yeomanspc wrote: 
> I feel I need to defend the Duets - I have had 4 since they were first
> available and they never missed a beat other than on 2 occasions I had
> to set them up again.  Mine are all wired now (not Wi-Fi).  I have 3
> Touch’s and had a screen fail on one (Logitech replaced the player foc
> but I’d be more wary of a 2nd hand Touch than a Duet/receiver.  But if I
> was buying now, I’d get a Pi for a player and use IPeng or similar as
> controller.  Keep looking for a touch if that’s what you want- they do
> come up occasionally.
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's fair. I tried to be gentle in my criticism. I just greatly prefer
everything else. Receivers on wifi drove me nuts, but the one I am using
wired is fine. Like I said, I really like the controllers, but have a
couple dim ones, and one of them has the sticky nav wheel.

One thing that Paul (OP) might consider is a Radio. They are abundant on
ebay (here in the US) and cheap (~$50USD). You can wire the headphone
out to RCA inputs. While I would not do it for an expensive/critical
listening system, I did it for a friend with a modest system and it
doesn't sound to bad. Ergo wise it's like a touch with a smaller screen
and physical controls (knobs and buttons). Then when you find your touch
or pi, it's a great second player, especially with a battery adding
portability. Also, the radio can be used as a controller - that is, get
just a receiver, or one of Philippe's squeezeamps, and you have a
pseudo-duet. The radio can just be set to control the receiver/s-amp.

Jim

Jim


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