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 Don't Bother July 28, 2010
Doodlebugdude
After numerous attempts to make the Boombox work on my network, I finally sent it back. Arduous to set up, very slow controls, would not keep the Internet stations connected and finally when the Logitech rep said that they recommended that the radio be hardwired to work correctly I gave up. The technology doesn't match with the sales pitches. I get great sound off my desktop computer with Altec Lansing speakers and get a great signal strength to a computer in my guest house. Don't waste your time or money on this unit.
 Excellent Wi-Fi Radio July 27, 2010
G. Berger (Bellerose, NY USA)
I've had this radio for about a month now and I'm very pleased with it. Some observations:
* I needed to spend a significant amount of time learning the menus on the unit itself and the relationship between the server software and the radio options. It was very confusing at first. Setting up and controlling the radio is easier with the web interface, but now I can do it either way with no problems. There is definitely a learning curve, be prepared to devote an hour or two to understanding and configuring the entire system.
* Connecting to my network was effortless, although keying in the password with the wheel was time-consuming. Thankfully it only needs to be done once.
* Sound quality is excellent and there is almost no distortion when turned up to maximum. It also gets quite loud. It won't fill a ballroom, but should be adequate for any reasonable room size. Just remember that the speakers are small, don't expect it to replace or sound like a full-blown stereo setup.
* The list of stations provided by Logitech is pretty comprehensive, at least for me. I haven't figured out how to add stations that are not in the Logitech list. Supposedly you can add a station by just typing in the URL. Good luck finding the URL. I can't. Let me know if you find out where to get it. However, their selection is pretty good and I've been able to find almost any station I want. Your mileage may vary.
* You can set up multiple alarms and assign each one to specific days, and turn them off and on independently. I'm not aware of any limit on the number of alarms, but I only need two. The alarm will wake you with a backup beep if the network goes down or the power fails, but of course nothing else will work.
* Congratulations on your marriage to Logitech and the internet! If their server or your home network goes down you have no radio, you barely have an alarm. I haven't experienced any issues so far, I'm just noting that it's not a stand-alone unit.
* Unplugging the unit and then plugging it back in does not lose settings in my experience, so I would feel comfortable moving it from room to room.
* While I was uploading some large videos to my web site, I turned on the radio but it could not connect and simply froze, remaining in that state even after the upload had completed. I unplugged it and plugged it in again which resolved the problem, no settings were lost and it simply resumed operation. Just noting this for anyone who also might be doing large uploads.
 Enjoying it immensely, but problems with set up July 25, 2010
Decoski
The set up was frustrating. After setting up my new router and Squeezebox Boom, I immediately got this puzzling "wireless encryption failure" message on the screen which lead me to 3 hours of call time with techs having me type things on the computer and plugging and unplugging the router and modem until they got the thing to work. It works great ever since, except for occasional drop outs which are fixed by simply resetting (unplug/plug in) the router. I have several music stations from sky.fm, which offers excellent audio quality, on my favorites list and have 44 talk radio station presets from radiotime, a preset on the preset button of a Hawaiian music station I found from Shoutcast; excellent audio quality, and other presets of nature sound effects on the other preset buttons I use with the snooze feature before I fall asleep. These are the apps. I use the most, but have tried several of the other apps. I often also listen to Pandora, and have set up my own stations, but the audio quality isn't as good as say sky.fm or Shoutcast. The fun part is all the sampling and finding out what sounds best and what I like to add to my favorites. I listen to talk radio a lot so I'm happy that I can find who I want to listen to when I want to listen to them. I also tried plugging in my ipod to the output cable, but found the audio quality just okay, so I keep it docked in my home theater system in the living room for listening there. I just purchased a subwoofer and will test it out with the Squeezebox Boom just as soon as the 3.5 mm to RCA adapter arrives. The Squeezebox Boom should have this adapter included since subwoofer cables are RCA type, not 3.5 mm. I'm surprised that nobody else has griped about that connection. So, overall I'm liking the sound and features, but unit could have some improvements.
Logitech Squeezebox Boom July 23, 2010
BMW
We 100% pleased with this product. It sounds great and is easy to use. I totally recommend it if you love music.
 Overpriced, buy the squeezebox radio not the boom July 20, 2010
EvilGerman (Seattle WA, USA)
Pros: Generally works well, problem free WiFi install, nicely extensible
Cons: Sound quality of a $50 computer speaker. Awkward navigation (missing the home button I have on my duet). Would be far more useful if it ran on batteries. Price too high for what it does.
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