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October 7, 2007

Zp 24/96

  • October 7, 2007
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Ability to play 24bit/96 files (like the competition: slimdevices transporter)
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    Enthusiast II
    August 12, 2012
    Come on Sonos get a move on with 24/96 or you will be losing me and obviously many others to alternative streaming systems.

    Sonos was the best streaming system by far but you have been overtaken and left behind. I want to add more rooms but I will not do so because of this issue. I will look elsewhere next year.
    Lyricist I
    August 13, 2012
    I'd like to try downloading and listening to some of Linn's high-quality audio files that are available but they won't play on Sonos. So yes please Sonos, let's make it work. 🙂
    Lyricist I
    August 14, 2012
    Yes plx for hi res support
    Lyricist I
    August 31, 2012
    This gets more and more important now that competitor products do support them. It's a key gap knowing that Sonos is also about hifi audio quality.

    I was about to purchase an entire system for my house, but now I wonder - I was not aware of this limitation.
    Avid Contributor I
    August 31, 2012
    This gets more and more important now that competitor products do support them.

    Although there's one less competitor now, Squeezebox is officially dead. That's kind of a shame actually.
    Trending Lyricist I
    August 31, 2012
    I was just about to buy a SONOS CONNECT but discovered it is limited to 16/44 !? ...the SONOS is an ideal solution for me but I can't commit with this limitation ...it is nearly Christmas, please update and also sort out the Clocking/Jitter (there are lots of rip-off aftermarket modifications and I am sure SONOS could refine this at factory) which would make it a World Class source.

    Best regards SONOS Dev Team 🙂
    Avid Contributor I
    August 31, 2012
    it is nearly Christmas

    IT'S ONLY CHUFFING AUGUST!!!!! ffs...
    jgatie
    August 31, 2012
    I was just about to buy a SONOS CONNECT but discovered it is limited to 16/44 !? ...the SONOS is an ideal solution for me but I can't commit with this limitation ...it is nearly Christmas, please update and also sort out the Clocking/Jitter (there are lots of rip-off aftermarket modifications and I am sure SONOS could refine this at factory) which would make it a World Class source.

    Best regards SONOS Dev Team :)


    Uhm, If you think they are going to drum up a product that can play 24/96 by Christmas, you are not very familiar with the development cycle for consumer electronics. Quite simply, you are off by at least a factor of 4, probably closer to 8, for hardware that must solve the problems listed in this thread.
    jgatie
    August 31, 2012
    Come on Sonos get a move on with 24/96 or you will be losing me and obviously many others to alternative streaming systems.

    Sonos was the best streaming system by far but you have been overtaken and left behind. I want to add more rooms but I will not do so because of this issue. I will look elsewhere next year.


    This gets more and more important now that competitor products do support them. It's a key gap knowing that Sonos is also about hifi audio quality.

    I was about to purchase an entire system for my house, but now I wonder - I was not aware of this limitation.


    Please note that as of this month, the only "competitor" and "alternate system" which approached Sonos in cost and functionality is no more. Logitech has discontinued the Squeezebox line, in favor of cheap mono internet radios:

    http://ue.logitech.com/en-gb/smart-radios#tab-specs

    Other "competitors" are either enormously expensive, or are vaporware. I cite this as evidence that the market for hirez does not seem to be what it is oft claimed to be in this thread.
    Avid Contributor I
    August 31, 2012
    Other "competitors" are either enormously expensive, or are vaporware.
    Well not entirely, Simple Audio's Roomplayers DO exist, albeit at double the price for the equivalent device (although this is still within the same order of magnitude as Sonos, unlike the £1000+ devices from other manufacturers) and with the same 65k track limit as Sonos from what I understand (despite requiring Twonky server to run on a NAS if you want to use one).