I've tried my best to like Bluesound's products, which are marketed as the "audiophile version of Sonos".
However, after one issue too many, I've decided to replace the Bluesound streamer in my primary system with a Sonos Port.
(For the sake of convenience, Sonos products are used for casual background listening throughout the rest of our house.)
The Port will be connected to the built-in DAC of my trusty old Gato DIA-400s amplifier.
(It uses a rather old Burr Brown PCM1794a chip, which should have some level of jitter-tolerance, despite its age).
Hi-Res is currently off the table, as all music is streamed via a regular Tidal HiFi subscription.
Martin
However, after one issue too many, I've decided to replace the Bluesound streamer in my primary system with a Sonos Port.
(For the sake of convenience, Sonos products are used for casual background listening throughout the rest of our house.)
The Port will be connected to the built-in DAC of my trusty old Gato DIA-400s amplifier.
(It uses a rather old Burr Brown PCM1794a chip, which should have some level of jitter-tolerance, despite its age).
Hi-Res is currently off the table, as all music is streamed via a regular Tidal HiFi subscription.
- I assume that the Port would be OK to use for for 16 bit / 44.1 kHz digital transport in terms of "bit-perfectness" and jitter? (Output set to "fixed")
I haven't been able to find any measurements of the Sonos Port, but previous tests of the Sonos Connect suggest that 16/44.1 transport should be within its capabilities.
- If I understand correctly, the Sonos Port will internally process 24/48 but externally output 24/44.1?
So, I'm guessing that if I were to take the jump to Hi-Res, any 24/48, 24/96, or 24/192 material would be severely compromised by the Sonos Port?
Martin