Logitech Squeezebox Boom review
August 19, 2009 by Insider Staff
Designed for the muso who loves his tunes to sound as they should the Logitech Squeezebox Boom is a self-contained boombox-style music streamer that’ll have you listening to the Who on the loo or Radiohead in your shed, pronto…
Pros
This self-contained boombox-style radio uses its built-in Wi-Fi connection to stream MP3, WMA, AAC, AIFF, WMA Lossless, Apple Lossless, WAV and FLAC files from a PC or Mac, as well as access thousands of Internet radio stations, including the equivalent of Timmy Mallett in Spain’s breakfast show on Radio Uno (and you thought the Mallett was annoying in English)! And thanks to its bi-amped speakers, it manages to belt out storming, beefy stereo sound.
Cons
There’s not much to pick at here, but we suppose the price tag and lack of additional features such as DAB or FM might put some people off. You can in and output audio courtesy of two 3.5mm sockets, though.
In summary then…
If you’re the sort of person who finds an iPod complicated, and you’re seeking a straightforward, no nonsense music streamer that produces great audio quality and won’t tie your brain in knots with a complicated set-up process, let the Boom shake your room. Sorry we went all Will Smith on you, then. This is a simple, dependable streamer that looks reasonably neat and performs solidly with both web radio and the many digital music formats it supports. Awesome!
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