"In a world where airbags go off far to often" [citation needed]

Yea, it's kinda funny how we end up building things to look like existing things in order to "fit in" better. When I was remodeling my house I looked at options for doing molded tin ceilings. Of course tin ceilings were a cheap way to make it look like you had molded plaster ceilings.

I found a local guy who did clear vacu-formed plastic panels that he painted from the underside. They were pretty reasonably priced and looked great when I was done.

Oh, I guess I was wrong about the snooze interval. It's configurable on the regular squeezeboxes.

What is the snooze interval? Is it configurable?
* Yes, completely configurable.

Does the clock dim at night?
* It says in the article, yes. It's also configurable.

Where is the snooze bar?
* push the big knob in.

Is the alarm volume separate from the streaming volume?
* Yes

How does the display show that the alarm is set?
* Not sure, probably an icon on the screen like the boom does.

Are there multiple alarms?
* You can configure any number of alarms for any days of the week. The only thing I wish it would do is allow different volume settings per alarm.

What does the display look like when it is just a clock?
* Not sure

The Squeezebox division has a much better build quality standard than some of the other logitech stuff. I haven't seen the radio yet, but I have a boom and the build is very solid.

Some people aren't lazy fat asses that sit on the couch all day. The screen is much bigger, and you can walk up and browse through your cover art to pick albums. For the same price as the Classic, you now get a nice big color screen.

Yea, I've not had much experience with their wifi routers, but their business line switch gear is rock solid.

Yup, the slim proto is pretty nice for customization. However it looks like this new one has a color LCD screen, and is likely based on the SqueezeOS like the Duet's controller. This means it probably runs linux on ARM. The protocol is similar, but is based on JSON, and supports sending things like cover art.

Agreed, if you just sit in front of a PC all the time, it's kinda silly. I moved recently and haven't gotten all my stuff setup yet. My boom + wifi + squeezenetwork has been providing all the unpacking music I need.

The people working on the squeezebox biz unit are still very focused on the quality side of things. The latest mass-market product, the Boom is amazing. Check out the audio design white paper that the engineer(s) wrote about the details that make it sound better than most cheap tabletop streamers.

I know I'll probably be adding one of these to my network. :)