Yep, the one he is talking about is the Duet. On Apr 26, 2012, at 9:44 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
> I don't know why I bother sometimes <smile>, I explained the different models > of Squeezebox in my review, the "Boom" was the type I demonstrated, looks > like a boombox. > > The "Duet" is a hi-fi tuner model with a colour screen remote control. > > The "Touch" is a system using a touch screen with SD card slot and USB socket. > > As far as I know they're the only 3 model of Squeezebox system available but > none! are selling for $500.00, the Duet" may come close and perhaps that's > the model you're thinking of. > > Whatever model you select you can control them in at least 2 of the 3 ways I > described, the "Touch" obviously can't be easily controlled from its own > control panel but you can control it from the your Squeezebox account or from > an external app say for an IOS or Android device, from the Squeezebox Server > application etc. > > > On 27/04/2012, at 11:39 AM, Bud Schwab wrote: > >> They had smaller ones there but they didn't call them Boom. Their $500 >> boombox sounded quite large, more like the old boomboxes the kids had. They >> had a Squeezebox there that wasn't called a Boom that was around $150. >> Maybe that's the one you were reviewing. >> >> Bud >> >> At 06:18 PM 4/26/2012, you wrote: >>> Hang on, they're certainly not worth $500.00 so you must be getting the >>> Squeezebox you saw on Amazon confused with something else, perhaps another >>> Squeezebox model for example? >>> >>> As I said in the review, I only paid $200.00 for my Squeezebox Boom and >>> that's about what everyone else I know has paid, some have paid nearly >>> $300.00 but certainly not $500.00. >>> >>> >>> On 27/04/2012, at 10:58 AM, Bud Schwab wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Gang, >>>> >>>> I'm looking for a webradio and read the article that Dane has written >>>> about the squeezebox boom and it sounds great. However I see it on Amazon >>>> at $500 which I can't afford. I also noticed one there called Grace which >>>> sounds pretty good for about $170. Has anybody tried one of these things >>>> and how successful was it as far as blind friendly. I currently have a >>>> Sanyo W227 which is a great radio but not at all accessible except for >>>> the eight presets. >>>> >>>> I would appreciate any feedback on the Grace or any other in that price >>>> range. >>>> Thanks so much. >>>> >>>> >>>> Bud Schwab >>>> W 6 Z Y P >>>> Malibu, California >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> Bud Schwab >> W 6 Z Y P >> Malibu, California >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
