Squeezebox hard to see?

Well, the Duo has a small display on the remote which you can hold in your hand and squint at. The Touch has a greatly superior display but it ain't gonna help if it is 15' away. I use the Touch but, probably, will be adding an iPad for a remote control.

Kal

Ergonomically, the Touch seems to be aimed those who are sitting near it or walking up to it. It does come with a remote. But unless you're eyes are very good, it's not very usable across a room.

I leave mine blanked anyway (for listening in the dark) and control it with iPeng on an iPod Touch.

If you can get a good deal on a Duo and don't need more than 24/48 capability, I think it sounds just as good feeding a good DAC.

See the review in the latest issue of The Absolute Sound.

There are a number of Squeezebox controller "apps" for various smartphone platforms... Apple, Android, and Palm/WebOS. Not sure about Blackberry. Of course, you can also control it with a laptop, or iPad.

Personally, I am using a Squeezebox Touch in my primary system, but 10 ft is my limit for being able to read the screen, so I use a Palm Pre with the "Squeeze Control" app. Works great!

Well my Touch is about 12 feet away from my listening chair and not readable (by me) from there. It's really only an issue when I've got Pandora or Slacker playing and I want to know what's on. Sometimes I can recognize the album art but I do find myself getting up more often to find out and this is probably good for me! It's not really an issue when playing my own stuff as I pretty much know what's on those albums.

You could always get a small pair of binoculars and keep them beside your chair.