Let's try this, then...
If you want the networked AVR to play music then you're looking in the
wrong place. You would want some kind of UPnP or DLNA server software
running on a NAS or computer. A Squeezebox would not be part of the
setup.
If you want to use a Squeezebox as a music source (much as though it
were a CD player) and use the AVR as an amplifier, then a Squeezebox
will work. You obviously don't want a Squeezebox Radio or Boom, as you
already have amplification and (I assume) speakers.
So your Squeezebox choices from the current product line are:
- Sqeezebox Duet
- About $400 in the US.
- This is a displayless player (the "Receiver"), plus a hand-held
wireless remote control (the "Controller").
- The Controller is a wifi device, so can be used from anywhere
that you have a wireless signal in your home. It therefore requires
a wireless router or access point in your home.
- For playing your own music (instead of being limited to internet
radio or services like Pandora) it requires a computer (or possibly
a NAS) to run Squeezebox Server.
- Squeezebox Touch
- About $300 in the US.
- This player has a full color touch screen, plus an infrared
remote. The infrared remote requires a site line to the player.
- It also has the ability to run a slimmed-down version of the
server software and pull music from an attached USB drive or SD
card, so doesn't necessarily require a computer to run Squeezebox
Server. The server is kinda slow and it has some limitations (like
no web interface and no transcoding of non-native file formats), so
it's usually recommended only if you _really_ don't want to run a
computer or NAS when playing your music.
The most important thing to understand is that Squeezboxes _must_ work
in conjunction with a Squeezebox Server running somewhere. It could be
running on a computer on your network, it could be on an NAS on your
network, it could be the internal Squeezebox Server running on the
Touch, or it could be MySqueezbox.com (radio and services only) from
the internet.
In addition to controlling the player from either the touch screen or
IR remote (Touch) or wifi Controller (Duet) you can use apps for the
iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android phones or devices, or from any
computer on your network by using the web interface that runs on
Squeezebox Server (but as explained above, the web server isn't
available on the Touch's version of the server).
The Touch is a newer product, a bit easier to set up, and is considered
by most people to have better sound quality than the Duet.
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