Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/28/ifa_logitech_boom_launched/
Logitech beefs up Squeezebox line - and then some
Boombox
28th August 2008 18:46 GMT
IFA Logitech has introduced its second Squeezebox music streamer since it took over Slim Devices almost two years ago. After the compact Duet (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/06/ces_logitech_launches_sueezebox_duet/) comes the more mighty Boom.
Logitech's Squeezebox Boom: a Mighty Wind?
As the name suggests, it's a Squeezebox with a monster set of speakers - two 1.9cm tweeters and a pair of 7.6cm "long throw" woofers - built around it and a 30W amp. It also has signal processing technology to "widen the sound stage beyond the physical boundaries of the speaker", Logitech claimed.
The unit has a 3.5mm sub-woofer feed if you need more bass. Too much bass? Plug some headphones into the unit's other 3.5mm socket.
Wide music format support
It's both wired (100Mb/s Ethernet) and wireless, though it's 802.11g rather than 802.11n - odd, since Logitech claimed the Boom incorporates "cutting edge" wireless networking.
The Boom supports the MP3, AAC, WMA, Ogg, FLAC, Apple lossless, WMA lossless, WAV and AIFF formats, fed from a PC, Mac or NAS box using the SqueezeCentral server software.
Available now, the Squeezebox Boom costs £199 ($300/€280).
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Squeezebox Duet (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/23/review_logitech_squeezebox_duet/)