Slim Devices Squeezebox 2 Wireless - Network audio player - black
Great product
It's been a long time since I have been so happy with a purchase. The Squeezebox solved two big problems: signal quality and content.  <br /> <br />I live in a difficult reception area. On a bad day the local classical music station can sound like Radio Free Mars. That stations' internet stream sounds great running through the Squeezebox. I can finally use the good living room speakers to do more than play CD's and phonographs. The Squeezebox does not reproduce music in CD quality but the apples to apples comparison should be with FM not CD, right? Perhaps the folks with golden ears will be unhappy, but for me the sound is just fine.  <br /> <br />The other problem was the musical content provided by the local station. It has recently been going the wrong way: thin play list, commercial, happy talk, another commercial. I listened because it was the only game in town. No more. There are some great classical music stations streaming their signals -- WFMT, KUSC, KCPE, WABE, and WNYC. They are all now available by clicking a remote. <br /> <br />This thing put radio back in my life. <br /> <br /> <br />