Squeezebox RIP?

rblnr · Aug 29, 2012

It's been removed from Logitech's site and haven't heard anything about a replacement in the pipeline. This is a loss, I think it's one of the best values in all of audio and I'm not convinced anything betters it SQ-wise as a streaming device. It listed for $299. Looks like Logitech is focusing on BT/Airplay speakers and so forth.

Sonos is the obvious alternative but tops out at 16/44.1 on its digital output and lacks the occasionally handy touchscreen.

amirm · Aug 29, 2012

A big problem with Sonos is that is a closed device so integrating it and controlling it with other devices is very difficult. For this reason a ton of Squeezeboxes are used in custom home integration business.

carolkoh · Aug 29, 2012

rblnr said:
It's been removed from Logitech's site and haven't heard anything about a replacement in the pipeline. This is a loss, I think it's one of the best values in all of audio and I'm not convinced anything betters it SQ-wise as a streaming device. It listed for $299. Looks like Logitech is focusing on BT/Airplay speakers and so forth.
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Really? Booo! Another really nice product by a little fish swallowed by a big fish then cancelled.

*checks Ebay*

rblnr · Aug 29, 2012

Yep, and after buying it and developing a new product or two, they barely marketed it.

Amir, there are some drivers for Sonos for Control4, but they come from a third party developer.

Jay_S · Aug 29, 2012

amirm said:
A big problem with Sonos is that is a closed device so integrating it and controlling it with other devices is very difficult. For this reason a ton of Squeezeboxes are used in custom home integration business.

It's closed compared to Squeezebox but Sonos can be controlled by many non-AV devices. At my home we use an android phone, android tablet, Macbook Pro, PC, Ipad, and Ipod touch as Sonos controllers.

trponhunter · Aug 29, 2012

Amir is right = sonos cannot be controlled by crestron and savant, and you need a 3rd party app to control it from control4

FrantzM · Aug 29, 2012

Biggest problem to me with Sonos is their refusal to be controlled by IR and IP... So once you introduce in a system you have to fight to control it with what works for all the other equipment... Never tried Squeezebox .. TOo bad

R Johnson · Aug 30, 2012

As a very happy Squeezebox Touch owner, this is very disappointing news.

Here's a thread with hard information: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?96188-New-Squeezebox-Radio

R Johnson · Sep 5, 2012

I just bought a tablet -- the Nexus 7 -- and downloaded an App to control my Squeezebox Touch system. Very nice to browse the music collection from the listening position. Hard to believe that such a nice system seems not to have achieved sufficient market "success".

michael123 · Sep 8, 2012

I was preparing myself to Squeezebox departure for couple of years..

I have Transporter that was heavily upgraded (power supply and regulators, clocks).. that sounds very close to EMM XD S1 ;-) now
Apart from being limited to 96/24 (everything else is downsampled by half), the sound is pretty good.. I had PerfectWave DAC and Weiss202 on my system, and while the latter sounded better on the redbook sources, using high-rez was more or less on the same level..

Anyway, in a couple of years hopefully Weiss MAN301 will take its place..

rblnr · Sep 8, 2012

IPeng became an increasingly good control app for iDevices. The iPad made it easy to look up all kinds of info on the album and artist. Did hear about a company looking to repurpose the SB/LMS software into other hardware though.

michael123 · Sep 8, 2012

VortexBox.

See Sonore, SOTM

they also support 192/24

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