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January 12, 2022
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For those of you who have evaluated various music services with Sonos, what are your recommendations? I’m currently considering Apple Music, Qobuz, Deezer and Amazon. My priorities are music quality (High Resolution), integration with Sonos as I plan on streaming via the Sonos app and lastly cost. FWIW, I’ll be using a pair of One SLs configured as a stereo pair on my office desk. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts after evaluating some of these services with Sonos. Thanks.

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Best answer by ratty

Thanks everyone. I got everything hooked up including a Gen3 sub and it sounds great! When streaming from Qobuz, Deezer or Apple Music, now playing shows no indication of the audio format. Am I missing something? How am I to confirm the quality of my stream? Thanks!

For Deezer you need to touch the track info (below the album artwork), scroll the menu and pick Track format.

Apple currently doesn’t stream lossless to Sonos. Qobuz does of course, but I don’t think it yet displays the quality.

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GuitarSuperstar

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All three services are good services, but out of the three, only Qobuz offers Hi-Res music streaming on Sonos.

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bkimuraAuthor

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All three services are good services, but out of the three, only Qobuz offers Hi-Res music streaming on Sonos.

What are the others limited to? (Not even lossless CD quality, 16-bit 44khz?) Thanks.

AjTrek1

I use Apple Music, SiriusXM and Sonos Radio. No problem with any of those. Spotify seems to be a popular service in this community. All services with the exception of SiriusXM offer step-ups for higher quality audio. It just depends on your budget.

As with any streaming service your band width is important. Although most ISP’s; even at the lowest tier, offer enough for music streaming.

Your speakers will perform just fine. All other factors considered as previously mentioned… your only concern would be your home network hardware specifically your router if using Wi-Fi. WiFi issues can usually be resolved by wiring a speaker to your router or using a Sonos Boost module to create the SonosNet.

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Bumper

(Sonos also does “hi res” on Amazon which OP mentions :)

@bkimura you could take advantage of the trial offers most of the services have and you may find that you prefer the integration of one over the others.

melvimbe

All three services are good services, but out of the three, only Qobuz offers Hi-Res music streaming on Sonos.

4 services were listed and Amazon has hi res music streaming. :grinning:

Danny

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bkimuraAuthor

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I use Apple Music, SiriusXM and Sonos Radio. No problem with any of those. Spotify seems to be a popular service in this community. All services with the exception of SiriusXM offer step-ups for higher quality audio. It just depends on your budget.

As with any streaming service your band width is important. Although most ISP’s; even at the lowest tier, offer enough for music streaming.

Your speakers will perform just fine. All other factors considered as previously mentioned… your only concern would be your home network hardware specifically your router if using Wi-Fi. WiFi issues can usually be resolved by wiring a speaker to your router or using a Sonos Boost module to create the SonosNet.

Thank you. I plan on sticking with WiFi as we get very reliable fast service. If I need to, I could pick up a switch and hardwire in as my desk is right next to my Comcast router. (No available ports on router) I currently use Apple Music as I have a free trial but I just started experimenting with Qobuz and Deezer. The speakers will be arriving today so I’ll begin my evaluation soon.

Ken_Griffiths

All three services are good services, but out of the three, only Qobuz offers Hi-Res music streaming on Sonos.

4 services were listed and Amazon has hi res music streaming. :grinning:

I think the Amazon Music Service was added by OP (as an edit) after @GuitarSuperstar began his reply - there were only three services listed initially. (Apple, Qobuz & Deezer).

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GuitarSuperstar

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All three services are good services, but out of the three, only Qobuz offers Hi-Res music streaming on Sonos.

What are the others limited to? (Not even lossless CD quality, 16-bit 44khz?) Thanks.

According to Sonos, Apple Music currently streams at 64kbps HE-AAC, 128kbps AAC, and 256kbps AAC to Sonos.

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3282?language=en_US

Upon further research, it looks like Deezer can play 16-bit, 44.1kHz FLAC on Sonos with a Deezer HiFi account.

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/2919?language=en_US

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AjTrek1

I use Apple Music, SiriusXM and Sonos Radio. No problem with any of those. Spotify seems to be a popular service in this community. All services with the exception of SiriusXM offer step-ups for higher quality audio. It just depends on your budget.

As with any streaming service your band width is important. Although most ISP’s; even at the lowest tier, offer enough for music streaming.

Your speakers will perform just fine. All other factors considered as previously mentioned… your only concern would be your home network hardware specifically your router if using Wi-Fi. WiFi issues can usually be resolved by wiring a speaker to your router or using a Sonos Boost module to create the SonosNet.

Thank you. I plan on sticking with WiFi as we get very reliable fast service. If I need to, I could pick up a switch and hardwire in as my desk is right next to my Comcast router. (No available ports on router) I currently use Apple Music as I have a free trial but I just started experimenting with Qobuz and Deezer. The speakers will be arriving today so I’ll begin my evaluation soon.

Just an FYI…

1GB speed provided by your ISP is fast coming into your home. However, it’s your Router that determines how that 1GB is distributed throughout your home over WiFi. At that point the WiFi signal can be influenced by interference from other wireless sources inside your home and outside of it degrading the signal. If so that is when we recommend using the SonosNet.

Together Everyone Achieves More = T.E.A.M.