Just a bit more information: The squeezebox system requires a Server. If you don't need to access your own music stored locally, you can use the Logitech provided servers at mysqueezebox.com. Using that you can access internet radio, as well as the various streaming services (depending on your location) such as Last FM, Pandora, etc. If you want to access your own, locally stored music, you will need to run your own server, Squeezeboxserver. It can be run on a PC (Mac, Windows, Linux). It can also be run on some Network Attached Storage devices (NAS), but these typically don't have much computer processing power and as a result don't typically perform as well. Some people choose to setup a dedicated server... could use an older PC which is somewhat obsolete, or could be purpose built - Vortexbox offers a pre-built system which has squeezeboxserver pre-installed, has built-in ripping capability, and is based on a low-power Linux PC. I have a cheap Atom PC running Ubuntu Linux with Squeezeboxserver, and also serves as a file server for my Desktop PC and Laptop. Finally, the Squeezebox Touch was just (finally) released today - it is a squeezebox "player" which also has a slightly "slimmed down" version of the Squeezeboxserver built in, which allows you to connect a USB drive to it with your music files and it can become your music server for it and other Squeezebox hardware throughout your house.
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