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Logitech Squeezebox Duet

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Listen to the music you love in any room in your home with the Logitech Squeezebox Duet. Browse and play songs from your personal collection, online music services, and Internet radio. Enjoy crystal clear, CD-quality audio in your home theater, the stereo in your bedroom, the mini system in the kitchen — anywhere you have audio gear.

Play all of your music from the palm of your hand
The multi-room controller with 2.4-inch color display makes it easy to browse playlists, albums, artists, and more. Even search by name. Convenient scroll wheel, simple menus, and intuitive buttons make navigation a breeze. You can also use the controller with the entire Squeezebox family - Squeezebox Boom, Squeezebox Duet, Squeezebox Classic, and Transporter® - from anywhere in the home.

Experience incredible sound quality
Expert engineering and sophisticated audio rendering technology provide sound clarity to please even the most demanding audiophile.

Enjoy a hassle-free, wireless setup
Advanced 802.11g wireless technology eliminates the need to string wires everywhere just to listen to the music from your computer. And setting up an additional room is simple as pushing a button — even on secure networks.

Listen even when your computer is off
Access millions of songs, thousands of Internet radio stations, and music service providers such as Pandora® , Rhapsody® , SIRIUS and Slacker® , without ever turning on your computer using SqueezeNetwork™, our unique Internet service. Even your personal music collection can be stored online in an MP3tunes music locker and played through your Squeezebox.

Music everywhere
Connect the Squeezebox Receiver to your stereo or powered speakers and create a musical oasis. Add additional Squeezebox Receivers and listen to a different song in each room, or synchronize them and hear the same music everywhere.

Specifications & Features

Audio outputs

Digital and analog outputs
All RCA connectors are gold-plated
Volume control is provided for all outputs
Multiple outputs may be used at the same time

Analog RCA outputs

High fidelity Wolfson® 24-bit DAC
Two dedicated linear power regulators for DAC and line-out stages
4.8Vpp line-level outputs
Signal-to-noise ratio: over 90dB
Total harmonic distortion (THD+N): less than -88dB (0.004%)

Digital S/PDIF outputs

Optical and coax digital connections
Dedicated high-precision crystal oscillators (no PLL, no resampling)
Standard IEC-958 (S/PDIF) encoding
Optical connector: TOSLINK 660nm
Coax connector: RCA, 500mVpp into 75 ohms
Sample rates: 44.1Khz, 48Khz
Audio format: linear PCM, 16 or 24 bits per sample
Intrinsic jitter: less than 50ps (standard deviation)

Audio formats

Lossless Formats (Apple Lossless, FLAC, WMA Lossless)
- "Bit-perfect" CD audio streaming, with reduced storage and bandwidth usage
- Approximately 2:1 compression ratio
Uncompressed formats (AIFF, WAV, PCM)
- Supports raw pass-through of uncompressed PCM audio formats
- Digital passthrough to S/PDIF for DTS
Compressed formats (MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP2, MusePack, WMA)
- MPEG decoding uses MAD software, widely regarded as the most accurate, most compatible MP3 decoder
- Supports all MP3 data rates and sample rates, including VBR
- May be streamed in PCM (raw), MP3 (transcoded), or FLAC (transcoded) formats
Sound Check and Replay Gain support for automatic volume control
Some formats may require additional software installation (e.g. QuickTime), depending on platform

Internet Radio

"Always-on" Internet Radio, powered by SqueezeNetwork, lets you tune in to Internet Radio streams even when the home PC is switched off
Quick selection from hundreds of Internet Radio streams offered by Logitech's partners
Internet Radio favorites can be saved in a playlist for easy access
Displays song title information during playback
Support for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and WMA formatted Internet Radio streams

Squeezebox Controller Architecture

Samsung 200 MHz ARM processor
64 MB NAND programmable flash
64 MB high-speed RAM
3-axis accelerometer tilt sensor
Removable 1250 mAh Li-ion rechargeable battery

Firmware

Flash upgradeable firmware
Network settings are stored in non-volatile memory
Easy setup for wireless networks

Squeezebox Receiver Architecture

250 MHz 8-way multithreaded RISC processor
"Pure software" SlimDSP™ architecture
Field-upgradeable Xilinx CPLD
64Mb high-speed RAM
16Mb NAND programmable flash
Low-power design, all solid-state, fanless

Wireless Interface (Squeezebox Receiver and Controller)

True 802.11g wireless networking
No wireless router required - Squeezebox Controller wirelessly connects to ethernet networks through Squeezebox Receiver
Throughput up to 54Mbps, high speed PCI interface to radio module
Dual antennas for improved range and throughput (Squeezebox Receiver)
Supports all 802.11b and 802.11g access points
Automatically detects available networks for quick setup
Supports both WPA Personal, WPA2-AES and 64/128-bit WEP encryption

Ethernet Interface (Squeezebox Receiver)