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Benefit Airplay2 vs Sonos S2?

  • 18 September 2022
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Hi All,

Today I was a bit experimenting with the Qobuz app. I like using the Qobuz app more than the S2 app to be honest. But with the Qobuz app I need to use AirPlay 2. Is the streaming quality the same as using the S2 app? I can’t tell the difference to be honest 🙄

Qobuz is claiming to do 24-bit 48 kHz on the Sonos system (if the source is also in that particular quality, if higher, it will get downscaled to 16-bit 44,1 kHz) Should airplay2 deliver the same quality?

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Best answer by ratty 18 September 2022, 21:33

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Well, Airplay is clearly not going to deliver Qobuz at a sampling rate greater than 48kHz, as Sonos wouldn’t support it.

Airplay is evidently limited to 24bit/48kHz anyway.

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No I wasn’t expecting to deliver higher quality than the s2 app, but is it the same with airplay2? If airplay is limited by 24-bit at 48kHz, then that’s what I wanted to hear. TY