RE: Logitechs Squeezebox Duet to Crash the Sonos Party?

["Richard" <rich_lists@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Looks like the wheel is better placed so it can be used one handed
then a
certain popular mp3 player. Looks to be a winner if the UI is snappy fast
and since it uses proper wifi not some proprietary hack-job mesh then I
could use the remote house wide without buying overpriced accesspoints that
only serve one purpose like with sonos.



Bit light on info tho. The big shortcoming with squeezebox has always being
its dependence on a single machine running its server software, so playing
off a NAS was a no-no. The article says that it lets you do it when your
computer is off, so who knows, have they abandoned that flawed model of
operation?


Also nothing about a track limit or codec support - those are 2 things that
sonos is weak on again, so if this does flac and the newer wma's, and
doesn't freak out at over 50000 tracks it also could be a winner.





From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Mark McCall
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 3:44 AM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Logitechs Squeezebox Duet to Crash the Sonos Party?



The second release from Logitech today, and one that may not having Sonos
celebrating. The Logitech Squeezebox Duet provides a colour wireless
controller witha 2.4-inch full-color LCD screen and a scroll wheel. The
wireless receiver uses 802.11g and multiple receivers round the house can
be controlled by one Controller...

http://tinyurl.com/3xraed

M.





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