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MgP2804
Contributor II
March 2, 2022
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48/24 - digital input

There are several Sonos products supporting digital cable input (via Tos or HDMI). The following article lists Sonos speakers capable for playback of 48/24. Playbase is not listed :( https://blog.sonos.com/en-us/hi-res-audio-guide

Anyway, sorry for my question: I want to feed digital stereo 48/24 to Sonos, e.g. via HQPlayer, and group those with 48/24 capable Sonos speakers. Will this work out? Or is the digital input not capable of 48/24 AND sharing it to the other speakers? I assume the Tos Input from Playbase is not capable of doing so? Did someone try it already? Thank you

 

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MgP2804Answer
Contributor II
March 3, 2022

So did chat with Sonos on this and they checked my stuff. Well, it is more complicated as partly dependendt on how old your speakers are. so, if you would like to know for your specific constellation (if using old speakers too) you may need to contact them. my stuff is partly from 2014….at least i know now, what i have to buy next. thank you all.

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MgP2804Author
Contributor II
March 3, 2022

It would be nice to know if the “lowest common denominator” in a Sonos group decides the quality of the stream.

 

However, using an Apple TV 4K to play Apple Music Dolby Atmos music on an Arc, Dolby Atmos will remain playing on the Arc when grouped with a Play:3

Puh, hihi. Maybe to mention you require Apple TV 4k 2nd gen? Myself one 1gen again...arrrrrgggg...lol..

 

Mr. T
Mr. T
March 3, 2022

However, using an Apple TV 4K to play Apple Music Dolby Atmos music on an Arc, Dolby Atmos will remain playing on the Arc when grouped with a Play:3

Puh, hihi. Maybe to mention you require Apple TV 4k 2nd gen? Myself one 1gen again...arrrrrgggg...lol..


Yes, I’m using the 2nd gen (2021) version.

    MgP2804Author
    Contributor II
    March 5, 2022

    Maybe a final remark on this. As capabilty is dependent on builddate of certain speakers, there is never ever a way for Roon to be able to show correctly in signal path  for those speakers, what they are playing. Ok, Sonos could provide your speaker with a profile for this. In theory…However, on the other hand Roon shows what it is sending to the speaker.  If they show 48/24 in Signal Path, this is pretty sure what Roon transmits. What your Sonos speaker is doing with that stream…Hihi, give Sonos a call to find out. So, downsampling?, truncating 24 to 16…Whatever…Magic 😅

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