Logitech Squeezebox Duet, not bad looking. Not cheap.

Our friends over at Logitech are showing what’s come of their acquisition of Slim Devices. The Squeezebox Duet is a slick piece of industrial design. A remote and a receiver. You can add receivers for $150, and you can add remotes for $300. Everything talks 802.11g in order to move music around.

Immediate Pros:

• Uses 802.11g. If you have WLAN already, it should work for you.
• Slimnetwork will offer some internet radio and other online content out of the box. Plugs right into the network, and accesses the internet directly.
• Support for Pandora, Rhapsody and my favorite Slacker.
• Slick design, leverages Logitech’s know-how on remotes they’ve built with their Harmony product line.

Immediate Cons:

• Price. $400 to start??? Holy crap. Additional receivers are rumored to be $150. So for $550 I get two zones. That’s pretty pricey. And it requires speakers to boot. Yikes. Still better than Sonos though, so you can argue it’s progress.
• Only as reliable as your home wireless network.
• Only supports media accessible via the home network and internet. No legacy gear.

Overall. Pretty hot, I must say.