New squeezebox 4 called 'duet'

[lAmBoY]

Just thought some of you guys would be interested....

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/06/ces_logitech_launches_sueezebox_duet/

Comes with a swanky new remote too.

rgds //lamboy

 

[Dev]

Thanks lamboy. Slightly disappointed with the "802.11g Wi-Fi – no 802.11n upgrade just yet", but I suppose this is because the N standards aren't fully ratified yet.

On the plus side I like the new remote.

 

[dominicT]

This should give the Sonos more of a run for its money! Still like the look of the remote on the Sonos better.

 

[MO!]

Any idea what the UK price is likely to be?

 

[scolarest]

On fairly good authority it should be around the £279 mark.

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/wireless_music_systems/&cl=gb,en

Bad news for all you SB3 owners that the flashy remote is a stonking £150 or so.

M

 

[zygote23]

The remote looks shit IMHO. Too long and screen too small. I'd be quicker to buy a Nokia N800 I think.

 

[I-S]

Sort of funky, but it doesn't really appeal to me. They've changed the technical spec as compared to the SB3 (which it is not clear is to be discontinued... I suspect they're aimed at slightly different niches) - with a change from TI to wolfson for the DAC and no doubt other things too. I wonder how the sound compares?

I'm a little dissappointed because I'm not sure how wide the appeal for this is when there's a few other things that they could be using logitech money for - a slim devices/logitech slimserver device, or something similar format to the transporter with on-board storage? How about a squeezebox alarm clock, aimed at the same market as those bose alarm clocks? A portable player - eg 100GB solid-state and concentrate on a really good (ie audiophile) quality headphone out? Slim devices could do a lot. I fear that using the logitech brand rather than slim will make it harder for them to compete in some areas though.

 

[SteveC]

The remote looks shit IMHO. Too long and screen too small. I'd be quicker to buy a Nokia N800 I think.

Thing is, the Nokia and similar approaches such as a web interface in a laptop have to fetch and render a web page, so the new remote is said to be somewhat snappier in response. I'll probably give one a try because the web interface can be sluggish from the NAS/slimserver I use, because they tend not to have powerful processors.