Sonos costs way more than the Squeezebox, but the company says the price includes a lot of user-friendly software and a custom networking scheme.

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Some, like Slim Devices' SqueezeBox, focus only on music and even come with server software that can serve the same music to multiple devices simultaneously.

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It's hard not to like new-school tech named after old-school instruments, and so Logitech's ( Slim-developed) Squeezebox lineup has at least that going for it.

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This is also where you'll go to set alarms and play music through any of the impressive variety of services that Chumby supports, including Pandora, SHOUTcast, Squeezebox Server (if you have one on your network), and a handful of podcast services and miscellaneous providers plus iPod, mass storage, and the aforementioned FM radio support.

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