Highest quality wireless audio streamer in its price class, April 15, 2010

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C. Razzell “dsdreamer” (California, United States) – See all my reviews

  

I purchased my Squeezebox Touch directly from Logitech, and have enjoyed it enough over the first few days of ownership to write a quick review.

To understand where I’m coming from, it may help to know I enjoy classical music, especially when its reproduced by a traditional stereo system with high quality discrete components. I own a British designed and built integrated amplifier and some tall floor-standing speakers from a Canadian manufacturer. Sound quality matters a whole lot to my enjoyment of music, and that shows in the care with which I select the components in my audio system.

I have owned a number of Logitech’s previous Squeezebox WiFi streamers, including the Squeezebox Classic and some Duet receivers, so I am not new to the Squeezebox ecosystem. I keep my music collection as a large library of FLAC-encoded files, so as to avoid any potential losses due to codec compression artifacts.

On receiving my new Squeezebox Touch, I swapped…

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Amazing device; this new generation Squeezebox has great sound too, April 29, 2010

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A. Altman “Art” (San Carlos, California United States) – See all my reviews

  

This is an amazing product. It is my first Squeezebox product – really my first attempt at home to do computer based audio outside of just using iTunes and plugging my computer headphone jack into a stereo, which is great fun and sounds just OK – no where as much fun or as great sounding as the Touch.

I have been waiting for a product that I could use in my audiophile home stereo. Logitech SB Transporter seemed like a good bet but it was a bit expensive (00) and reviews described a quality of sound (lean, detailed) that is not my cup of tea. I’m a tube guy. Love LP’s, love tube amps. Sweet lifelike sound.

If you are at all curious about computer based audio to feed your home stereo, you can stop reading here. Just buy this thing. It is amazing. It is not perfect. Some aspects of it are easier to configure than others. But for me, and I know for a lot of other people, it is a life changing experience as regards my use of music in my home…

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Another Happy Audiophile, October 14, 2010

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granger (Ithaca, NY USA) – See all my reviews

  

Say goodbye to cd players and tuners. They are now history; no matter how much you’ve spent for them. I’ve just eliminated mine from my equipment rack. Now I’m sure there’s some small improvements to be had here and there with some multi-thousand dollar gear, but for us common folk this is truly the only way to go. I’ve been a rabid though frugal audiophile for 40 years and this is the best.

Even without adding an outboard DAC this little unit surpasses my highly regarded 0 cd player. Not only does it get the frequency balance and microdetails right, but the sound stage is focused and spacious. AND even with the best cd player there’s no way to put together playlists or play uninterupted music. If you’ve got a home theater receiver, compare both the digital and analog outputs because you will likely find the DAC in the Touch superior to your receiver. But before you do, break in the Touch for a couple of days to get the best sound quality from it…

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