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Logitech Squeezebox Boom All-in-One Wi-Fi Internet Radio
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Logitech Squeezebox Boom all-in-one network music player with integrated speakers. Plug it in. Turn it on. Rock the house! The all-in-one network music player that combines award-winning squeezebox functionality with an integrated amplifier and speakers to deliver your digital music to any room in your home. Enjoy the music and content you love, with crystal clear sound.

• Brand: Logitech
• Model: 930-000054
• Dimensions: 7.16 pounds
• CPU: PowerPC G4 2.1 GHz
• Memory: 2000MB SDRAM
• Hard Disk: 1GB
• Processors: 1

Squeezebox Boom puts endless music from every corner of the globe at your fingertips

If you love digital music, but wish it could be as simple as just turning on the radio, Logitech Squeezebox Boom lets you listen to Internet radio, music services and even your own music files. Just turn it on, pick the station, the artist, the podcast or the playlist and go. It’s a player that’s easy to use, easy to play anywhere in your house. With Logitech Squeezebox you can listen to everything your computer can play – without the computer as a middleman.

		Discover your infinite playlist with Squeezebox Boom: Free Internet Radio If your radio tastes have no geographic limitations, the Logitech Squeezebox Boom lets you listen to music, news and sports from every corner of the internet. Tune into a jazz station from Paris, sports coverage from Chicago, or NPR news. All without being stuck in front of your computer. Listen to thousands of local, international and commercial-free stations, all streamed to Squeezebox Boom from sites such as Last.fm and Live365. Or access music services like Pandora to create and discover playlists of songs and artists that sound similar to the ones you already love. And with Logitech's free online service, mysqueezebox.com, you can access all the Internet radio stations and online music services even when your computer is turned off. Your Personal Music Collection Stream songs stored on your PC or Mac through the Squeezebox Boom in your kitchen, bedroom or any room in your house. You won't have to run wires or bring your computer to another room to listen to the songs you love. With the handheld remote and onboard display, your favorite tunes—and millions of new ones—are at your fingertips.
		Easily stream Internet stations and your music files over your wireless network to a SqueezeBox Boom in any room.

Awards and Accolades

CNET Editors' Choice September 2008 "...we found the Logitech Squeezebox Boom to be the best overall Wi-Fi radio we've used to date, and well worth its $300 price tag. This should be at the top of the list for nearly anyone who's looking for an all-in-one digital audio player." BEST Electronic Design December 2008 CES Innovations 2009 January 2009

Key Features

You want a small audio system for your kitchen. But you also want that big sound experience. Why settle for one or the other? Squeezebox Boom's breakthrough acoustic design fills any room with music so powerful and richly detailed you'll think you're listening to a much bigger system. And seperate tweeters and mid-range speakers with Stereo XL technology widen the soundstage, so you hear every note and nuance.

No Internet addresses to enter or passwords to remember. Turn on Squeezebox Boom and Logitech's free online music network connects you to a world of Internet radio stations, plus popular music services like Pandora and Rhapsody. Browse and play stations by category like classical music, news or sports. Then store your favorites so you can tune in again anytime at the touch of a button.

Bring the music you love to any room—without having to run a single wire. Squeezebox Boom works wirelessly with your home network. Just turn it on and you're ready to rock. And since it's only a little bigger than a clock radio, you can have all your favorite music and Internet stations close at hand without taking up a lot of valuable dresser or counter space.

With the easy-to-read aqua-blue display and one-touch control buttons, it's a snap to browse stations, navigate song lists and create unique playlists from your music collection. Better still, the wireless remote control lets you do it all from anywhere in the room. You'll also enjoy 6 convenient pre-set buttons—play your favorite stations or playlists with one touch.

Want to listen to your iPod tunes in any room? Easy. Your SqueezeBox Boom comes complete with a cord and built-in jack for your iPod or other MP3 player. Just plug it in and you're ready to rock.

Wake up to a blast of classic rock. Or ease in to your day with soothing nature sounds. SqueezeBox Boom lets you wake up to the music you want, when you want—even if it's a different station, playlist or wake-up time every day of the week. And don't worry about a display light keeping you awake at night. Logitech's auto-dimming display automatically adjusts to the light in your room. So it's never too bright or too dim.

