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October 2009
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The editors liked
Clean
Simple design
Modest but solid sound quality
World's best alarm clock?
Easy to set up and use
Handles local music and Internet music sources
Improved user interface (over Squeeze Boom)
Access to web content as well as music on your PC
Easy to use
Inexpensive
Can be controlled with an Apple/Android app
Solid sound quality
Decent sound for the size
Endless audio options
As well as access to Facebook
Insanely easy setup process
Can be synchronized with any Squeezebox or Transporter for wholehouse music
Builtin WiFi
Easy to set up and easy to operate
Allows you to stream free and paid channel audio wirelessly over your home WiFi network
The 2.4″ color screen displays album art
Flickr or Facebook photos
Your Facebook news stream
Or other items
The Squeezebox Rad
The 2.4" color screen displays album art
The Squeezebox Radio is solidly built
Looks great and sounds great
Too
Clear screen presents legible text and album graphics. Portable shape lets you easily move it between rooms. Audio input and headphone jack. Sounds good for its size.
Color LCD. Easy to operate. Streams Internet radio and Web music services like Pandora and Slacker along with music from your PC. Incorporates apps like Facebook and the Amazon CD Store.
Excellent software both on the device and for streaming
High build quality
Good variety of Internet radio stations loaded at start up
Wi-Fi radio with built-in speaker and color LCD display
Stylish exterior design and outstanding button placement on front panel
Can access thousands of freely available Internet radio stations
Streams tons of online music services (Pandora
Last.fm
...
Easy setup
Nice Screen
Compact
Great programmable alarm
Color display
Strong integration with online services
Robust server software
Compact and portable
Good sound
Fabulous price/performance ratio
Simple to setup
Sharp Color display
Numerous online music services
Large selection of Internet radio options
Portable all-in-one design
Good sound for its size
Support for a wide variety of audio formats
Access to streaming online content.
The editors didn't like
Battery pack should be included
Slow startup
No remote control
No tone control
No remote included
Setup can be tedious
Sound quality could be better
Some connectivity issues
Mono only
No remote
No artwork/control for iPod content
Somewhat bizarre musical sounds & sound effects
No ability to comment on Facebook
It would be great if there were a way to change the colors or otherwise jazz up the boring black & white clock screen
No way to customize clock display
Handheld remote not included
Can't pool libraries together
Causing needless confusion. Preset buttons are tied to individual libraries. Requires you to keep a Mac running for local files because it can't play directly from a network server. Many buttons are rarely used.
Set-up can be a hassle. Streaming and buffering issues over Wi-Fi. Weak sound quality. Remote not included.
No removable storage support
Remote and battery pack cost extra
Slightly more expensive than competing radios
Setup could scare off tech novices
Not a perfect alarm clock
Doesn't sound quite as good as the Squeezebox Boom
Some stability issues.
Mono sound
Lacks stereo speakers
Remote control costs extra
Uses an 802.11g Wi-Fi radio
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Mono
Lack of included remote
Does not include rechargeable batteries
Uses 802.11G for wireless
Navigation and text entry can be tedious
Control limited without expensive remote or third-party iPhone app
Switching to Web-based control requires manual setting changes.
Color LCD. Easy to operate. Streams Internet radio and Web music services like Pandora and Slacker along with music from your PC. Incorporates apps like Facebook and the Amazon CD Store.
Set-up can be a hassle. Streaming and buffering issues over Wi-Fi. Weak sound quality. Remote not included.
Logitech's wireless-audio-streaming devices keep getting better, but the Squeezebox Radio, with so-so sound quality and some connectivity and set-up issues, is not the star of the Squeezebox line....
Decent sound for the size, Endless audio options, as well as access to Facebook, Insanely easy setup process, Can be synchronized with any Squeezebox or Transporter for wholehouse music, Builtin WiFi
No remote, No artwork/control for iPod content, Somewhat bizarre musical sounds & sound effects, No ability to comment on Facebook
You may not be able to put a price on endless musical options from around the globe, or around your house, but we can. For $199, the Squeezebox Radio seems just right. System Requirements256MB RAM or 80MB available hard disk space Ethernet or 802.11b/...
Color display, Strong integration with online services, Robust server software, Compact and portable, Good sound, Fabulous price/performance ratio,
Lacks stereo speakers, Remote control costs extra, Uses an 802.11g Wi-Fi radio, *
The Squeezebox Radio joins a long list of fabulous audio-streaming devices to emerge from Logitech’s labs, and all of them can be used together to assemble a very economical multi-room music system (although the Sonos Digital Music System remains ou...
Easy setup, Nice Screen, Compact, Great programmable alarm
Mono sound
The Logitech Squeezebox Radio is a very nice Internet radio device for the causal user. Hardcore music fans will want to get a device with dual speakers for stereo sound. Overall, the Logitech Squeezebox Radio performs well and is a great alarm clock o...
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Published: 2009-10-12, Author: Matthew , review by: cnet.com
Wi-Fi radio with built-in speaker and color LCD display; stylish exterior design and outstanding button placement on front panel; can access thousands of freely available Internet radio stations; streams tons of online music services (Pandora, Last.fm,...
Remote and battery pack cost extra; slightly more expensive than competing radios; setup could scare off tech novices; not a perfect alarm clock; doesn't sound quite as good as the Squeezebox Boom; some stability issues.
The Logitech Squeezebox Radio has an exceptional design, an unmatched variety of streaming music services, and solid sonics, making it the top value pick for Wi-Fi radios. Read full review See all prices
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