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Hi all,



Is there a difference in tech/specs between a Sonos connect of 4 year old and the latest Sonos connect? Or is it just the updates?



Jamesco!
Indeed it appears that any post-2011 manufactured Sonos Connect is no longer bit perfect. Here is the relevant thread:



https://en.community.sonos.com/components-228996/connect-no-longer-bit-perfect-6738927



There is quite a lot of debate as to whether this leads to perceivable SQ degradation with diverging opinions.



Cheers
Curiosity got the better of me. The following thread is also relevant



https://en.community.sonos.com/components-228996/connect-bit-imperfection-workaround-6768733



Kudos to @Peter Mc for his research into this topic.



I happen to run with variable output on the Connect. Even with my amp set well below full power i don't need to go near 80% on the Connect volume
While it's possible that there's slight differences in the manufacturer of electronic chips, there's no functional differences that I'm aware of.
There was a revision about 3/4 years ago, older units (ZP80/90 & Connects) are able to output a bit-perfect signal from the digital output. Newer Connects are not bit-perfect if that matters to you.



There is a thread sonewhere on here about it!
Indeed it appears that any post-2011 manufactured Sonos Connect is no longer bit perfect. Here is the relevant thread:



https://en.community.sonos.com/components-228996/connect-no-longer-bit-perfect-6738927



There is quite a lot of debate as to whether this leads to perceivable SQ degradation with diverging opinions.



Cheers
Indeed it appears that any post-2011 manufactured Sonos Connect is no longer bit perfect. Here is the relevant thread:



https://en.community.sonos.com/components-228996/connect-no-longer-bit-perfect-6738927



There is quite a lot of debate as to whether this leads to perceivable SQ degradation with diverging opinions.



Cheers
Curiosity got the better of me. The following thread is also relevant



https://en.community.sonos.com/components-228996/connect-bit-imperfection-workaround-6768733



Kudos to @Peter Mc for his research into this topic.



I happen to run with variable output on the Connect. Even with my amp set well below full power i don't need to go near 80% on the Connect volume






Thanks for the heads up John and indeed well done to Peter 🙂