Squeezebox 3 by Slim Devices - Logitech

This is the new ALL BLACK Squeezebox 3 model and would be fantastic with the Audioengine 5 speakers.

Imagine having your entire music collection - and live radio - all around your house. And what about if you could listen to something different in each room, completely independantly to the other rooms, or maybe synchronise some rooms together but only those you want to. Well, with the Slim Devices Squeezebox 3, this is exactly what you can do.

Lie in the bath listening to Mozart while the kids have Mcfly in their bedroom, and Coldplay is playing downstairs in both the lounge and the kitchen. This really is a breeze with the Squeezebox. Just buy one Squeezebox 3 for each location, connect it to some speakers with an amp and you’re done. And if you go for the wireless version you don’t even need to run cables around your house.

You put your music collection onto your PC or Mac, install the Slim Server software which is a free download from the Slim Devices website, and make sure the Squeezeboxes are connected either by network cable or a wireless access point or router.

And if you are on broadband you can listen to thousands of internet radio stations too - even the BBC broadcasts when you add a free plugin for the Squeezebox.

Each Squeezebox 3 has it’s own remote control and superb display so you don’t need to access your PC at all. But if you do want to then you can control all the units from your web browser. Choose which Squeezebox 3 you want to control and voila, start playing your choice of music on that unit without even going to where it is. This really is the best way of playing your music collection in luxury.

And if you don’t like the idea of leaving your PC or Mac on 24/7 then you can go for a Qnap box which is Slim Server and massive hard disk in one silent unit.

Enjoy superior sound quality-Squeezebox 3 features a high fidelity 24-bit Burr-Brown DAC, legendary in the audiophile community for their clean output and ultra-low distortion characteristics. Digital optical, coax, and analog connectors can plug into any home theater, stereo or amplified speakers.

Locate Squeezebox players far and wide-With built-in support for true 802.11g and advanced lossless compression technologies, you can locate your Squeezebox 3 up to three times further from your wireless access point. Also, Squeezebox 3 can serve as a wireless bridge, allowing other network-ready devices to connect through its ethernet port.

Squeezebox 3 is easy to use and set up-It takes just a few minutes to install: simply load SlimServer, our powerful and free Open Source software, onto your computer and connect the player to your network. Squeezebox automatically configures itself and is ready to use.

Listen to more audio formats-With support for MP3, WMA, FLAC, AAC, WAV, and Ogg Vorbis, Squeezebox 3 handles all of today’s leading and emerging formats without sacrificing audio quality. With built-in support for lossless compression technology (FLAC) and "pure software" SlimDSP architecture, your hardware investment is protected against technical obsolescence.

Synchronize music to more rooms-Broadcast the same music or independent streams to 2, 10 or even 20 rooms by adding Squeezebox players to stereos in each location.

Animate your music-Squeezebox 3 displays animations that move to the beat of your music. The bright and easy-to-read vacuum fluorescent display lets you see your music, not just hear it.

Find Songs Faster-Browse and search 100,000 song libraries in seconds to find the perfect song for the perfect moment. Squeezebox’s user-friendly interface allows you to browse quickly through your whole music collection via custom remote controls or a web browser.

Squeezebox enables you to rediscover your hidden gems-Create instant music mixes using built-in support for third-party tools, including MusicMagic and Moodlogic.

What’s included:

Squeezebox Network Music Player
AC Power adaptor (appropriate plug by region)
User’s manual
SlimServer software (requires download)
Custom infrared remote, 2 AAA batteries included
6-foot gold plated RCA patch cord

System requirements:

All systems: 256MB RAM, ethernet or wireless network, and 20MB hard disk space
Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.3 or later
Windows: 733Mhz Pentium running Windows NT/2000/XP
Linux/BSD/Solaris/Other: Perl 5.8.3 or later

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