Sonos just got a killer Hi-Res Audio upgrade — including for the Sonos Roam

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Sonos just got a killer How-do-you-do-Res Audio upgrade — including for the Sonos Roam

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Sonos speakers are synonymous with loftier audio quality but they've never had a built-in streaming service with 24-scrap, Hi-Res Audio music. But that'south irresolute, equally Qobuz has brought this lossless standard to the Sonos range.

You'll demand a Qobuz Studio subscription and the Sonos S2 app, just all current Sonos speakers should exist compatible. That includes the upcoming portable speaker, the Sonos Roam.

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Qobuz is far from the only music streaming service to offer higher-quality, 24-bit content; Tidal and Amazon Music Hd as well support How-do-you-do-Res Audio.

However, Qobuz has beaten its competitors to enabling that quality level on Sonos speakers specifically. Co-ordinate to the Sonos back up site, Qobuz can deliver upward to 24-bit/48 kHz FLAC files; tracks with above 48 kHz will be played equally 16-bit/44.one kHz FLAC files, though this is even so lossless.

While this volition likely delight audiophiliac owners of speakers like the Sonos One, Sonos Movement and Sonos Arc, the addition of 24-fleck streaming could be a pregnant pre-release upgrade for the Sonos Roam in particular. Fifty-fifty the best Bluetooth speakers don't truly focus on high-grade sound delivery, instead balancing sound output against other concerns like size and waterproofing.

The Roam won't exist allowed to such compromises, and probable won't audio as loud or equally rich every bit the preceding Sonos Move. Merely its rare support for Howdy-Res Audio streaming could be some other style in which it stands out.

Lossless audio seems to exist on the rise in full general. Last month Spotify announced it would launch lossless "CD quality" streaming with a new Spotify HiFi service, leaving Apple Music equally one of very few major streaming platforms without a higher-quality subscription tier. That said, "CD quality" likely ways 16-chip audio, so not quite on the aforementioned level every bit what Qobuz has brought to Sonos.

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James is currently Hardware Editor at Rock Paper Shotgun, but before that was Audio Editor at Tom's Guide, where he covered headphones, speakers, soundbars and anything else that intentionally makes noise. A PC enthusiast, he also wrote computing and gaming news for TG, unremarkably relating to how hard it is to discover graphics card stock.

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