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And leave alone 24/96, I am not sure how many people know or care about lossless and lossy music files. I can't see that changing either, even I am quite happy with the SQ obtained from recent iTunes purchases.

Well, anyone keeping up with this thread should know Sonos has marked support for 24/96 as "Not Planned." Since most ask.sonos Ideas which have been implemented (so far) had a previous status of "Planned", it is probably wishful thinking that one with a "Not Planned" status suddenly got the green light.

As a Sonos user for 3 years, I deeply wish they would allow it to decode high res files 24/96.
I dont mind the reduction in room capacity, I only have 3 rooms and will never have more than 4-5. Everybody I know who uses Sonos have around 3-5 rooms.

I also know some person who bought Streammagic (cambridge audio) because Sonos didnt offer high res decoding.

As a Sonos user for 3 years, I deeply wish they would allow it to decode high res files 24/96.
I dont mind the reduction in room capacity, I only have 3 rooms and will never have more than 4-5. Everybody I know who uses Sonos have around 3-5 rooms.

I also know some person who bought Streammagic (cambridge audio) because Sonos didnt offer high res decoding.

Sorry, but Sonos has stated Hires audio is not currently in the plans for future development.

Sorry, but Sonos has stated Hires audio is not currently in the plans for future development.

Only one reason I can think for Sonos to rethink this.

I read a review yesterday of Sonos and three other streaming solutions. Sonos was said to have " lack of sonic authority" and "moderate sound quality", while being lauded for all the features we know, which still allowed it to rank second.

Why? All because it doesn't support hi res.

Enlightened users who have done personal DBTs know that hi res is fluff and it is down to the mastering of the source material.

But at some time, Sonos may have to take into account the effect of such reviews, that are common in the mass media, on sales.

I read a review yesterday of Sonos and three other streaming solutions. Sonos was said to have " lack of sonic authority" and "moderate sound quality", while being lauded for all the features we know, which still allowed it to rank second.
As a matter of interest what exactly were they reviewing? A CONNECT outputting digitally at Fixed Volume, or a clutch of Play* units?

As a matter of interest what exactly were they reviewing? A CONNECT outputting digitally at Fixed Volume, or a clutch of Play* units?

Connect Amp, compared to Cyrus, Naim and Cambridge Audio.

Stuff Magazine.

PS: It is a ridiculous review actually. The other units range in power delivery from 30wpc to 75 wpc. Yet, the Connect Amp is deemed to be modest power output capable. And because of this, where the winner is hooked to Monitor Audio BX2s, the Sonos is compared for its sound out of speakers costing a lot less, that are smaller than the Monitors - why? Because Sonos doesn't have the power to drive "big floor standing speakers". So why not compare with Sonos driving the Monitor Audios, which it is a very good partner for? Who is to ask?!

As in the case with many mainstream magazines, it is all eye candy for the most part, but the point I am making is the lack of high res gets to be something factual to use for a journey into the fictional.

Connect Amp, compared to Cyrus, Naim and Cambridge Audio.

Stuff Magazine.

Did they downsample the 'high res' files?

Did they downsample the 'high res' files?

That would be too much of an effort - see the PS I just added to my post above.

...see the PS I just added to my post above.

Sure - but you didn't really expect a balanced reveiw from a mag like Stuff, did you? 😉

Sure - but you didn't really expect a balanced reveiw from a mag like Stuff, did you? ;-)

Well, no, but the girls are easy on the eye!

Is there any magazine that gives a balanced review? Hard for them to, if that is all they were to do, there is enough material for maybe one issue a year.