Darko Audio's recent video tribute to the Squeezebox (GOAT)

[Apesbrain]

Is Roon really that good?

It's not $700 better than "Roon Lite": LMS + Material Skin + Music And Artist Information.

[d6jg]

It's not $700 better than "Roon Lite": LMS + Material Skin + Music And Artist Information.

My thinking entirely

[cfuttrup]

Haha... and it doesn't stop there - thanks to an amazing response to the above video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPwLSb4vzJU

Congrats!

I agree with John Darko that 'Random Album' is a GREAT feature of the system.

Sorry to say, I also wasn't blown away with the quality of the sound from the Duet. On my website, in 2009, I wrote "The Squeezebox Duet is not a real Hi-Fi piece of equipment. I may be a bit sharp here, since probably 80 % of the population (the average consumer) can live with it the way it is. The Duet combo is a low-cost lifestyle piece of equipment, and I guess that's where the money is for Logitech."

With kind regards,
Claus

[philippe_44]

Congrats!

I agree with John Darko that 'Random Album' is a GREAT feature of the system.

Sorry to say, I also wasn't blown away with the quality of the sound from the Duet. On my website, in 2009, I wrote "The Squeezebox Duet is not a real Hi-Fi piece of equipment. I may be a bit sharp here, since probably 80 % of the population (the average consumer) can live with it the way it is. The Duet combo is a low-cost lifestyle piece of equipment, and I guess that's where the money is for Logitech."

With kind regards,
Claus

But you have to give credit to the remote part of the duet. I think it was absolutely amazing for it’s time

[kidstypike]

But you have to give credit to the remote part of the duet. I think it was absolutely amazing for it’s time

Ha!

The Duet was the only Squeezebox that I bought and sold on shortly after.

The remote I couldn't get to grips with. Don't get me wrong, it was an amazing design, great to look at, but trying to use it! The main problem was the wheel's sensitivity, I'd select a menu and go for the centre button to enter it, but the selection would move and I'd end up entering a menu I didn't want, back out of that menu and forget exactly what it was I was trying to do in the first place!

Or maybe it was just me?

[slartibartfast]

Ha!

The Duet was the only Squeezebox that I bought and sold on shortly after.

The remote I couldn't get to grips with. Don't get me wrong, it was an amazing design, great to look at, but trying to use it! The main problem was the wheel's sensitivity, I'd select a menu and go for the centre button to enter it, but the selection would move and I'd end up entering a menu I didn't want, back out of that menu and forget exactly what it was I was trying to do in the first place!

Or maybe it was just me?

The worst part of the controller was entering WiFi passwords and search terms. Painful...

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[philippe_44]

But at the time, wasn’t it a gigantic leap in term of ease of use to navigate a library? I found it fantastic

[slartibartfast]

But at the time, wasn’t it a gigantic leap in term of ease of use to navigate a library? I found it fantastic

Before smart phones it was definitely the best way to control Squeezeboxes. I still have mine on a side table ready for use. At the time it seemed like I was always having to reset both the controller and the receiver because the receiver had lost contact with the server for some reason. Those were the days when I was using a Windows PC and Wake On Lan and probably hadn't reserved an IP address for the server on the router so I might have better luck now with a Pi server. I should retrieve the receiver from the loft and try it again sometime.

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[Greg Erskine]

Congrats!

Sorry to say, I also wasn't blown away with the quality of the sound from the Duet. On my website, in 2009, I wrote "The Squeezebox Duet is not a real Hi-Fi piece of equipment. I may be a bit sharp here, since probably 80 % of the population (the average consumer) can live with it the way it is. The Duet combo is a low-cost lifestyle piece of equipment, and I guess that's where the money is for Logitech."

With kind regards,
Claus

I tend to agree. I used my Duet once!

One of my mates connected my Controller up as a player, it sounded a lot better, probably as good as the Touch.

I still use the Controller as one of my control devices.

[d6jg]

I never had a Duet. I started off in 2008 with an SB3 and relatively quickly discovered iPeng so never needed one.

[mark wollschlager]

Nice show, true to the end.
I have 2 duets and one additional receiver.
No problems other than the power supplies for the receiver.
Did replace the batteries in the duet remotes, but otherwise awesome.

