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Beam Gen 2 DAC and Surround Speakers

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November 7, 2021
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brians238
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Hi, All.

I just set up a surround system using a Beam Gen2 and 2 Play 1 speakers. The DAC on the Beam has the ability to play 24-bit audio, whereas the Play 1’s and limited to 16-bit. My question is, in this setup, when streaming Hi-res 24 bit audio, is the Beam DAC used for all speakers (“upgrading” the Play 1s), or is the stream downsampled in the Play 1s ( I know the Beam is playing the full 24-bit resolution)?

Any thoughts much appreciated,

Brian

Best answer by ratty

It should be truncated to 16-bit (not downsampled -- the sampling rate is unchanged)) at the Play:1.

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