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I know that all Sonos products don't have this feature in their streaming capability but I thought that maybe because the Play:5 has a headphone Jack that it doesn't need to do all the high-res digital to analog conversion as that's all done by the source already...



Would someone be able to confirm this? Because if so - I may go get a Play:5. 😛
No Sonos devices will play any hires content. Also, the current generation of Play:5 does not have a headphone jack. That was the first generation. Might you be thinking of the Line-in?
Hi. Your question seems to jumble quite a few things together, if you will forgive my saying so. All I can do is set out a few facts.

1. The Sonos system does not support hi res audio, i.e. 24/96 files. This is not a player specific issue.

2. The gen 2 P:5 doesn't have a headphone socket. The gen 1 did.

3. Both generations have an analogue line-in. But if you are delivering analogue it is completely irrelevant what it started out as. What the line-in supports is analogue

4. The P:5 has a DAC that converts supported digital sources into the analogue music that you hear.



I hope that helps.
Hi. Your question seems to jumble quite a few things together, if you will forgive my saying so. All I can do is set out a few facts.

1. The Sonos system does not support hi res audio, i.e. 24/96 files. This is not a player specific issue.

2. The gen 2 P:5 doesn't have a headphone socket. The gen 1 did.

3. Both generations have an analogue line-in. But if you are delivering analogue it is completely irrelevant what it started out as. What the line-in supports is analogue

4. The P:5 has a DAC that converts supported digital sources into the analogue music that you hear.



I hope that helps.



Thanks for the reply!



So, if the analog content from my device (which was decoded from a high resolution format into analog) is sent to a Sonos play:5, will it play what is meant to be high-res audio? As the original file was high-res, all the Play:5 has to do is play the "high-res" analog audio. :)



I will not be using wireless functionality. There will be no decoding as I am using an analog input. This already eliminates the need to have the right hardware to decode the high-res audio! The Play:5 does no decoding. All it's doing is receiving analog audio which was already decoded from a high res file from my PC.



Thanks!
No Sonos devices will play any hires content. Also, the current generation of Play:5 does not have a headphone jack. That was the first generation. Might you be thinking of the Line-in?



Yeah, the 3.5mm line in - sorry. xD
Sonos will play it. For all sorts of reasons I don't think it will sound any different from if you started from 16-bit lossless. I assume, by the way that you do mean "better than CD" when you say hires? Some people use the term to mean lossless, although that's not correct.
Sonos will play it. For all sorts of reasons I don't think it will sound any different from if you started from 16-bit lossless. I assume, by the way that you do mean "better than CD" when you say hires? Some people use the term to mean lossless, although that's not correct.



High-res being 24-bit 96Khz+ if the device (i.e my PC) has done all the decoding, sent it out to the Sonos using line-in, will the Sonos play it like a high-res player should, and sound a little better to true CD, and Spotify 320Kbps?



It's just I am the sort of guy that wants the best, even if I don't need it. Sonos just plays things so well, I just would like to see if I can pull off true high-res using the line-in. 😛
Sonos won't I believe, produce anything better than CD quality. There are many who believe that the claimed advantages of hires are bunk even on a £10,000 system. You are worrying about something you cannot possibly hear a difference in. Forget the line in. Downsample hires files to 16-bit FLAC and stream them to the P:5 wirelessly.
Sonos won't I believe, produce anything better than CD quality. There are many who believe that the claimed advantages of hires are bunk even on a £10,000 system. You are worrying about something you cannot possibly hear a difference in. Forget the line in. Downsample hires files to 16-bit FLAC and stream them to the P:5 wirelessly.



Thank you so much for the help! I've all the info I need. 🙂
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