[Fahzz]

Never had a touch. I went for the Duet as an upgrade from a classic, and had frequent wireless issues, but the killer was a hardware failure with the remote charger. I like that Darko emphasizes the software and the community as a big part of his GOAT award.

[garym]

never really liked my duet. Eventually gave it away to someone on this forum. but I still use two different duet controllers to this day (easy for my wife) and I have a 3rd new one in a box somewhere as a backup.

[Paul Webster]

My Controller is starting to play up - I suspect the battery is coming towards end of its life.
It gets used most days to control a SqueezeAMP in the kitchen which is also controlled by 2 Jogglers (at opposite ends of the room).

SB2 used every morning and many evenings - screen still good but I think that is because I have screensaver set to blank it after 30 seconds, even when playing.

Openpeak2 (Joggler in a bigger case and with 2 front facing speakers) sits in the bathroom and is used every day.

Joggler on my desk, connected by USB to a Behringer mixer and then to HiFi Amp is probably the most used.

I just put LMS on an old RPi1 to ship to a family member who currently uses a Squeezebox Radio with MySqueezebox. The LMS is to keep him running when BBC switches of Shoutcast streams next year ... hopefully they will not kill off opensource use of BBC Sounds API at the same time.

Another family member is waiting for their shipping container to arrive having just changed country ... in it is their LMS on a RPi, Joggler and 2 AirPlay devices they they were using in UK ... A new SqueezeAMP from the next batch is destined for them to add to their set as they have more rooms in their new place.

Grandson has a Joggler in his bedroom that connects to LMS on an old RPi 1 powered by USB socket on their router. They gave me back their SB2 (that was connected to a DJ mixing desk) because it stopped working ... turns out it was just the power supply that was faulty so it will be making the return trip soon with a replacement power brick.

Another family member has another of my my old RPi with original IQaudio HAT plus 3 Jogglers - one with USB connection to good small B&W speakers and another to a mini HiFi and another in a bedroom using the built-in speaker.

I love it.

Edit:
PS - I forgot to mention the other ones that are in place but not used much ... 2 SB Radios plus another SqueezeAMP (used when the ironing has to be done).

[d6jg]

My Controller is starting to play up - I suspect the battery is coming towards end of its life.
It gets used most days to control a SqueezeAMP in the kitchen which is also controlled by 2 Jogglers (at opposite ends of the room).

SB2 used every morning and many evenings - screen still good but I think that is because I have screensaver set to blank it after 30 seconds, even when playing.

Openpeak2 (Joggler in a bigger case and with 2 front facing speakers) sits in the bathroom and is used every day.

Joggler on my desk, connected by USB to a Behringer mixer and then to HiFi Amp is probably the most used.

I just put LMS on an old RPi1 to ship to a family member who currently uses a Squeezebox Radio with MySqueezebox. The LMS is to keep him running when BBC switches of Shoutcast streams next year ... hopefully they will not kill off opensource use of BBC Sounds API at the same time.

Another family member is waiting for their shipping container to arrive having just changed country ... in it is their LMS on a RPi, Joggler and 2 AirPlay devices they they were using in UK ... A new SqueezeAMP from the next batch is destined for them to add to their set as they have more rooms in their new place.

Grandson has a Joggler in his bedroom that connects to LMS on an old RPi 1 powered by USB socket on their router. They gave me back their SB2 (that was connected to a DJ mixing desk) because it stopped working ... turns out it was just the power supply that was faulty so it will be making the return trip soon with a replacement power brick.

Another family member has another of my my old RPi with original IQaudio HAT plus 3 Jogglers - one with USB connection to good small B&W speakers and another to a mini HiFi and another in a bedroom using the built-in speaker.

I love it.

Edit:
PS - I forgot to mention the other ones that are in place but not used much ... 2 SB Radios plus another SqueezeAMP (used when the ironing has to be done).

Great stuff!

I use Jogglers but only as Now Playing / Control devices except one which bizarrely is connected to a Behringer mixer! Said mixer is also connected to a Trio KD1033B turntable (70’s) and also to my main PC.