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Amazon HD / Airplay vs Sonos

  • August 29, 2021
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Hi,

Testing Amazon HD vs Spotify.

On the Amazon app when using Airplay, tapping the Ultra HD logo of a song confirms that it is playing 24-bit / 44.1 khz. 
 

Still on the Amazon music app, when selecting my room (same Sonos speakers), the app shows that it cannot confirm the bit-rate.

 

My question is: is it only the info that is not available thru Sonos or is there an audio quality advantage to use Airplay?


Thanks

 

Nicolas

Best answer by GuitarSuperstar

Sonos only supports up to 16-bit/44.1kHz from Amazon Music HD. So even though the Amazon app is showing 24-bit when streaming over AirPlay, it is more than likely being downsampled to 16-bit/44.1kHz. I would also guess you are getting the same quality audio using AirPlay as you are playing directly from the Amazon app.

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3248?language=en_US

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Sonos only supports up to 16-bit/44.1kHz from Amazon Music HD. So even though the Amazon app is showing 24-bit when streaming over AirPlay, it is more than likely being downsampled to 16-bit/44.1kHz. I would also guess you are getting the same quality audio using AirPlay as you are playing directly from the Amazon app.

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3248?language=en_US

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