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I didn't purchase this from Amazon, although it is the lowest price around, instead i was able to purchase mine from Circuit City at an insane price due to liquidation.

At first installation was tricky, but i mostly blame this on a bogged down 9 year PC I was using. My laptop had crashed a week prior to purchasing the Duet. i figured I would at least get a "taste" of the Duet's features while i waited for my laptop's recovery disks to arrive.

With squeezecenter(program needed to stream throuhout house) installed on my PC i was able to get internet radio and Rhaposody to steam. But i was having problems streaming my Itunes library. At the end of the day i really blame this on my old bogged down PC.

Into the picture comes my newly formatted laptop. I installed the squeezecenter on there. At first I was still having the streaming problem with Itunes. I was able to find the FULL manual on the slimdevices(Logitech) website. After reading through it a quick change in my settings and resestting my Duet painlessly solved my problem. Within seconds i was streaming my 3,000+ itunes music.

My only real gripe with the Duet was it not including the FULL manual, but instead a Quick Setup Guide. I now enjoy listening to music more than ever and plan on converting all my music to FLAC and eventually purchasing a DAC to really get the most out of this unique system. But don't get me wrong the squeezebox sounds pretty good as it stands right now

Absolutelly wonderful. Can listen to MP3's, internet radio, satellite radio and local as well as international radio stations. Will never go back to regular radio systems.

The Logitech Squeezebox Receiver is the third digital music player I've purchased from SlimDevices/Logitech, and all three of them have exceeded my expectations. This particular device is intended to be used along with a Squeezebox Controller, which is the advanced remote control with LCD display that can either be purchased separately or packaged together with this receiver as the "Duet" product. If you already own a Controller, then you can use it to control this stand-alone receiver, allowing you to expand your music library to more rooms in your house without having to pay for a second Controller.

If you do not have a Controller and are not interested in using a fancy LCD remote to browse your digital music library, then you should probably purchase the classic Squeezebox since you will not be able to set up this stand-alone Receiver without the Controller. The Receiver will not auto-configure itself for your network, even if you are using a wired connection. There is an third-party download available, Net-UDAP, which allowed me to bypass the normal configuration process even without a Controller, but at this time I would not recommend that option for most people.

Once configured for the network, my SqueezeCenter software detected the device immediately and I was able to play my digital music library on my home stereo as intended. This device complements my classic Squeezebox so I can have different music playing on two stereos in separate rooms using my digital music library on my home PC. If I had another stereo in the house, I would buy another Squeezebox Receiver to hook up to it. The size of this device is nice and small, allowing you to fit it into a stereo cabinet next to another component if you don't have an extra shelf handy.

Although some folks have been able to set this unit up as a standalone system, its intended use is as an extra "receiver" (speaker driver) for the Squeezebox Duet system, which is a bundle of a Squeezebox Controller and a Squeezebox Receiver. That's the system I have.
Logitech Squeezebox Duet Wi-Fi Internet Radio

Since my original system is working well, I did not want the auxiliary unit to disrupt things. I did want the capability to play different program material in two different rooms, or to synchronize the program stream on occasion.

The SB Receiver works admirably along this line. I removed it from Logitech's elegant package, connected it to sound outputs and power, and watched it configure itself to my WPA2-protected network in about one minute. No sweat! Since network passwords are stored in the SB Controller, I did not have to go through the tiresome routine of entering the password using the vertical scroll-wheel method.

I gave the SB Receiver a new name using the Squeezebox Server software, which at v 7.4.1 is working very well on my ReadyNAS Duo network attached storage device, and all was ready to go.
Netgear ReadyNAS Duo 2-Bay (Diskless) Desktop Network Storage RND2000

The SB Receiver is located in our living room, which is a bit constrained for space. We wanted to put neither the cash nor the space toward a full stereo receiver setup in this room, so we purchased the Z-2300 powered speaker system, also by Logitech.
Logitech Z-2300 THX-Certified 200-Watt 2.1 Speaker System (Silver)

Although this is most often used as a computer speaker system, it is THX-certified, and includes a large (and heavy!) subwoofer control unit. Paired with the SB Receiver, it provides deep and rich sound in our room, and cannot be turned up all the way without hurting our ears! The SB Receiver feeds a clean signal to the speakers using the standard RCA left/right outputs (its twin in the other room is using the digital optical output, and it is hard to distinguish the difference between the two).

The only issue I've so far encountered with adding a second unit is that it complicates the Controller interface just a bit. There is no one-button shortcut to switch between receivers; one scrolls and selects, iPod style. This becomes, again, tedious when performing such operations as synching/desynching receivers. It's more of a Controller issue, though, and does not detract from the performance of the SB Receiver itself, which is responsive and clean.

In truth, this is something that would have barely worked at all five years ago, and it is impressive that a wireless product like this can perform without interruption, and even carry multiple program streams, with so few problems. I recommend it highly.

Fantastic product with a lot of flexibility. Easy hook up and operation along with the remote control.