Logitech Squeezebox Duet

[arad]

There are quite a few solutions on the market for wireless digital audio. When Logitech acquired Slim Devices a couple years ago, they jumped into the fray with the Squeezebox line of products. Logitech quickly turned out their own twist on the product line, the Squeezebox Duet. We've had one in the HT Guys lab for quite a while and recently got the chance to plug it in, power it on and give it a listen.

According to the Logitech Website, the Squeezebox Duet lets you...

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[markseattle]

We enjoy our two Squeezebox-3 music players and recently bought a Squeezebox Duet handheld controller and receiver unit. To date I have not yet figured out how to start a playlist and then advance to the next song using the Duet handheld controller. With the older SB3 IR remote this was very easy and intuitive, unfortunately I can not say the same for the Duet handheld. It is quite possible that I have just overlooked some setting and later all will be revealed.

The Duet LCD controller takes a noticeably long time to boot up, while the older SB3 is almost instantaneous to power on. The older IR controller is very programmable and responsive, the newer Duet handheld has more visual features to be sure, however speaking only for myself, it is less responsive and none of the extra "features" adds much to my use and listening pleasure, YMMV.