#Sonos targets by 24bit qobuz streaming download#

I can confirm that play1 is not able to play 48/24, but HD (41/16) is possible. So, Play1 and even Sub coluld be critical. For old speakers it depends even on the build date and not only the model. If you really want to know about your old speakers for 48/24, you may have to give Sonos a chat, that they can check you speakers. Old speakers are special, like Play 1 and even sub gen 1. S2 does not automatically imply 48/24 capable. Take a look on this an the listed speakers for 48/24. Is it not possible to play Ultra HD in a Surround Setup? There is a Sonos Beam Gen 1 in Surround Setup with 2 Play1 as Rears and a Sub installed. There it shows no HD or Ultra HD sign in the Sonos App. I can play Amazon Music Ultra HD / HD in all my rooms except in the living room. :) So, just go with what you like to listen most too. And if I am really not happy with one of their products, which did never happen so far, I give it back. Their stuff simply sounds good! So myself decided, I do not care anymore about the technical specifics. However, from a practical point of view, what Sonos folks come up with technically makes sense imo. Too much bad experiences on such kind of questions please. This even includes statements from Sonos support. And just a tipp, I would not trust in anything you hear about this.

Sometimes you even like that Puh, how the coversion at the Five actually works, I do not know. The native stream sounds more precise and clear, the line in sounds warmer. I definitely can hear a difference by using line in with 24 48 (or 24 192) compared to native sonos stream 24 48. I understood that the line in is lower quality than 24 bit 48khz (which is possible via native Amazon Music Ultra HD what im using at the moment). A lot of data traffic for nothing.īut does anyone know exactly what sonos five is doing when using the line in? it converts the incoming analogue stream in what exactly?

#Sonos targets by 24bit qobuz streaming download#

I understood that it is useless to download and then convert a 24bit 192khz stream via DAC and send it to line in to sonos five, because the five is converting the analogue stream in something digital again. Tidal Master via Roon to Sonos did not check myself. Streaming Qobuz via Roon and via Sonos connect (not Airplay!) should also work with 48/24. You do not have that conversion when you stream digital already. With Qobuz: if source is not in 48/24 it falls back to 44.1/16 even when source is higher than 48. Using line in is NOT a good option when you can stream with 48/24, as line in will have that AD step. Only Amazon Ultra (shows in S2 a small logo, when streaming in 24 or Qobuz are doing 48/24. So choose 48/24 for S2 for hires capable speakers. You may try Qobuz too, but you need to set at your Qobuz account with „external services“ the max samplerate for your Sonos system. That's why I raised this question.īest Sound to my ears is streaming with Amazon Music Ultra HD via Sonos S2 App. I can't hear any difference to streaming natively with Sonos App. So put it through the Line-In and tell us how it sounds. I surely can hear the difference by using my headphones