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Logitech Touch vs Duet

I'm very interested in getting a Logitech streaming device fed into an external DAC. Questions however to those that have used either but preferably both:

1. Has one device been more reliable then the other? I've read through a lot of the virtual systems and many users cite "great when it works" referring to the Duet.

2. Other then 'touch' commands are there any advantages from one or the other? The Touch is newer but also cheaper then the Duet at least where I live.

3. Is there anything annoying about the Touch i.e size, interface, drop-outs?

Any advice or comments would be most welcome.

Thanks
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rootmann
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I've got all 3, SB3, Duet now Touch. I have had the Touch since the week it came out, but just got it out of the box yesterday at my beach house here in Oak Island, NC. Took me all of about 10 minutes to get it up and running....5 of those getting that damn plastic off the screen. (LOL....) I have been running it into the DAC of my Onkyo SR-876 home theater receiver and running IC's out of it too using it's DAC. I think to my ears the internal Touch DAC is much much better. I think I'll buy another couple to replace my SB3 and Duet, since my dog was able to set this up. Only issue I've had so far is getting album art from MP4's on screen if anyone can help this aging big dog.....So far so good....Rootman's a rockin'....
rapogee
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Can you use the duet remote with the logitech touch unit?
mlsstl
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Can you use the duet remote with the logitech touch unit?
Yes. That's the way I do it in my system. (I even sold my Duet Receiver and just kept the Controller.) It is rare that I play music directly from the Touch's screen.
notec
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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?

Anyone that has owned a Duet knows the grief. SONOS is a superior product by leaps and bounds compared to Logitech solutions.
mlsstl
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Anyone that has owned a Duet knows the grief. SONOS is a superior product by leaps and bounds compared to Logitech solutions.
Strange. I owned a Duet (and still own the Controller) and had no big issues.

I now have a Touch in my main system, a SB3 in my second system, a SB Radio and the Controller that works with them all whether synced or playing separately. It handles my 47,000 plus song library without hassle.

While I've had no big issues, I know of no product ever made that has a 100% satisfaction rate. A quick visit to the Sonos forums showed people have a number of wireless connectivity issues, problems adding music, crossfade and muting issues, firewall issues, missing libraries and so on.

In other words, it sounds a lot like the same problems one sees on the Slimdevices forum.

My apologies for not having the problems you expect me to have. Guess I'll have to work a little harder on screwing things up. ;-)
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