Falcone was particularly excited about the Squeeze network, which lets you manage all your music online, and says that because of the open-source and Linux-friendly nature of Squeeze, the "tweaker or hacker type" will have lots of fun.

In the written portion of the review, Falcone mentioned that "it lacks the iPod's speed-sensitive ability to quickly jump up and down through long lists," something that scares me a bit because I have lots of music and very little patience. Also in the prose, Sonos is mentioned as an expensive rival good for people who want to fill five or more rooms with sound, or people who already own Sonos.

In the end, Falcone says he "couldn't be more pleased with it," which is good news for those of us unwilling to start at $1,000 for a wireless audio system, and bad news for the good people over at Sonos. Sorry dudes! [CNet]

The Duet is platform friendly, running on Macs, PCs and Linux machines and handling a buttload of non-DRM file formats, including Apple Lossless, FLAC, WMA Lossless as well as MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP2, MusePack and WMA. There's no telling yet how well the Duet can organize all of your music, and if it can do the Sonos trick of playing the same song throughout the house with no delay. Still, it's clear that this is a direct attack, with the Duet packing a Sonos-like third-party music supply from Rhapsody and Pandora.

Fact Sheet Plus More Pics:

Logitech® Squeezebox™ Duet Network Music Player
Listen to the music you love in any room in your home
Shipping: January 2008
Price: $399.99 (Controller and Receiver)1 Available at: www.logitech.com

Product Description
With the Logitech Squeezebox Duet Network Music System, music lovers can listen to digital
music on the home-entertainment system in their living room, the stereo system in their bedroom,
even on the mini-system in their kitchen - anywhere they have audio gear. And control it all from
the palm of their hand. The Squeezebox Duet offers an innovative controller with a full-color LCD
screen and compact receiver, enabling people to wirelessly browse, select and play all their PC
music on their existing stereo systems.

Key Features
o Multi-room controller with 2.4-inch color LCD screen
o Convenient interface includes scroll wheel, familiar menus, intuitive buttons
o Controller displays song titles, album art, personalized wallpapers and additional
information including RSS Feeds and radio station information2
o Support for a wide variety of digital music files, including uncompressed and lossless
formats
o True 802.11g wireless networking and dual internal antennas
o Easy to add more Squeezebox receivers, allowing people to listen to a different song in
each room, or synchronize their receivers to hear the same song throughout the house
o Connect to SqueezeNetwork, Logitech's always-on Internet radio and music aggregation
service, which enables Squeezebox Duet owners to stream music - even with their
computers turned off
o Access a directory of thousands of Internet radio stations and subscription services
including Pandora, MP3tunes and Rhapsody

System Requirements
o 256 MB RAM
o Ethernet or wireless network
o 20 MB hard disk space
o Windows: 733 MHz Pentium running Windows NT/2000/XP
o Mac: OS X 10.3.5 or later
o Linux / BSD / Solaris / Other: Perl 5.8.3 or later
o Broadband Internet connection3

Warranty
o Two-year limited warranty