Zp 24/96

True, but if it's possible, it's still a decent short term solution to allow people to play hi-res files from a server or NAS while Sonos decides whether or not hardware support is warranted.

You can also use a WMP proxy to downsample hi-res files. That's what I do.

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True, but if it's possible, it's still a decent short term solution to allow people to play hi-res files from a server or NAS while Sonos decides whether or not hardware support is warranted.

But the point is, it's probably not possible given the fact Squeezebox struggles to do it with a lot more horsepower than a ZP.

But the point is, it's probably not possible given the fact Squeezebox struggles to do it with a lot more horsepower than a ZP.

It's just a question - I'm not trying to argue - do you know the processor and RAM specs on either of the units? I'm just curious what they are.

You can also use a WMP proxy to downsample hi-res files. That's what I do.

In my particular setup I don't have a PC. I have a D-Link DNS-323 and that the source of the audio. That said, it appears with some effort I could it running on the NAS using fun_plug. Thanks!

It's just a question - I'm not trying to argue - do you know the processor and RAM specs on either of the units? I'm just curious what they are.

No I don't know. But I would assume the ZP100 is less powerful than a PC circa 2005, and since Sonos is a multi-room audio system known to function perfectly with legacy components, the ZP100 would be the box on which you have to base the design.

But the point is, it's probably not possible given the fact Squeezebox struggles to do it with a lot more horsepower than a ZP.

I would suspect that, as far as processing power is concerned, it's probably easier to support these formats natively than to downsample them on the ZP. Most of the development would be in decoding the format and making sure, of course, it retained sync capability.

It's worth noting that, even if Sonos did support some sort of hires, it's highly unlikely they would support every possible format. 24-bit and maybe 96KHz may be possible with the current hardware (by which I mean the chipsets support it so there is a glimmer of a possibility that they could support it in the future).

I very much doubt Sonos will ever support 192kHz sample rate on the current hardware as I don't believe the chips support it, so for obscure formats like this (and the inevitable 32/256k, etc. formats) you would need to downsample anyway.

Cheers,

Keith

I would suspect that, as far as processing power is concerned, it's probably easier to support these formats natively than to downsample them on the ZP. Most of the development would be in decoding the format and making sure, of course, it retained sync capability.



So you are saying every ZP will play hires? There won't be a multi thousand dollar super quality hires player, ala the (now discontinued) Transporter? That's really going to upset the cocobolo and crystals set. 😃

Wouldn't a good first step be to downsample 24-bit, 96/192 files so that they can at least be played instead of detecting the format and giving the user an error message?
Downsampling on-the-fly -- even if it was possible -- would have to be done every time you play the file.

I just keep my hi-rez stuff elsewhere (off-share), and store a downsampled copy in my Sonos share.

I would suspect that, as far as processing power is concerned, it's probably easier to support these formats natively than to downsample them on the ZP.

Native support would require software *and* hardware mods and legacy support for older hardware.

And without knowing more about how the data is passed around on SonosNet who knows whether downsampling is even possible.

Has Sonos commented on this at all? Sorry to late to this thread but I was eyeballing coax port on my ZP80 and pondering hooking it up to my DAC. Then I thought, hey, why not see what's being said on the Sonos forum about 24/96 etc.

Downsampling on-the-fly -- even if it was possible -- would have to be done every time you play the file.

Sort of like how it decodes MP3 files every time they are played 😉 I tested a 4 min 24/96 file with Audacity. It takes a little over 2 mins to export from FLAC to a 16/44.1 WAV file.