Want to play the same Latin station from Rio throughout the house? Or are you in the mood to mix it up with a different playlist in every room? Simple. Just add Squeezebox radios to any rooms you want to fill with music. You can play them independently or (to quote Sting) all together in perfect synchronicity. (Whole home control requires Squeezebox Controller)

Which Squeezebox Wi-Fi Internet Radio is right for you?

	Includes integrated speakers	For use with your home stereo
	Squeezebox Boom	Squeezebox Duet	Squeezebox Classic
Highlight	All-in-one player with integrated speakers	Player, plus remote control of all your digital music	Most affordable way to get started with Squeezebox
Great for	Bedroom, kitchen or any room that has no audio system	Family room home theater system	Home stereo system
Control	On-board controls and single-room infrared remote	Color remote with 2.4" display. Walk from room to room browsing with color display and scroll wheel.	Infrared single-room remote
Special Features	Built-in 30-watt digital amplifier 7-day alarm with battery backup Auto-dimming display	Intuitive hand-held color remote 2.4" color display Recharging stand	Bright, intuitive interface

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What's In The Box?

Package Contents Squeezebox Boom Wi-Fi Internet Radio AC adapter Wireless infrared remote with battery Line-in cord for most iPod and other MP3 players with standard 3.5 mm jack Quick-start guide 2-year limited hardware warranty

The Best Streaming/Internet Radio
I am a radio nut (going back to the tube days)and the Squeezebox Boom is my third internet radio. I have a Roku Soundbridge R1000 and Sangean WFR-20 as well. All have their strengths, but the Squeezebox Boom is without a doubt a significant step up; it sets a new high standard in performance, capabilities, and ease of operation.

For wireless streaming of your music collection from a PC or Mac, the Boom is best. It can handle more formats (nearly anything except DRM protected iTunes files) and works well without crashes or delays. In this the Roku is #2, and the Sangean ranks 3rd(crashes and stutters a lot).

For internet radio, they all work well. The Sangean is the only one that natively handles RealAudio Streams (like BBC) but has problems with clear channel stations. All of them pick up the stations I want without problems, so I rate this a tie.

If you want to interface with online music services like Rhapsody/Pandora/ MP3Locker etc, the Boom works great, with far more capacity than the other two. The Slimdevices/Squeezebox folks also update and improve their software far more frequently than the other two, so I expect it to remain in the lead in features and available services.

In sound quality, the Roku and Boom are both outstanding, with the Sangean good, but clearly a step lower. The Roku's subwoofer seems to go a bit deeper in my room, but the Boom is perhaps a bit more smooth and musical. The Boom uses the same woofers and tweeters as the highly rated Logitech Z-10, but with better bass (because of a larger cabinet and new amp/equalizer circuitry). They both sound absolutely great and play quite loud.

Ease of initial setup: If you are starting from scratch, I think the Sangean is the easiest to set up, if you do NOT want to stream audio from your PC...that is a real hassle. Both the Boom and Roku require a bit more work.

Ease of Use AFTER set up: Boom is best BY FAR. Not only do the menus make real sense, but the illuminated controls make it the only radio you can use easily without turning on the lights. The big control knob and back lit function buttons get you through all of the functions fast.

As a Clock Radio, the Boom has more options than the others, and the display has a huge adjustment range so it will not disturb light sleepers.

All of these radios are a lot of fun. The Boom does most, and does it best.

Amazing sound from such a small box
I was intrigued by the idea of a network media player that had built in speakers etc, but I was completely put off by the size of the player. For those of you that don't know, the Boom is heavily marketed to be a bedside type unit (also kitchen wall/cabinet mounted). While shopping I thought I would prefer something with a little more heft at the cost of better sound, so I pretty well discounted the Boom and was looking at Audioengine and other options for powered speakers.

During my research I ended up coming across the Squeezebox Boom Whitepaper (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/uploads/a/ad/Logitech_Squeezebox_Boom_Audio_Design.pdf) and read through that. It went into a lot of detail regarding the amount of time that Logitech/Slim put into the audio output portion of the box. I also found reviews that in double blind testing the Boom was besting a lot of similar sized boxes that are more expensive and lacked network connectivity. I decided it was worth a shot.

Once I got home and go my Boom all opened up I plugged it in and was up and running in 2-3 minutes (I already have a wifi network setup with a Duet and receivers, so software etc.... had been pre-installed). I started with the Boom in our master bathroom. It was EXCEPTIONAL at filling a pretty large room (about 20x9 with 15' vaulted ceilings) I then played with it in spare bedrooms and the master bedroom. All sounded great.

