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Logitech Squeezebox™ Touch
Discover a world of music.
Average Customer Rating:
(32 Reviews) 32
Rating Snapshot (32 reviews)
5 stars
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27 out of 32(84%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Squeezebox™ Touch
Review 1 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Great, easy and beautyful!
Date:May 9, 2012
By Papi
from Zurich, Switzerland
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
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5
Features:
5
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5
Performance:
5
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5
Ease of use:
5
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5
Ergonomics:
5
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5
Works like a charme as expected as squeezebox user for many years...
Technical Expertise: Tech Savvy
I've used this product: Less than a week
Review 2 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Unexpectedly Good
Date:March 27, 2012
By scorpionro
Overall Rating:
Quality:
4
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5
Features:
5
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5
Performance:
5
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5
Ease of use:
5
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5
Ergonomics:
5
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5
I'm only using the SB Touch to play FLACs from my PC and in that role it does great. I can't really comment on its internal DAC, but with my external DAC I can't really tell much difference between it and a very good quality USB digital interface that I was using before.
The Android and iOS remote applications are great and are a breeze to use.
My only concern is the durability of the soft plastic, that seems to pick scratches quite easily.
Review 3 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Does not work with Pandora
Date:March 9, 2012
By willie69
from Portland, OR
Overall Rating:
Quality:
1
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5
Features:
1
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5
Performance:
1
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5
Ease of use:
1
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5
Ergonomics:
1
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5
Does not work with Pandora, Slacker, and other services. Horrible waste of money.
Technical Expertise: Proficient User
I've used this product: One week to a month
1 of 12 found this review helpful.
Review 4 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Mixed Performance (2 stars + 5 stars) / 2 = ?
Date:February 6, 2012
By Nacsiv
Overall Rating:
Quality:
4
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5
Features:
4
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5
Performance:
3
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5
Ease of use:
4
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5
Ergonomics:
4
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5
The product quality is good. The wifi internet radio works very well (5 stars), but playing music from SD card/USB drive really needs to be improved (2 stars).
To play music from a USB drive, you will have to insert the device and start the "squeezebox music server". It takes a while for the server to scan the device and prepare the music ready for playing. However, the squeezebox music server would just go "offline" or stop by itself for no apparent reasons. This happens almost every day or every other day. When it happened, you would have to re-start the server by hand again (and it takes a while). This happens too often and is quite annoying. Does anyone know what is wrong and how to fix this?
Another minor flaw is that when you have music or radio station not in English, you cannot see the non-English information (just some codes that look like boxes) on the screen of squeezebox touch, but you can read it just fine on the squeezebox app (Android or iOS devices).
5 of 5 found this review helpful.
Review 5 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Amazing for the price
Date:December 27, 2011
By Squeeze Lover
from Edmonds, WA
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
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5
Features:
5
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5
Performance:
5
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5
Ease of use:
5
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5
Ergonomics:
4
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5
Just hooked it up to our home system and it sync'd with the wireless, the "mysqueezebox" account, and all of our IPod Touches. The software updated automatically and we now can control and listen to just about whatever we want. The App is excellent. Can't believe I didn't buy one of these a year ago.
Technical Expertise: Proficient User
I've used this product: One week to a month
2 of 2 found this review helpful.
Review 6 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Insane value
Date:December 26, 2011
By Audiophiliac
from Los Angeles, CA
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
out of
5
Features:
5
out of
5
Performance:
5
out of
5
Ease of use:
4
out of
5
Ergonomics:
4
out of
5
I purchased the Touch based on a review in Stereophile and they couldn't have been more right on.
As the 3 remaining record labels prepare the death of CDs I figured it was probably time to jump on the 24/96 bandwagon. I replaced my Conrad-Johnson preamp, tube DAC and dying (thanks to Philips) CD Transport with the Touch and a Benchmark DAC1 HDR. My Dynaudio speakers and Conrad-Johnson power amp are very happy campers... as am I.
My speaker cables cost far more than the Touch and it looks almost stupid next to a 60lb power amp. I purchased it from Amazon in case it needed to go back but that's not gonna happen.
I have not tried the analog outputs but that's okay; the Benchmark is sucking up the bits just fine.
Anyone looking for a digital source component for any system at any price needs to look at this thing long and hard before spending more. 70'ish CDs all FLAC'd up per 32GB SDHC card mean even those of us willing to clean vinyl and change tubes can sit on our fat butts just like the iCrap generation and listen to actual music... not the cartoon versions.
