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Johnsalmon
Avid Contributor I
Mar 26, 2021 3:58 PM UTC

S2 app and Qobuz Hi-Res

If I play Qobuz via AirPlay I can now get Hi-Res quality music, it tells me. If I go through the S2 App to Qobuz it doesn’t tell me if I am getting Hi-Res music - can you tell me if the S2 App is streaming Hi-Res music from Qobuz? Many thanks. John Salmon

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ratty
ratty
Mar 30, 2021 9:01 AM UTC

One “work around” would be to go on the Qobuz app and add songs to your created playlists that you can see are High Rez. Then when you are on the SONOS App you can play from your created playlist that you know is Hi Rez 

If the track has a sampling rate over 48kHz it will still be delivered as 16/44.

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brttlt
Avid Contributor I
Mar 30, 2021 1:58 PM UTC

On the Quboz app the song shows 24/192

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ratty
ratty
Mar 30, 2021 2:33 PM UTC

On the Quboz app the song shows 24/192

So it’ll be delivered to Sonos at 16/44.

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/1782

Tracks with a sampling rate above 48 kHz will be delivered to your Sonos hardware as 16-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC (CD lossless quality).

 

You can’t cheat the system by putting the track on a Qobuz playlist.

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brttlt
Avid Contributor I
Mar 30, 2021 2:42 PM UTC

So are you saying we cannot get hi res tracks through SONOS?

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brttlt
Avid Contributor I
Mar 30, 2021 2:46 PM UTC

I’m really confused. I thought the whole point of this Qobuz thing was that we WOULD now finally get hi res music to play on SONOS

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ratty
ratty
Mar 30, 2021 3:00 PM UTC

You can get up to 24/48, as described in the linked support page above and numerous announcements and press articles.

 

What good would a frequency response extending up to 96kHz do for you anyway? The Sonos speakers are incapable of reproducing it. Even if they were, it would only be the household pets who could appreciate it.

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    brttlt
    Avid Contributor I
    Mar 30, 2021 10:27 PM UTC

    Okay explain in layman’s terms...I’m a quick study. My Qobuz app says I’m playing Hi Res / 48 KHz and I’m on my headphones at the gym. If I go home and play Qobuz through the SONIS app, same song, what will it play at?

     

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    Jeffrey_35
    Jeffrey_35
    Headliner III
    Mar 31, 2021 1:10 AM UTC

    Yes it would. Depending on the Sonos device (just about everything except Play 1s) that is playable on S2. If it fits you would hear 48/24. However, the organization that officially designates hi-res states it has to be 96/24 for it to be officially labeled that way. The Qobuz file is 96/24 but Sonos can only manage 48/24. 

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    brttlt
    Avid Contributor I
    Mar 31, 2021 1:58 AM UTC

    It’s on my SONOS ARC

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    ratty
    ratty
    Mar 31, 2021 8:43 AM UTC

    Like it says in the Sonos support article, if the original Qobuz file is 24/96 the version delivered to Sonos would be at 16/44.

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