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Binding: ElectronicsBrand: Logitech EAN: 5099206003460 Feature: LOGITECH SQUEEZEBOX CLASSIC AUDIO Item Dimensions: Label: Logitech Manufacturer: Logitech Model: SB3BB MPN: 930-000023 Publisher: Logitech Release Date: December 11, 2006 Studio: Logitech Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: The Squeezebox from Logitech is an ingenious music system that lets you transmit digital music stored on your computer to your HiFi system using a wireless or cabled connection! The Squeezebox is easy to use and install, and gives you high quality sound without skips or lag. This system also displays song titles and the names of artists on its easy-to-read screen. You can even search for tracks by genre, artist or playlist, or simply listen to your music in random play mode. And with the Squeezebox, you can enjoy listening to your favourite Internet radio station, even when your computer is turned off.Connectivity: Ethernet port, S/PDIF, L/R audio output, headphones jackComes with remote control, batteries, power supply, RCA cableCompatible with Windows (2000, XP), Mac OS X (10.3 or later), Linux/Solaris (version 5.8.3 or later) 733 MHz processor or later512 MB RAM30 MB of available hard disk space Ethernet or wireless connection Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good product, quite easy to use, good valueDear review readers, I have struggled to get one of these. Other internet vendors are unable to get stock from Logitech. The suggestion is that Logitech are producing the Boom in order to promote it heavily and keep letting vendors and their customers down so I was surprised when Amazon/Pimxania had any. Pix call it a Wireless Network Player although everyone else calls it the Classic. Not sure why. Logitech need to realise that setting stock delivery dates that they repeatedly fail to meet is annoying people. Plus why put all your eggs in a product which will never be hifi when the success of the range thus far has been a decent DAC which only appeals to nerds (like me.) Anyhoo, it has now arrived. Well packaged. I set it up in about 10 minutes, instructions still in bag up until the point where I had to determine the firewall settings. I am no IT genius but I got it connected to my hidden and encrypted wireless network after a few attempts and as I had already downloaded Squeezecentre and loaded up my entire 8 days worth of CD collection I was listening to music in a different part of my house within quater of an hour. I had bought it for summer evenings on the back patio/conservatory. I suppose thats next year now. My main hifi is in the dining room where it gets most use. I didnt want an Ipod/docking station (for the garden/conservatory) as I have fat fingers and felt this was the best alternative/use of new PC. I secretly fancy a sonus system but I am not currently wealthy enough. I bought an aego 2.1 active monitor set to go with the squeezebox which sound good. It will work well, and the display looks like it will be very visible, through red wine induced summer evenings. So far have struggled to get the range I need for the garden but I suspect with a little jiggling and moving of things that will be fine. Old house. Thick walls. Whilst I am familiarising its currently hooked up to my hifi in the dining room. I compared the sound quality with CD direct. Its quite close. The CD player is a 4/5 year old £300 NAD player and matching NAD amp through some nice speakers on iron stands. Nothing too special but hifi none the less. I can tell the difference but I have to say the squeezebox isnt bad on sound. Probably just a little thinner than the CD but barely noticable once youve adjusted the gain for what appears to be a slightly weaker line level from the Squeezebox. I suspect it has as much to do with my file format as the Squeezebox itself. For information I loaded my collection onto itunes (squeezecentre can be directed to the itunes directory easily) using the AAC encoder at 256kbs. I am still getting use to the controls to find the music I want. However, the shuffle feature is re-opening some wonderful familiar memories of music I forgot I loved. Wonderful little bit of kit. Really very special. Anybody on here who has down marked this due to finding it a bit difficult to set up shame on you. Dont buy things you dont understand unless you are prepared to have a fiddle, do a bit of research, or ask a youngster to help with. Find something less revealing about your technical inadequcies to moan about. Next gadget will be a external hard drive so I can turn my PC off and still use the squeezebox. But that can wait. Love it. D Rating: - Brilliant, but maybe upgrade the power supplyI'll start by saying I think these things really are very good. But... When I got my first Squeezebox 3 I was slightly underwhelmed by the music quality. It was good, but it lacked a bit of sparkle when compared to the original CD (and that was with flac files). There was a lot of discussion on various Squeezebox forums about upgrading the power supply, so I gave that a try. All sorts of exotic and expensive solutions were recommended, but they didn't have any of that stuff down at Maplins. So I ended up buying a "Variable Voltage Switched Mode AC/CD Mains Adapter" for about £30. Boy, did that make a difference. Now I can't tell the difference between the Squeezebox & CDs when I switch my amp between the 2 different sources. Now I generally think that the hi-fi "business" of spending silly money on 6" lengths of wire is a bit "emperors new clothes", unless you have the hearing ability of a bat (or cat). So if I can hear a difference, there really is one. I guess it's because the new power supply can deliver 5 amps as opposed to the 2 amps of the original equipment. I'll add a proviso here - it's a year or 2 since I bought me Squeezeboxes and they may have improved the power supply since then. Check its amperage rating I guess. Apart from that, I endorse all the 5 star ratings here. It's great. It will make you realise how bad the tagging is on all your music files though. Get ready for a few evenings trying to get them all sorted! Rating: - The finest thing I have ever bought.Last.fm on this thing is amazing; personalised music radio station, it even crossfades the tracks. six stars. Rating: - Just what I needed/was looking for.This is a remarkable. It does what it says efficiently and well. I don't understand the "ins and outs" of networking, but you do not need to and it matters not that the manual is a little thin and seems to stop at XP. Set up via a BT Home Hub to an Acer Travelmate Laptop was easy. Works well with Vista except I can't work out how to set "WoL" from the box - may be a weakness of Vista or my laptop. The software is a little clunky but okay. Most importantly, the sound played through a Yamaha Hi Fi set up is good even at lower bit rates. I would recommend this bit of equipment. Rating: - The Ultimate Audio DeviceI had made the mistake of incorporating internet radio functionality in the purchase of a Yamaha RX-V2700 home-cinema receiver. The software utilised in the Yamaha is v.Tuner. The user manual misrepresented v.Tuner's ability to stream WMA and WAV files in addition to its MP3 operability. Subsequently, favourite stations were delivered in poor bitrate levels, or were not available if not transmitted in MP3. The purchase of the Squeezebox, however, rescued this dire situation. Favourite radio stations are delivered in the highest bit rate quality (and to my ears, at least, at near CD quality), and, more importantly, all the stations that I desire are available. Moreover, if you can source the broadcast stream address of the particular station, you simply input the details in the SqueezeNetwork favourites menu. The AlienBBC plug-in provides access to BBC Radio archive material - and the free iPeng software adds Apple iPod Touch/iPhone remote control accessibility of your Squeezebox. Also, accessing RSS feeds for you chosen suite of podcasts in SqueezeNetwork also saves the bother of having to access iTunes from your computer. Plus, there's the ability to playback music already stored on your computer - especially if your running something like the 'LaCie Ethernet Disk mini - Home Edition' (available from Amazon), where you connect the hard drive to your router for music access by the Squeezebox. This is the bargain of all bargains. Strongly recommended - not just 5 stars, but 10.  Try searching the Internet for "Squeezebox Wireless Network Music Player - All Black" or Ebay for "Squeezebox Wireless Network Music Player - All Black". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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