Technical Expertise: Tech Savvy
I've used this product: One week to a month
8 of 9 found this review helpful.
Review 7 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Did almost everything I wanted
Date:December 10, 2011
By dogin
from Colorado
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
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5
Features:
5
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5
Performance:
4
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5
Ease of use:
4
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5
Ergonomics:
5
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5
Plays fine from WD elements ITB drive with no PC. Only thing wish it would do is play 192Khz (ie have some)but that seems to be a mute point relative to any quality over 96Khz. Very happy with HD playback. Using a NuForce Icon HDP DAC but the sound straight from SB seems very good.
Technical Expertise: Proficient User
I've used this product: One month to a year
3 of 4 found this review helpful.
Review 8 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Best product on the market at this moment in time
Date:December 7, 2011
By Hans
from Dordrecht Netherland
Overall Rating:
Quality:
4
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5
Features:
3
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5
Performance:
4
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5
Ease of use:
3
out of
5
Ergonomics:
4
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5
Is this product perfect no it is not. But then one would ask if there is a better alternative ? unless you go to Sonos there is non. So why The squeezebox touch and not a Sonos ?. Simply because Sonos is more expensive and even more important for me it does not support HD audio ( 24bit -88 or 96 Khz sampling). that makes the touch system technically superior. Having said that I noticed that due to incoming jitter from for my nas I could hear a difference in sound quality( same song) between FLAC ( 24b 96KhZ and PCM (24b 96KHz) . With PCM is was better then with Flac. The processing power in the Touch is likely not big enough to do this job right. I converted all my HD Flac music to HD PCM to overcome this problem. With todays harddisk sizes this is not a real issue. If you use the touch with its remote and the touchscreen it is not user friendly. Sonos is doing a better job. However if you use the Ipad and Ipeng then you will have a great product and easy to use interface.
I bought a external DAC from Cambridge to get the music one step up but to be honest the internal dac is pretty good
I bought a external DAC from Cambridge to get the music one step up but to be honest the internal dac is pretty good
Technical Expertise: Tech Savvy
I've used this product: One month to a year
6 of 8 found this review helpful.
Review 9 for Squeezebox™ Touch
My music central nervous system
Date:September 21, 2011
By dh237
from Boston MA
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
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5
Features:
4
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5
Performance:
4
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5
Ease of use:
4
out of
5
Ergonomics:
3
out of
5
I just built a house. I had owned the touch before I had I started but I literally designed my whole house around it. I located a ethernet port right next to my bed where my nightstand sits. So I plug it directly into my network. The Squeezebox is versitile. First, it is my clock radio because i like to listen to internet talk radio before I go to bed. Then it wakes me up (wish the alarm was a little better it is a little buggy). Then I use my Ipod touch for the rest of my day with the Ipeng app to control content. I dinged easy of use just because of how rigid the menu is to navigate. I integrated the crestron prodigy system to control A/V DVD etc. That said, Please pay the 100 per year to use napster. It is just the perfect music service to go with the touch. You can search music using ipeng then INSTANTLY hear those songs streamed through the touch. It is amazing. When you change albums it is instantaneous. I thought the value of the squeezebox was the ability to stream from my Imac but that is childs play compared to Napster. ( PS I do not work for best buy or Napster it is just a superior service when you couple it with the squeezebox) Lastly, I mistakenly decided not to prewire one of my floors for music. So I ended up purchasing a regular squeezebox and plugged it into my old system which I can sync with the touch and control using Ipeng app as well. So it is a cheap way to get one more zone after I messed up.
Technical Expertise: Proficient User
I've used this product: More than a year
1 of 1 found this review helpful.
Review 10 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Great Concept. Poor Execution
Date:September 17, 2011
By Hal
from New York City
Overall Rating:
Quality:
3
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5
Features:
4
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5
Performance:
3
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5
Ease of use:
2
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5
Ergonomics:
4
out of
5
Serious music lover from Washington and Cameron have assessed this device just right. Great concept and unit but terrible software. My Squeeze Box Touch would work only when connected to computer powered on and would not play music from SD card or USB flash drive when computer was off as claimed. Software "fixes" from Logitech only made matters worse. "Upgrades" tended to freeze unit. Whoever writes code for Slim Devices should be replaced.
Technical Expertise: Tech Savvy
I've used this product: One week to a month
12 of 16 found this review helpful.
