Logitech, who recently bought Slim Devices, have announced a new device in the range at this year’s CES show. The Duet controls your musical devices with a wireless controller in a similar style to the Sonos controller. The wireless controller (a 802.11b/g device in its own right) should be able to additionally control any of your existing devices, although you’ll need to be running the latest version of the server software. The pair cost $400, with additional music devices costing $150, and additional controllers $350, although we’re still awaiting UK prices.

Update from Slim Devices: The Controller also has a small built-in speaker and headphone jack which are used for sound effects for the user interface. Future software updates could make the Controller a player itself, streaming your music (or any of the internet radio or music services on SqueezeNetwork) to the headphone jack. If and when that software update happens, the Duet bundle would be like getting two players in one box.

There’s also an SD card slot in the unit, an IR transmitter, a 3-axis accelerometer and an expansion port on the bottom. What software features get added depends largely on what the community comes up with, there’s already a bunch of neat applets and other software that have been created during the beta program.

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