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B33Jay
Enthusiast II
October 6, 2022
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24bit playback from native source NAS

  • October 6, 2022
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Thought this was a feagure of s2. 

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Best answer by ratty

For Amazon Music, 24-bit isn’t supported on Play:1.

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3248

Ultra HD audio playback is not supported on Connect:Amp, Play:1, Play:3, Playbase, Playbar, Sub (Gen 1), and Sub (Gen 2).

 

One would assume that the same applies for other sources.

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Belly M
Belly M
October 6, 2022

Correct Sonos plays upto 24/48 from your local library.

Edit also from Amazon Music and Qobuz, possibly other streaming sources as well now.

B33JayAuthor
Enthusiast II
October 6, 2022

Thanks, that's what I thought... Five plays 24/48 but pair of Play:1s don't - but they are supported on S2... 🤔

Tried factory reset.. Installed one only, then the pair, no joy.

Stumped. 

ratty
rattyAnswer
October 6, 2022

For Amazon Music, 24-bit isn’t supported on Play:1.

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3248

Ultra HD audio playback is not supported on Connect:Amp, Play:1, Play:3, Playbase, Playbar, Sub (Gen 1), and Sub (Gen 2).

 

One would assume that the same applies for other sources.

    B33JayAuthor
    Enthusiast II
    October 6, 2022

    Thanks, that's helpful, couldn't find that anywhere. Assumed as S2 supports 24bit and Play1 is still supported on S2... anyway it was worth a try.

    Thanks for feedback. 👍

     

    Marcellus H.
    Trending Lyricist I
    October 7, 2022

    For Amazon Music, 24-bit isn’t supported on Play:1.

    https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3248

    Ultra HD audio playback is not supported on Connect:Amp, Play:1, Play:3, Playbase, Playbar, Sub (Gen 1), and Sub (Gen 2).

     

    One would assume that the same applies for other sources.

     

    I think with Amazon music that might be a legal/service specific thing. Afaik all S2 players support 48khz for local streaming. 

     

    https://support.sonos.com/s/article/79?language=en_US

    People are entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts.
    ratty
    ratty
    October 7, 2022

    Everything has always supported 48kHz. And always used 24-bit (or more) internally. 

    I can’t see why it would be a legal thing with Amazon. Why allow Sub/gen3, but not Sub/gen2? Makes no sense. It just seems that the older players are unable to decode FLAC 24-bit.

      John B
      October 7, 2022

      It does seem inherently implausible that Amazon would allow 24 bit on specified products. Why would they do so?

      The Play:1 and Play:3 have the least memory, and probably the slowest processors, of those devices supported under S2. (They can't do Airplay 2 either.)

      Finally, the wording in this blog post seems to me to imply that it is device dependent.

      https://blog.sonos.com/en-us/hi-res-audio-guide

      B33JayAuthor
      Enthusiast II
      October 14, 2022

      Thanks John B. 

      Yes, Five shows up on every controller, (android, iOS, PC et al) as supporting Airplay, but the Play1s are never shown. Heading towards replacing soon I think. 

      Reckon there was such a fuss about the S1/S2 original declaration that basically so much would be bricked they looked at the number of Play1s in play (pun intended) and decide tgey could just about keep them alive as a sop to the outrage. 

      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      October 14, 2022

      The PLAY:1s don’t have an AirPlay 2 receiver built in to them, they were designed before AirPlay 2 was a thing. I usually just group my PLAY:1s with a Sonos One, and send the AirPlay 2 signal to that, and it then extends to play on the PLAY:1s. Much as I’d love to replace the PLAY:1s, there’s not really a need, as long as grouping continues to work. 
       

      All of my system is S2, though. 

      Bruce
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