Review 11 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Great Device; Mediocre Software
Date:September 10, 2011
By Serious Music Listener
from Washington State, USA
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
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5
Features:
4
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5
Performance:
2
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5
Ease of use:
2
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5
Ergonomics:
3
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5
I am a new owner of 3 squeezebox touches. The idea is great, the hardware is compact and great and the software is positively mediocre. It is not possible to create a playlist directly without working on the active playing area. It then is not possible to manually rearrange the playing order without starting from scratch. If you have a large music collection you will pull your hair out trying to set up quality, archivable playlists.
The exiating remote is almost useless as you cannot read the active screen on the remote. So, you must be sitting within reading distance of the squeezebox to truly use the remote.....ergo, you may as well do without the remote.
The necessary instructions and list of settings and what the setting does is virtually unavailable unless you wish to spend your life reading forums that are fractionally accurate when you ought better to be listening to music.
Logitech squeezebox support is readily accessible, but the average support employee does not know the fine points of operating the squeezebox touch.
In conclusion, this could be a great product if Logitech refined the software and did not yse the general public as the beta testers.
Technical Expertise: Tech Savvy
I've used this product: One month to a year
10 of 10 found this review helpful.
Review 12 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Great Music Player
Date:August 24, 2011
By Andrew
from Boston, MA
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
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5
Features:
4
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5
Performance:
5
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5
Ease of use:
5
out of
5
Ergonomics:
5
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5
I have been using the squeezebox for almost a year now and it does exactly what it is advertised to do. It plays all my music perfectly, with incredible sound quality thanks to the optical output. I like the user interface. It is easy to navigate and find music that you are looking for. The touch screen interface is natural and intuitive, almost as good as an iphone or android phone. The wife likes to play Pandora on the squeezebox while she cooks dinner, which also works flawlessly. I recently downloaded, "Squidget" an Android app that allows you to control the squeezebox with the phone. I can be in the kitchen and change songs with my phone! I agree with the second guy about the number of updates, but I haven't had any trouble with the updates. Not really sure what the updates are doing for me, but the player seems to keep working flawlessly so I don't really care all that much. I dinged the features category one star only because I think that Logitech should make a better remote control, something more like Squidget and they should give it away for free.
P.S. Why isn't this product better advertised? I had to use google to find it originally.
Technical Expertise: Tech Savvy
I've used this product: One month to a year
4 of 4 found this review helpful.
Review 13 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Still my favorite
Date:August 13, 2011
By helm
from Norway
Overall Rating:
Quality:
4
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5
Features:
4
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5
Performance:
5
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5
Ease of use:
3
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5
Ergonomics:
4
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5
I've owned a Touch for about a year now.
It has been my main music platform ever since.
The music quality is very good, both from a local disk and from streaming sources like Spotify.
From time to time the local server dies, especially with the latest software update, which generally seems a bit unstable.
What I'd like to see is:
More stable USB drive management.
Better integration between local music and streaming services. It shouldn't be necessary to select music source. (That's why i give only *** in ease of use) Multiple sources should be treated as one when searching, playing and making playlists
It has been my main music platform ever since.
The music quality is very good, both from a local disk and from streaming sources like Spotify.
From time to time the local server dies, especially with the latest software update, which generally seems a bit unstable.
What I'd like to see is:
More stable USB drive management.
Better integration between local music and streaming services. It shouldn't be necessary to select music source. (That's why i give only *** in ease of use) Multiple sources should be treated as one when searching, playing and making playlists
Technical Expertise: Tech Savvy
I've used this product: More than a year
2 of 2 found this review helpful.
Review 14 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Terrible software solution
Date:July 15, 2011
By Cameron
Overall Rating:
Quality:
2
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5
Features:
3
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5
Performance:
2
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5
Ease of use:
1
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5
Ergonomics:
3
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5
The squeezebox is a good idea and when I first got it I thought it was great. But the constant required software updates for the server software that runs on the computer and the updates that are constantly being pushed down to the squeezebox make the thing stop working all of the time. Then I end up spending an hour or more getting my music working again. Once you get it working the way you want to there is no way to turn the updates off so you end up fixing everything again in a couple of weeks.
20 of 27 found this review helpful.
Review 15 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Given up my Naim CDX2 player
Date:June 13, 2011
By psweetie
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
out of
5
Features:
5
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5
Performance:
5
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5
Ease of use:
5
out of
5
Ergonomics:
5
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5
I had a Naim CDX2 as my main source with a modified Squeezebox as an alternate for convenience. The wireless player gradually took over and I have just sold the CD player and replaced it with a new Touch as a digital transport and a Naim DAC doing the business on the conversion side. Fantastic sound quality, great convenience and will play my FLAC files perfectly.
