Sonos supporting 24 bit, but still no >48KHz

[pjug]

https://darko.audio/2021/03/hi-res-streaming-comes-to-sonos-via-qobuz-sort-of/

Anyone know if there are technical hurdles that would prevent them from streaming higher sample rate files with existing hardware, eventually?

 

[RayDunzl]

The first technical hurdle might be the link quoted:

 

[mermayer]

https://darko.audio/2021/03/hi-res-streaming-comes-to-sonos-via-qobuz-sort-of/

Anyone know if there are technical hurdles that would prevent them from streaming higher sample rate files with existing hardware, eventually?

SONOS supported audio formats

 

[pjug]

SONOS supported audio formats

So is the bit rate the limiter? Is this capped by hardware or just the S2 system?

FLAC
Up to 1536kbps

 

[pjug]

The first technical hurdle might be the link quoted:

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It works for me. If imy link has a problem, can someone add a working link?