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24bit flac files: Supported on the new Era100 ?

  • 9 March 2023
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I have struggled with the Sonos One because it does not support high definition flac files (24 bit encoding, for example). I can’t play 100’s of tracks in my library due to errors like this:

 

“unsupported sample rate 24b9600”

in the Sonos app. (on Android)

 

Is this resolved in the Era100?

 

I would like to consider a full apartment setup of the Era… but need to know that my music library will work! (HDTracks and other audiophile vendors often provide 24 bit flac files)

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Best answer by jgatie 9 March 2023, 23:36

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jgatie

Most Sonos devices have supported 24 bit files for a while.  What Sonos doesn't support is bit rates over 48 kHz.

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@SamJones6 Check out this article of supported audio formats on Sonos:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/supported-audio-formats-for-sonos-music-library

 

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I’d down-sample the problem files and see if I could hear a difference before I started replacing speakers.

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I’d down-sample the problem files and see if I could hear a difference before I started replacing speakers.

 

I am the other way around….

My philosophy is: Tech is the slave. I am the master. IOW: Tech serves me.

I buy a fair amount on hdtracks.com. Some of their stuff comes , in the lowest res, as 96K sample rate… (for some items they have higher sample rate, but I always select the lower option which is often 96). I expect it to play…

I don’t care if the sonos app (or speaker) downsamples it. I just need it to work. (I can play it in the car… I want to play it at home too!)

The question is not “how does it sound” or “why the ******* do you have such a useless level of audio resolution”. This ****** is in my library. A lot of it. A growing amount of it.

The question is: Can Sonos make my life better by just making it work?

 

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melvimbe

Hdtracks.com has let you down by selling you tracks that will not play everywhere.

Danny
jgatie

I’d down-sample the problem files and see if I could hear a difference before I started replacing speakers.

 

I am the other way around….

My philosophy is: Tech is the slave. I am the master. IOW: Tech serves me.

I buy a fair amount on hdtracks.com. Some of their stuff comes , in the lowest res, as 96K sample rate… (for some items they have higher sample rate, but I always select the lower option which is often 96). I expect it to play…

I don’t care if the sonos app (or speaker) downsamples it. I just need it to work. (I can play it in the car… I want to play it at home too!)

The question is not “how does it sound” or “why the ******* do you have such a useless level of audio resolution”. This ****** is in my library. A lot of it. A growing amount of it.

The question is: Can Sonos make my life better by just making it work?

 

Moderator note: Language modified per Community standards.

 

Sonos is not for you.  Buy something which is. 

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FWIW, I found half an answer.
If you drive Sonos from Roon, Roon knows what Sonos can handle, and it downstamples/transcodes as needed so that whatever you have will play.

Now, I do not have Roon, but given the limitations of the Sonos software I may have to set it up.

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