Apple Music Lossless

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March 23, 2023
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Will lossless be avialable using Apple Music/S2 app on March 28th or just Dolby Atmos

Moderator note: We updated this article in October 2023 with new information below.

Lossless music from Apple Music isn't currently supported on Sonos from the Sonos app or the Apple Music mobile app.

Sonos currently supports streaming hi-res audio from Amazon Music Unlimited (which streams up to 24-bit, 192 kHz). In order to listen to hi-res audio from Amazon Music on Sonos (which Amazon calls “Ultra HD”), you’ll need to sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited. (Note: when streaming on Sonos, the maximum sample rate is 48 kHz.)

You can stream spatial audio from Apple Music to Sonos speakers that support the format.

Here are some more information regarding lossless and Atmos music:

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Belly M

Yes.. the resolution is however limited on Sonos equipment to 24/48 https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/supported-audio-formats-for-sonos-music-library

If you wanted to play back higher bitrates then you need to look at other platforms such as Bluesound.

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Spaddywaddy

Enthusiast II

Yes.. the resolution is however limited on Sonos equipment to 24/48 https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/supported-audio-formats-for-sonos-music-library

If you wanted to play back higher bitrates then you need to look at other platforms such as Bluesound.

Awesome, thanks again. 👍

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Spaddywaddy

Enthusiast II

Yes.. the resolution is however limited on Sonos equipment to 24/48 https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/supported-audio-formats-for-sonos-music-library

If you wanted to play back higher bitrates then you need to look at other platforms such as Bluesound.

Can I ask the icons next to each Sonos room are they AirPlay or direct network to the hardware? If they are AirPlay icons, won’t this be a lowered to 256 AAC using the native Amazon app? It doesn’t show the streaming resolution in the native app and when doing blind tests vs the Apple App, I hear no difference in sound quality. However, I notice a distinct difference when played via the Sonos/Amazon app.

Can someone clarify confirm. I much prefer to use the Native Amazon app rather than the Amazon integrated version.

Sarge_72

Avid Contributor I

I am fine with CD quality - is AppleMusic still limited to 256AAC? I get the ‘HD’ Symbol when streaming FLAC from my NAS so I know I have 16/44, but get conflicting info when playing AppleMusic from the SONOS app or from AppleMusic directly.

I also assume Tidal would be fine and play to the 24/48 limit if I had the correct tier (although again the CD quality tier is just fine)

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