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• Ron,
  I have to agree the most powerful aspect of the squeezebox is the open source slimserver software. If I would have taken the time to set this up prior to buying the squeezebox I probably would have just used the free server and not purchased the hardware (don't get me wrong the hardware is awesome !). The coolist part of it is that it allows you to set up a secure connection to you own music library and stream it over the internet anywhere in the world. I find that for me, I use this most often since I'm rarely at home with time to listen to my music collection. For example, I was stranded in an airport for 8 hours and all I had was my laptop. With the airports free Wi-Fi connection I was able to listen to my music collection from home ... all with the free slimserver software and the free softsqueeze emulator. I think that the softsqueeze software was actually a java app that started out as a contribution from a user that donated it to the community. It is a fairly sophisticated secure configuration but setting it up is a breeze cause it is all a supported "out of the box" configuration. I was worried when Logitek bought out slimdevices...but the new controller looks great. I will be getting the controller to run my existing squeezebox asap. In reply to: "Logitech's Squeezebox Duet: Sonos for the masses?"

  February 6, 2008

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