Expand the range of your Logitech Squeezebox Duet system
Volume control is provided for all outputs
Standard IEC-958 Digital S/PDIF encoding
Bit-perfect CD audio streaming, with reduced storage and bandwidth usage
Sound Check and Replay Gain support for automatic volume control
Rating: - Perfect - and this can be set up without the controller
I've been wanting a Squeezebox for some time but didn't want to pay for the controller. The Logitech Squeezebox software has long been open source and has a large and very active online community that is supported by the company. I looked through their forum (http://forums.slimdevices.com/) and found that one of their senior members wrote software allowing the Squeezebox Receiver to be configured WITHOUT the remote control. A link directly to the software, as reported in a comment to a previous post, can be found at http://robinbowes.com/projects/Net-UDAP. It's not officially supported by the Logitech, but I was able to get my receiver configured with it in less than an hour.
One caveat though; you should be a bit tech savy if you are going to go this route. The software is still in beta, has not been *offically* released (by reading through the thread on this topic (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43722&highlight=network+configuration), mostly because the guy who wrote it hasn't had time to package it up). So, currently the software is only available through an online subversion repository, which if you haven't worked with before, could take an hour or two of fiddling around to get repository software and check out the code. The configuration itself is done via a perl command line, so windows users will need ActivePerl. Check out the documentation, it's pretty straightforward.
So if none of that scares you, this is an incredible solution for wireless streaming music from a computer to a stereo for 150 bucks.
Rating: - Incompatible with the old Squeezebox
I have an old Logitech Squeezebox, and I thought I could buy an extra receiver and use as a slave to extend my listening to another room.
It didn't work. Because, according to Slimdevices phone support staff, you have to have the new remote control with a built in display to set the Receiver up on the network. I find the new remote control to be way too expensive for me, so I had to return the Receiver to the store.
Rating: - Great option for getting digital music to home stereo
The Logitech Squeezebox Receiver is the third digital music player I've purchased from SlimDevices/Logitech, and all three of them have exceeded my expectations. This particular device is intended to be used along with a Squeezebox Controller, which is the advanced remote control with LCD display that can either be purchased separately or packaged together with this receiver as the "Duet" product. If you already own a Controller, then you can use it to control this stand-alone receiver, allowing you to expand your music library to more rooms in your house without having to pay for a second Controller.
If you do not have a Controller and are not interested in using a fancy LCD remote to browse your digital music library, then you should probably purchase the classic Squeezebox since you will not be able to set up this stand-alone Receiver without the Controller. The Receiver will not auto-configure itself for your network, even if you are using a wired connection. There is an third-party download available, Net-UDAP, which allowed me to bypass the normal configuration process even without a Controller, but at this time I would not recommend that option for most people.
Once configured for the network, my SqueezeCenter software detected the device immediately and I was able to play my digital music library on my home stereo as intended. This device complements my classic Squeezebox so I can have different music playing on two stereos in separate rooms using my digital music library on my home PC. If I had another stereo in the house, I would buy another Squeezebox Receiver to hook up to it. The size of this device is nice and small, allowing you to fit it into a stereo cabinet next to another component if you don't have an extra shelf handy.
Rating: - Easy way to expand your sqeezebox network
I currently have the Logitech Squeezebox Duet Network Music System which includes one receiver (like this one sold here) and the controller. I wanted to add an additional receiver without spending $400, so this worked perfectly. My one squeezebox controller now controls both receivers, so my husband can listen to talk radio in one room while I get to listen to my favorite Pandora stations in the other room. This will not work stand-alone as the other reviewer stated, but if you already own the Squeezebox Duet system, you can expand and add several receivers and there won't be a need to buy another controller.
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