Logitech Announces New Squeezebox

The News Market reports that Logitech unveiled the Squeezebox Boom all-in-one network music player, featuring an integrated amplifier, high-performance speaker drivers, and a simplified setup process.

This unit lets music fans listen to their digital libraries, Internet radio, or Sirius satellite radio in any room in the house without having to set up a media extender, music streaming router, or other complicated system. “Just plug the new Logitech network music player into a power outlet—there are no additional wires to connect. Then, using your existing home network, you can listen to the music you love from the personal collection on your computer,” the company said in a statement.

Gadgets like these have great potential to pull today’s digital music sources away from the PC and the home office and into the rest of the house, though doubts about Internet radio royalty payments loom over the industry. Still, gotta love the Duran Duran reference.

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