Logitech Touch vs Duet

Of course you could also get a Sonos system and save yourself a lot of grief.

Just curious - from what grief would I be saving myself?

I love my Touch.I never thought PC audio could sound so good!
Also, to be able to create playlists and have my music at my fingertips with very little (if any) loss is sound quality. I am using Apple lossless.
The entire hook up cost $265 for the Touch and $99 for 1 TB External drive. I also bought an extra Hard drive for back up.

It sounds pretty close to my Cary 306 SACD.
But,I am using a very good digital cable and it is plugged into the Cary's Digital inputs and played through the rest of my stereo components.

Thanks for all the input, I went with the Touch and have it connected to a Museatex Bitstream DAC. There is a slight learning curve. I still can't seem to get Album art from my iTunes onto the Logitech Touch's display. I'm ripping everything in WAV format which should be bit for bit. Sound quality is great. I might purchase an Apple Touch and use it as a remote as I've read on some forums the iPeng app allows you to control the Logitech device via Apple handheld.

Again, thanks for the input.

Ozzy, have you tried 24/96 flac downloads? It's amazing ... checkout hdtracks.com. Touch supports 24/96 but not sure about your Cary 306 SACD.

I can't consistently ear a difference between a transport and pc but sometimes I find it sounds better via pc. The sound is smoother ... I think if the wireless network is reliable and buffer is big enough, it should be more consistent via pc than reading a CD off a drive.

One of the reasons I chose MW Transporter is to eliminate another cable/layer for more potential jitter problems.

It's a GREAT idea to backup your music. I've been using PC audio for ~4 years and my external USB drive died last month. Luckily everything is backed up or I have LOTS of ripping to do again. Got a new 1 TB from Amazon for $88.

The earlier Duet remote software was flaky and would frequently lose synch with the server. I haven't had any problems with newer versions for some time.

I never get buffer delays, but my receiver is connected with cat5.

Sometimes wireless devices just don't get along. $100 for a different router isn't a big deal.

I have had to replace the Duet battery after a couple of years use. Since when do batteries need replacing? (sarcasm)

If you have difficulty navigating thousands of albums, perhaps start with 'artist' or 'genre' instead. The wheel is not the perfect interface, but short of having a device with an alpha keyboard, I think it works fine.

I will be getting a Touch soon.

I recommend anyone getting a Squeezebox anything, start with dbPoweramp and FLAC.