| Squeezebox Wireless Network Music Player - All Black | 
| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
Buy New: £188.50
New (2) from £188.50
Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 11090
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4
MPN: 930-000023
Model: SB3BB
UPC: 896665000567
EAN: 0896665000567
ASIN: B000LWGPQ0
Release Date: December 11, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 33 more reviews...
 The finest thing I have ever bought. August 26, 2008
mingo (london)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Last.fm on this thing is amazing; personalised music radio station, it even crossfades the tracks.
six stars.
Start ripping your CDs!! You're going to love this!! August 19, 2008
Julikat (London UK)
This is without doubt, my most favourite gadget to date, and yet I'd never even heard of the Squeezebox until a few weeks ago. Whether you listen to a lot of music... or whether you have a lot of music that you never get around to listening to, the Squeezy will change your listening habits forever. I have around 700 cds and until last week, a single-disc cd player.
Half my listening time was spent wondering which cd to play :)
But since buying Squeezy, I've been listening to everything. It's fantastic. I now have around 500 hours of continuous music coming through at any time of the day or night and I don't have to change a single cd. It's like escaping from the zoo, it's really that liberating!
Once you've downloaded the Squeezecentre software (current version is 7.1), you're almost set. I connected to my wireless network expecting to be tearing my hair out at the end of it, but it went without a single hitch. I went through the setup instructions on the unit itself, entered my WEP key, and was ready to go within a few minutes. It was that quick and simple.
There are several options for searching, each one easy to use via the remote control. You can:
1. Browse by genre, years, artists.
2. Search album, artist and songs by "initial".
3. View "now playing" details, which tells you track number, artist, album, etc.
4. Change the settings, screensaver, brightness, track display format.
Honestly, it's packed with enough options to keep everyone happy. The unit itself is brightly lit (can be dimmed if wanted), and easily visible from 10 feet or so. You can even adjust the size of the font and make the display bigger. My cds were already ripped in wma lossless, but Squeezy plays a variety of file formats; FLAC, mp3, wav etc.
And for those of you who are more than 'casual' listeners, while the sound quality is very good, it can be hugely improved if you have an external dac, or a cd player with a digital input. I sold my single-disc cd player and bought a Cambridge Audio player which can be used as an external dac. The sound quality improvement was well worth the cost of a new player!
TIP: If you have a vast collection of music to navigate, you can either create several playlists through the Squeezecentre software, and/or set up multiple folders within your 'music' folder, so that you can narrow down the search further if you're looking for something specific.
I can't ever imagine listening to a cd again, not now that I have the equivalent of a 500-cd changer. It's really changed how and when I listen to music, and I think this way will become standard in the future.
I've 'evolved' from the era of turning LPs every 20 minutes... to changing cds every 45 minutes... to having 500 hours worth of continuous music with one click of the remote. Now that's technology! I LOVE it.
Now go and buy a Squeezy immediately. You won't regret it :)
Just what I needed/was looking for. August 16, 2008
S. Rubringer
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.
The Ultimate Audio Device June 29, 2008
Christopher Guest (Birmingham, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I 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.
A Quality Product June 4, 2008
Stuart Durrant (Berkshire England)
The thing that strikes you with this player is the quality of the build. First thing is it's very small and very solid. The display is very bright and clear and rolls smoothly across the screen. On another reviewer's advice I had downloaded the software a week ago from Logitech. I plugged everything in, followed the on screen messages and had it all working in less than two minutes.
The remote is also solid and the controls intuitive. The sound is fine for Mp3 but putting the sound through bigger speakers does highlight the fact that mp3 is a compressed format. If you compare bitrates of 96 to 320 you will hear the difference.
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