I have mine on a wired network to ensure bnest quality but it worked fine on wireless too. Excellent product and have already demonstrated and reccomended it to my friends and plan more for a multi-room setup in my house.
I have a wireless Duet Controller as a remote control, which works fine, as does iPeng app on the iPhone. All those tracks without getting out of my seat!
5 of 8 found this review helpful.
Review 16 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Fantastic!
Date:May 11, 2011
By slocumten
from Millbrook,NY
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
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5
Features:
5
out of
5
Performance:
5
out of
5
Ease of use:
4
out of
5
Ergonomics:
4
out of
5
Just set this unit up yesterday. Was considering SOMOS system and now glad I did not. For my needs the portability of being able to use the touch in any location I have a wifi signal, price, and the many connection options sealed the deal. I am amazed at the number of internet stations available and the sound quality I am getting from most of them. Pandora works great. Love the on-screen interface as well as the Squeezebox App on my ipod touch. Great job Logitech staff!
Technical Expertise: Tech Savvy
I've used this product: Less than a week
2 of 3 found this review helpful.
Review 17 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Almost Perfect
Date:April 10, 2011
By Rocketman
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
out of
5
Features:
4
out of
5
Performance:
5
out of
5
Ease of use:
4
out of
5
Ergonomics:
5
out of
5
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This product is so clost to being the perfect addition to my Billiards Room. I have it setup on the Bar so anyone who walks in can search and play music of their choice.
Users can also have their own playlists and it is possible to add multiples of these to the current playlist.
I have only been able to find 1 problem with this product.
That is, when users who are not familiar with the product try to use it, they always end up replacing the entire current playlist with 1 song. This is the default action when you single tap a song that you have searched for.
That is, when users who are not familiar with the product try to use it, they always end up replacing the entire current playlist with 1 song. This is the default action when you single tap a song that you have searched for.
If this default action could be changed to "Add to End" the product would be flawless for my purposes.
Technical Expertise: Tech Savvy
I've used this product: One month to a year
11 of 12 found this review helpful.
Review 18 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Great product
Date:March 29, 2011
By MusicLover
from Portland, Oregon
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
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5
Features:
5
out of
5
Performance:
5
out of
5
Ease of use:
4
out of
5
Ergonomics:
5
out of
5
I love the SqueezeBox, it has replaced listening to FM radio now, considering in my city there are no more good stations anymore. I love how it has access to Pandora, Facebook and Shoutcast, it has many more, but those three are my favorite.
Technical Expertise: Proficient User
I've used this product: One week to a month
3 of 3 found this review helpful.
Review 19 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Very good but...
Date:March 24, 2011
By yohjo
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
out of
5
Features:
4
out of
5
Performance:
5
out of
5
Ease of use:
3
out of
5
Ergonomics:
5
out of
5
The sound, etc is very good for what the product is. But:
Like other posters I have had difficulty setting access to the contact of my mymusic library & Itune library. This is apparently accomplished through "squeezebox server" but no luck in accessing all songs.
If you change from internet radio to mymusic you have to re-establish the link by remote or touchscreen. It seems that the software should be able to automatically do this. i.e. if I select mymusic the software should know I want to connect to my computer and just do it.
I've used this product: One week to a month
3 of 4 found this review helpful.
Review 20 for Squeezebox™ Touch
Second squeeezebox Touch in the kitchen
Date:March 22, 2011
By Charles D
from Paris, France
Overall Rating:
Quality:
5
out of
5
Features:
5
out of
5
Performance:
5
out of
5
Ease of use:
5
out of
5
Ergonomics:
5
out of
5
I have been using a squeezebox Touch for three months. I am so happy with the product that I just installed a second Touch player in my kitchen. Synchronization works just great!
This is a very sophisticated device - well designed and constructed. Quite easy to use, as well. The underlying software is powerful (a complete linux system!). As such, I have found a few limitations and bugs, but these are being quickly resolved. I expect it to continue to improve.
The few real problems that I have run across in the past three months of use have, in fact, all been due to my network and music collection. Having straightened this out now, I can only have positive things to say about this product. I'll probably soon be purchasing a third Touch for the bedroom.
Enjoy!
Technical Expertise: Proficient User
I've used this product: One month to a year
