Three years ago I initiated a thread called, “Sonos support for Hi Res Audio” and was entertained then by some of the rationalizations and, arguably, programmed responses as to why Sonos did not support Hi Res Audio.
Today, I read from Sonos that in June of 2020, “Sonos S2 will enable higher resolution audio technologies for music and home theater.”
WHAT? Did Sonos cave to the marketing pressures?
Or is it more likely that they were controlling the narrative 3 years ago to buy time until their HW and SW Platforms were ready to roll out Hi Res Audio? I suspect this is the real story AND applaud Sonos for managing their customers until they were ready for a major platform release as these things take quite awhile (about 3-4 years) to develop, integrate and test.
As I wrote then, to the astonishment and backlash from some in that forum, there were people (one called me a Unicorn) who could discern the difference in digitized formats.
Perhaps, three years ago there were more Unicorns in the world than some people realized or were willing to admit. Or, perhaps, some people were just parroting the narrative.
Regardless, I am very happy that Sonos has joined the Hi Res Audio party...
