Zp 24/96

ErikM,

I can't speak about the demand for such a product, but the original was probably priced wrong and offered to the wrong audience. LOGITECH specializes in fairly inexpensive mass audience products. I don't think that the typical LOGITECH customer would appreciate either version of the product. This product needs special handling.

I'm not saying that the product can't be successful, but LOGITECH will need to bring in some specialized marketing talent. The audiophile community requires stroking.

As I'm sure you know Slim Devices was the original company that developed the SqueezeBox and then later the Transporter. Interestingly Slim Devices was founded fully two years before Sonos was! Anyway Slim Devices was always a tweaky audiophile/ computer geeky type company. Slim Devices actually did a great job marketing and selling the Transporter. In fact when the Transporter was released there was quite a backorder for it. Slim Devices got very successful with the Squeezebox products (including the Transporter) and Logitech offered to buy them for a whole bunch of $$$$ It really was Logitech that didn't quite know what to do with the Transporter since Logitech is really more a mass marketer.. From what I've read on various forums seems that when Logitech sort of stopped building the Transporter the faithful really complained, so Logitech decided to bring it back at a more competitive price by eliminating the pretty much redundant and expensive TransNav control on the front panel.

As the OP, just like to let everyone know I've moved on...

When I'm not listening to music on my best equipment via a new Linn DS, I now stream all by 24 bit files from the DS via line level analog out into my Sonos system through the remainder of the house..

Yeh I know this is then "re converted back to digital"..whatever...

Sure beats down converting them and having 2 different bit copies in my library

I now pretty much only purchase 24 Bit tracks for adding to my collection. I do still listen to new 16 bit music, but I do this via Rhapsody

So enjoy the arguments everyone, but since the company didn't offer me a knew product I wanted to buy, I've simply shopped elsewhere...

Catch ya

Wap

When I'm not listening to music on my best equipment via a new Linn DS, I now stream all by 24 bit files from the DS via line level analog out into my Sonos system through the remainder of the house..

That sounds like a good, pragmatic solution to me.

Cheers,

Keith

Now that Apple are allegedly looking to provide 24-bit music via iTunes maybe someone at Sonos will finally realise the potential of this format.

Large +1 for me.

It is the only reason I'm not expanding my Sonos-system but will look into other solutions.

It is not only a question of high-end.
I want to have all my music everywhere available (isn't that where Sonos was designed for?).
I will have a high-end streamer for my dedicated listening environment, but for all other places Sonos is perfect.

So please Sonos, add this quickly or lose a customer.

(An otherwise happy S5 owner).

Large +1 for me.

It is the only reason I'm not expanding my Sonos-system but will look into other solutions.

It is not only a question of high-end.
I want to have all my music everywhere available (isn't that where Sonos was designed for?).
I will have a high-end streamer for my dedicated listening environment, but for all other places Sonos is perfect.

So please Sonos, add this quickly or lose a customer.

(An otherwise happy S5 owner).

Good point well made!
If you have bought some hi-res music why should you have to down-sample it to play it on Sonos and keep the hi-res file as a duplicate for playing on other devices?

Good point well made!
If you have bought some hi-res music why should you have to down-sample it to play it on Sonos and keep the hi-res file as a duplicate for playing on other devices?

Indeed.
I don't want to recode all my music.
I'm a member of the B&W music club, and all their new releases are available in the high res format.

Hi,

Im in search for a capable newtwork player and stumble upon Sonos. I found out that it does not support 24/96 wich makes it a "no buy" for me.
I have to much 24/96 material to ignore.

It's a pitty because the control-part is important to me and Sonos solutions seems rather nice, especially the Ipad and Android apps.

I will probably have to turn to a computer solution to get what I want: An bitcorrect network transport supporting 24/96, controlled with an Ipad or other tablet.

has there even been some feedback on this from Sonos?