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The Slim Devices Squeezebox products introduced audiophiles to the wonders of audio streaming. When Logitech bought the company it simplified the Squeezebox and made it less expensive and more accessible, introducing thousands of consumers to high quality audio streaming. The Duet tops out at 24/92 streaming, this is more than enough for internet radio and Red Book CDs ripped to lossless formats (FLAC, etc.). The built in Wolfson DAC sounds impressive and the s/pdif outputs allow use of high end outboard DACs. The Controller/remote allows you to see play lists and album art and a headphone jack allows you to use headphones or earbuds to listen to streaming music without firing up the stereo. It's amazing and a shame Logitech killed off the product line. Others have stepped in to fill the void but none is as user friendly, versatile, and inexpensive as the original.Read full review
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The initial setup can be a pain if your Wi-Fi isn't strong in the place where you want it. But it beat out a $1,100 Marantz streamer in ease of setup. I feed them directly into an Arcam DAC for astonishing sound either to Canton self-powered speakers or a Denon amplifier to Martin Logan's. The multiple outputs (line-out, optical and coax) are so useful. While the LCD remote is great, the app on Android and especially the PC based Logitech server so great - you can control this unit from anywhere. Still holding its own after 5 years.
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I own two of these. I use an Excellent ipad app called SqueezePad to control them. This app costs about $10 or so and is a true killer app for the ipad. I found my SBs easy to set up. If you had anything to do with setting up your own household network you should have Zero issues connecting SB. It does require an application on your computer (also connected to your network) and this software, being pretty vastly functional, does appear daunting at first, but it's been rock solid for me, and I don't have to interact with it all that much. Not a big deal. I have about 800 CDs and perhaps 300 or 400 LPs ripped to a format called FLAC, stored on my computer. I have a better than average stereo system. The result is nothing less than Excellent. If you stream mp3 files through inexpensive stereo equipment the sonic results will reflect that, but it will likely Still whip the listening experience you get with your earbuds or ordinary headphones. Basically the reason to get a SB is because you want to hear Really Good quality music on a nice system in your home, rather than crap sound over crap earbuds, and you don't want to drop a small fortune on a Mac and Sonos equipment. There's no need -- spend $80-$200 and get a SB. Think of this as your non portable much higher quality iPod. For ease of use, I don't think much needs to be said -- it's pretty intuitive and does more or less what you'd expect, once you have all the network/music storage stuff cared for. As for sound quality, that's relative. If your amp, preamp and speakers cost more than about $2500 new, then you're approaching the quality level where you May, possibly, be able to pick apart the SB's output and find noteworthy shortcomings. If your system is small or not terribly refined, I defy you to tell the difference between a well made flac file and the original cd, and many folks won't be able to distinguish between the cd and an mp3 -- it's like knowing food, or wine, or a good golf stroke or the rules of soccer or anything else -- it takes interest and experience. But basically, the internal DAC in the SB is just fine for most folks and situations. If you have the means and the interest, you can take the digital output from the SB and run it into an external, higher quality DAC, and get better results, if your system is able to resolve music to a sufficient degree of accuracy and detail. So, if you are tech savvy enough to have built up music on a hard drive which you're currently dumping to iPod or some other portable device, and if you want to fill your living space with excellent quality sound, THIS is the device to explore and to buy. This is one -- well, actually Two -- of the best purchases I ever made. Can't recommend it enough.Read full review
I bought this Squeesebox Duet just for the base station. That means I am using my old remote and charging base. It works well. I still have the old software and the setup was fairly easy. I did have some trouble at first; the music would shut off as if the player lost connection to the computer. I ran the setup again this time opting for a Hybrid setting. Now the music goes from the computer to the base via Cat5 and the remote is Wifi. It has been setup for about a week. And it is working fine. The $100.00 I paid for this Squeesebox Duet is well worth it.
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I bought this product because I love the clearness of reception of internet broadcast that it provides. Mind you that it is sometimes fussy - but worth being patient. I have purchased several Logitech products in the past including a Squeezebox Radio. I thought I would go nuts before I finally figured out how to get it working properly. I'm an obsolete tech-weiner but not skilled with networking. After stumbling to success I smile by using the radio every day and travel with it everywhere. When the opportunity of the pre-owned Duet popped up I purchased it so that it now resides with my quality audio equipment and combines a wonderful new input with the ability to produce great sound.
This is the second Duet in my system. Logitech really dropped the ball when they stopped making these units. For the money this is the easiest, most reliable music server, internet wifi units that were ever produced.
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small compact easy to install however no longer supports sirius xm radio.
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As an audio person of vintage age I am stuck in the dilemma of how to enter the digital age and still get the dynamics of the LP era. Sorry to say the Duet is not quite there but it is overall not the worst. Not being a fan of digital sound and yes youngsters it is different than analog, the duet still has the digital twang that I don't care for. But it is good enough to turn on while doing other things around the house and won't sound too bad.
Great device. Second one in home. Other one is in living room wired. This one is on covered, enclosed deck, running wirelessly. Easy setup for using 2 receivers. Using LMP on Synology home server in basement. Using Orange Squeeze on Android phone instead of controllers
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