Even though I usually don't need it I decided to set up some alarms to wake to. I don't leave my squeezecenter on, so I set the boom to wake up to Pandora over squeezenetwork. This took a little bit of fiddling, but once I figured out that you need to add a channel as a favorite it worked perfectly. That night I was a little bothered by the brightness of the screen, so I turned it away from the bed. However, the next morning I awoke to a sweet crescendo of Nelly :)

About the bright screen - There is already a bug report/feature request to change the behavior of the auto-dimming. Apparently people complained that it was auto-dimming too dark during beta, so when they changed it they went a little too high, and now it isn't dimming enough in certain situations. The fix is likely to be an adjustable low level that the screen dims to. In the meantime I simply overrode the brightness to a level that is acceptable at night.

Overall I must say I am more than impressed with the Boom, especially for the price. I am already thinking about adding one to the baby's room so that I have a stereo in there I can remotely control from my Duet/PC to play soothing music while still being able to listen to my tunes when I have to wake up with her.

If you are looking for a small network music player that you can move to the various rooms of the house then the Boom is definitely worth looking into...Now, don't expect room filling sound in a 50x50 banquet hall, but for bedrooms etc... it is pretty awesome.

Pros and Cons are many
Was looking for a device that I could stream music to my back yard for parties and what not. I found the Boom shortly after it came out and figured it might be what I was looking for. I admit I was waiting for a bit of a price drop however. I managed to get one from AmEx Wishlist at a huge discount (about 50% off internet price) so I bit.

After playing with it a bit I have some pros and cons to share:

Pros:
1) It plays just about anything you can throw at it including almost all audio file formats, streams, and even RSS feeds. Fairly effortlessly I might add.

2) Small and quite portable, even at nearly 8lb. Yet it feels solid and quality built.

3) Can stream internet radio without attaching to a PC, but there is a con to this too, see below.

4) Open Source development. I found a decent community of support for this device and its stable mates. I was hoping for Squeeze Player on XBMC and Squeeze Center on DD-WRT, but apparently people who buy these prefer to run it on QNAP or other NAS devices which are considerably more expensive and challenging to configure. But being open source it just takes one dev to make dreams into reality.

5) Built in support for some of the most widely used internet audio sources including iTunes, Rhapsody, Pandora, Last.FM, Live365, Sirius, etc. Unfortunately the vast majority of these are NOT free services, but they do provide 30 day trials.

6) Web control is very cool and allows you to fully control the device from your web browser, even on your internet enabled phone. I like this even better than the built in IR remote and it is more functional to boot.

Cons:
1) No battery operation, decreases portability. Would be nice if it had a built in rechargeable battery, even if it only allowed 2 hours of use. As is it always needs a plug and a huge wall-wort.

2) No usb port to attach external storage. Would be amazing to plug in a flash/external HDD drive, mp3 player, and have access to any music on it.

3) No iPod dock. I am NO Apple fan but we do own one iPod Nano as do most people that this device appeals to. It would have been worth the licensing fee for this convenience and to be able to control the ipod directly from the Boom. As is you plug mp3 players in via their headphone jack which just converts the Boom into amplified speakers, hardly the intent of this this amazing device.

4) No handle to carry it around, I plan to port it around and it is small enough to carry, but a handle of some sort would have been nice. Couple that with the battery mentioned above and really becomes a "BOOM" box.

5) Price too high. At retail I feel that it is probably twice as expensive as it should be. For 150 it's almost a no brainer, at 300 I decided to wait for a better deal. IMHO this is not an audiophile device, but it carries an audiophile price tag. Probably because there is little competition in this space.

6) Boom REALLY wants to connect to a SqueezeCenter on your PC/Mac. First issue is that I don't want to keep my PC on 24/7 so this device can access it. Second issue, it was challenging to bypass connecting to my powered off SqueezeCenter the first couple tries even after having already configured the PC and the Boom correctly. You can go direct to Internet Radio via the Wi-Fi connection, but not without some fuss from the device trying to link to the PC first.

As many mentioned the device is great at what it does, and it does an awful lot. However you pretty much need to have a geek-level of 8+ to even consider this device, it is NOT user friendly in any way and pretty much requires a LOT of external devices (wifi, PC, audio storage) and configuration tweaking (internet radio, SqueezeCenter, music catalog) to maximize its potential.