I've been looking to change my DAB radio for a while now, so when I spotted the new Logitech Squeezebox radio yesterday it immediately went to the top of my "want" list.

At the moment I have a Pure "Bug" which I'm pretty sure has been discontinued now.  Nice piece of kit, and yes I admit I bought it cos it looked quirky (and you can record onto SD cards) but there are a few issues with it, mainly to do with the controls which are very fiddly and not really suitable as a bedside radio.

I already have a Squeezebox Classic downstairs, connected to an amp which is basically my entire hi-fi system.  As I mentioned briefly in an earlier post, whenever I buy CDs now they immediately get ripped to FLAC and stored on a central server which is used as a hub for all my media.  This means that the Squeezebox can stream lossless music via wifi.  So having another Squeezebox in the bedroom makes perfect sense, as I'd have access to my entire music collection.  Of course there is the fact that Internet stations will be available too - be wonderful drifting off to sleep with SomaFM playing quietly...

Plugins and a great developer base make the Squeezebox a no-brainer choice, all the BBC stations plus ListenAgain are available, and anything that is on DAB usually has an internet-broadcast equivilent.

I was planning to get the Boom, but this just looks like a smaller and more practical option.  Available late September in the UK, for about £159.

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