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Amazon HD / Airplay vs Sonos

  • 29 August 2021
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Hi,

Testing Amazon HD vs Spotify.

On the Amazon app when using Airplay, tapping the Ultra HD logo of a song confirms that it is playing 24-bit / 44.1 khz. 
 

Still on the Amazon music app, when selecting my room (same Sonos speakers), the app shows that it cannot confirm the bit-rate.

 

My question is: is it only the info that is not available thru Sonos or is there an audio quality advantage to use Airplay?


Thanks

 

Nicolas

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Best answer by GuitarSuperstar 29 August 2021, 15:47

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Sonos only supports up to 16-bit/44.1kHz from Amazon Music HD. So even though the Amazon app is showing 24-bit when streaming over AirPlay, it is more than likely being downsampled to 16-bit/44.1kHz. I would also guess you are getting the same quality audio using AirPlay as you are playing directly from the Amazon app.

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3248?language=en_US

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