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
>>>> 
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>> W 6 Z Y P
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