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| Logitech Squeezebox Duet Network Music System | 
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| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
List Price: $379.99
Buy New: $299.77
You Save: $80.22 (21%)
New (38) Used (2)
Avg. Customer Rating:  68 reviews
Sales Rank: 331
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
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| Customer Reviews:
 Awesome Addition To My Home Audio System September 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Received my Squeezebox Duet yesterday and had it up and running within 1 hour. I was impressed from the moment I opened the box, very nicely packaged. The Squeezebox is smaller than expected and tucks away nicely with my home audio system. I followed the instructions provided and setup was smooth. Connection to my wireless network was surprisingly simple. Once I loaded the software on my computer and pointed to my music library I was up and running. Internet radio feature is great.
The remote is the masterpiece of this system. Function is flawless, very intuitive control and AWESOME display. The album art displays very large and clear. The remote can even sense movement. It turns off the display after a preset time to save battery life I assume, but turns back on upon movement.
Sound quality is very good. Unit uses a superb digital to analog converter, giving the music a very lively presentation.
Overall satisfaction with this product is Excellent! I would not hesitate to recommend and/or brag about this product to family and friends. I've owned or own several Logitech products and honestly I have never been disappointed.
Inexpensive and Easy to Install - Killer Sound September 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am an audiofile of sorts - and wanted to have the convenience of a hard disk source for my extensive collection of "red book" CDs. I looked at Olive Media Products - but contstant production delays and the worst customer service on the planet forced me to look elsewhere. I had read about the Squeezebox System in Stereophile - where it was said that "great sound can be had with a Squeezebox and a little computer knowhow".... Well they were right. I run an Apple iMac with a wireless 750GB drive - additionally I run an 802.11 n wireless router from DLink. Setup of the entire system - including the wireless server drive - took about an hour and a half. The Logitech was one of the easiest pieces of computer like hardware I have ever installed. It effortlessly connects to the computer (you can not run the Squeezebox off of the wireless drive except through a computer interface - so the computer must be running as it needs to use a simple resource program in the background of your computer system to operate). Sounds was very good - iPod quality or better right out of the back of the Logitech device - but once I paired it with my DAC (Bel Canto e 1 DAC $2495) the unit just sings. A to B comparisons with my Marantz Universal Disk Player and the Logitech system offered no downside in sonic quality and a HUGE upside in convenience. Now I can sit in my easy chair and seamlessly hit all of my favorites without getting up and loading and reloading CDs. Did I mention that the Logitech unit will also play iTunes?? Fantastic - you can hear the sonic improvements that a CD has over the compressed mp3 file - all wirelessly. Downside to the Logitech system is - of course - patience as you have to load the CDs by hand into your computer and save them as full uncompressed files (very simple) - this takes time.... This system is a must buy!!
 Massive Frustration, after hours of setup, it won't play September 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The one guy was right about the packaging, it is a work of art in itself when you open the box! The remote is awesome looking, and has a much better display than my Harmony remote.
To start off, I'm a programmer, I set up encrypted Wifi all the time, it's a snap. So I thought setup with this would be easy. Not so. I found it all to be very confusing. The documentation that comes with is is a little brochure. I connected mine up with a wired network connection, but it seems like the remote uses WiFi to talk to the box, I'm not sure. After about three hours, I could not get it to connect to my computer. I couldn't get back to some of the setup steps to check the work, or redo it. Suddenly it connected (got the white LED), and it seemed like it was playing music. Why did it start working? I don't know, I didn't do anything but the same setup steps for the hundredth time. There was VERY LITTLE to do on the remote, only about three steps would show this entire time. Entering in the WiFi encryption key was weird. First of all, mine was wired, so why was it asking to hook to the WiFi? Then it said press the center button twice when I was done with the WiFi Key. That didn't work - it kept adding zeroes to the end of the WiFi key - very awkward. Once I did that, I never saw that entry again - it seems like you can't get back there.
Then started the second part of my frustration. I can't get any sounds out of the device. Also, it seems to be playing a song, but when it gets to 30 seconds (on the timer display), it starts over. If I adjust the volume with the remote, the song starts over (from the timer going to zero, again - no sound). The server part on the computer seems like iTunes - that it should be able to play songs on the computer. It looks like it is - but no sound on the computer either.
I hooked it up to my Pandora, that worked, I see my stations, but it won't play anything. It appears to, but no sound.
I'll update this review if I get any good news, but at this time, I think I'm going to have to return it. I'm tired of spending hours with this, if it doesn't work soon, back it goes.
Sleek, elegant and usable September 10, 2008
I have owned a lot of squeezebox devices from way back in the slimp3 days. I listen to a *LOT* of music and have a fairly good sized music collection. I hadn't used squeezecenter in the past because it would choke on the number of songs I have. Version 7 of squeezecenter is able to index a large number of songs in reasonably quick fashion.
I wanted the duet because I was tired of having to go to a computer to interface to the squeezebox (v3), which was in a different room. The convenience of having the UI on the remote is unbelievable. I can sit outside on the patio and control everything. The internet radio stations are fantastic. I listen to Pandora and Sirius almost exclusively now.
If you are looking for a home music player, this is definitely the one to get. I played with the Sonos a bit, and the UI on the duet is comparable, but the whole unit is much, much cheaper.
SqueezeBox Duet fits the bill! September 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I absolutely LOVE the Squeezebox Duet. I have been looking for a low-power network appliance to access my music collection for years. I run a Linux server 24/7, and I was really tired of connecting a laptop to my stereo to listen to my music. I toyed around with the idea of building a "fanless" PC, but components are expensive, and I never found a good way of controlling that without a wireless keyboard. Not what you want to use to control your music.
Enter Squeezebox Duet. I was never convinced to go for the original Slim Devices players. But, the LCD on the new remote was EXACTLY what I had been looking for. Just enough to see what's going on, no more. The navigation wheel works fine -- although, scrolling through a couple thousand artists can take some time. You can customize your home menu so that the features you use the most are right at your finger tips. You can also save playlists, artists, albums, or internet radio stations to your "favorites" for quick access.
As soon as I ordered the Duet, I installed SqueezeCenter on my Linux server (Windows and Mac versions available, too), scanned my music collection, and played around with the Soft Squeeze emulator from my Windows PC. In fact, you can use those even if you never purchase the hardware -- although, you're missing out on the freedom of moving your music anywhere.
Once the unit arrived, I was up and running in about 10 minutes. It would have been sooner, if I hadn't opted to do the optional firmware upgrade. I have not experienced a single glitch in operation in the week that I have had the unit.
I highly recommend this solution to anyone who keeps their music on a machine that they already run 24/7, but one that they'd rather not have sitting in their living room next to the stereo.
PS. This unit now serves as my alarm clock. You can set alarms independently for any day of the week. Quite a nice feature!
I also bought these powered speakers for listening: Digital Monitor Speakers.
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