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bkimura
Contributor III
January 12, 2022
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music streaming service

  • 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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    Stanley_4
    Stanley_4
    Grand Maestro
    January 17, 2022

    Finally caught the glitch I was talking about on my Play 5 Gen 2.

    Listening to Amazon, music stopped, time bar still running, cover art updating but no sound. Pause / Play button still works according to the time bar.

    Changing streams and then back resumes normal operation and sound.

    Diag # 2033225703

    Jeffrey_35
    Jeffrey_35
    Headliner III
    January 19, 2022

    I have Apple (part of One Premier), SiriusXM, Amazon (free/no HD), and am subscribed to Sonos Radio HD. Tried Tidal’s highest tier and have not tried Deezer or Qobuz. Airplaying Tidal to my Arc/Sub I could really hear a difference as well as when I play Apple Music with it through my Apple TV. Sonos HD sounds fabulous through anything, 52 and I can really tell the difference. Drawback is can’t listen outside of home and only limite stations, no individual songs/artists. Just waiting for Apple to offer HD through Sonos speakers natively through Sonos app. 

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