I succeeded by finding relevant help on the Web. Only after installing a local server I realized that I did not need it to use Squeezebox in conjunction with Squeeze Network where I had to program my radio stations for stand-alone use.

Pros:
- great sound quality
- stand-alone operation

Cons:
- occasionally the box cannot connect to Squeeze Network which can be very annoying when you try to lower down the volume and you get no response
- poor manual (maybe upgraded by now?), with no details on resolving firewall issues
- I had problems playing asx Internet radio streams (even after upgrading firmware to revision 88)
- it seem like Logitech support is as familiar with this device as I am, if not less. After several e-mails back and forth their best suggestion was to contact the radio station and ask if there is an alternative stream. Eventually, I gave up and went to the Web to discover that asx is a play list format, and so I found where WM Player put it, looked at the content and found the ultimate stream location, however, I wonder why can't Squeezbox do it automatically?

I also had a number of suggestions that I e-mailed Slim Devices (before Logitech bought them) but I never got any response from them. Here are some of them that may be relevant to how you want to use your Squeezbox:

- Why not support multi-line text with Wiki-style links e.g.
[Radio.Internet.Address|My Favorite Radio]
and allow people to trade their favorites? This would be a great win for ethnic communities that are poorly supported now.

- Favorites could use improvements - who will program 100 of them if they always have to start at the first choice? At minimum the box should remember last choice and better yet, it should allow some type of directory structure to improve navigation.

- Squeeze Network does not support secure login. What is my password worth then?

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Great little product!!

I got this to run music in my cafe from my computer and I love it. Can use my own playlist on iTunes or any of the various internet radio stations. It's so portable, that sometimes I just unplug it from my stereo at work and bring it home at the end of the day to use at home. Very simple to set up and user friendly. Excellent sound quality too!!

Just What I Needed

One of the most fantastic products I have purchased in a while. Easy, quick set up - even for an "old geezer". Great instructions and website. I needed a music bridge from web Pandora to my audio system and Squeezebox solved my problems. I listen to Pandora about 10 hours a day and I love the user interface of the unit and the fact that it is portable and I can take on the road,on the boat, to the weekend house or to a friends house and show off my technological prowess. Great looking product for the bookshelf and the remote control is intuitive and simple. Wish all electronic products worked this well.

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Move over sliced bread

Not as slick as the duet, but it's actually pretty easy to browse/search your music collection. I'm in the process of ripping my several hundred CDs to a lossless format (FLAC). Audio quality is very good (have not experimented with external DACs yet) and it has made my CD player obsolete. It's very convenient for listening to Sirius radio in the house since only your router needs to be on. Great idea, great execution... offers a lot for the money. Setup took minutes and I haven't encountered any issues so far.

streams music from your computer for playback on your home audio system * connects to your wired or wireless home network * works with iTunes®, MusicMagic, Live365®, RadioIO, Shoutcast and Windows Media® radio * supports playback of lossless music files (Apple, FLAC, WMA), uncompressed files (AIFF, WAV, PCM), and compressed files (MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP2, MusePack, WMA) * compatible with Internet radio stations * stereo RCA output (cable included) * 2 digital audio outputs: 1 optical and 1 coaxial *

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