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Squeezebox Wireless Network Music Player - All Black
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| Price: | £180.00 |
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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
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #5020 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Logitech
- Model: SB3BB
- Released on: 2006-12-11
- Dimensions: .39" h x .39" w x .39" l, 3.55 pounds
Editorial Reviews
Manufacturer's Review
The Logitech® Squeezebox™ is a fantastic music player that transmits all the digital music stored on your PC to your stereo – through Wi-Fi or cables!
Easy to set up and use, this powerful, well-thought device produces high-quality audio, without any skipping or delay.
Its large, elegant display shows track titles, artists and menus: you can browse by genre, artist or playlist, or randomly mix your music. The Logitech® Squeezebox™ also gives you access to a practically limitless number of Internet radio stations, even when your PC is switched off. It works with PC, Mac and Linux, and supports compressed and uncompressed music files.
SlimServer 6.5 powers the Squeezebox network music player and is the best software to stream your music. It supports MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and more. SlimServer 6.5 is supported by an international team of developers, and is released under the Open Source GPL license, and is currently available for the following platforms:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.4
Debian/Ubuntu,Linux RPMSetup Overview
First, collect your digitized music into one place on your computer. You can put all the files in a single directory, or create a series of subdirectories. The software you use to ‘rip’ your CDs, such as iTunes, may already do this and organize your music files by album or by artist.Next, download and install the latest version of the SlimServer software to the same computer as your music collection.
Connect the Logitech® Squeezebox™ to your stereo amplifier or receiver using the included RCA cable with the red and white connectors, you can also connect a digital optical cable to the square connector or digital coaxial cable to the orange connector. (These cables are not included.) If you are hard wiring your Logitech® Squeezebox™ connect it with an ethernet cable to your hub or switch.
Connect the power supply to the Logitech® Squeezebox™, you can leave it plugged in at all times. When not in use, it enters standby mode and powers down the display.
If you are connecting your Logitech® Squeezebox™ via WiFi then power it up, connect to your WiFi network, the Logitech® Squeezebox™ supports WEP and WPA encryption.
To search for Albums, Artists, or Songs use the number buttons on the remote to enter letters, just like entering text on a mobile phone.
Technical Information
Hardware- High fidelity 24-bit Burr-Brown™ DAC
- Digital optical, coaxial, and analog connectors
- Plays MP3, AAC, WMA, Ogg, FLAC, Apple Lossless, WMA Lossless and WAV music files
- Connect to SqueezeNetwork™ for access to Internet radio and music services, including MP3 Tunes, Radio Guide, Live 365, radio and Shoutcast.
- Connects to SlimServer™ software for access to music libraries on local computers
- Built-in 802.11g Wi-Fi and Ethernet port
- On -screen clock with 7-day alarm
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Customer Reviews
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.
Start ripping your CDs!! You're going to love this!!
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.
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.
