@n80 I think you're referring to the Sonos Port as Gen 2. I have the Connect and it's Gen 1 and won't work with S2. I'm pretty happy with my Connect, but have been debating if it's worth upgrading to a Port or just switching to a DAC with built-in streamer.
What does Sonos Connect 'do' to a recording?
I have Sonos speakers around the house outside of my listening room where my primary system is. My wife really enjoys it and for casual listening I'm happy with it too. I stream via Amazon Music, normal resolution.
I stream Amazon Music into my main system through an older Apple TV module which I understands is not an optimal way in regard to sound quality. It also cuts out for half a second from time to time with some regularity. Sonos never cuts out.
I have a Sonos Connect that I could run into the pre-amp of my main system, possibly with Amazon's hi-res option.
The question is, does the Sonos Connect 'do' anything to the files transmitted through it to the pre-amp? (As you can tell I have very poor understanding of the various components of steaming.) In other words, would it be more or less desirable than the Apple TV as a streaming device? Is there anything about Sonos Connect that would make paying extra for Amazon's hi-res option not worthwhile? It is my understanding that the new Sonos app, S2, will handle hi-res files now and that the Connect is compatible with S2.
Any insight into this would be much appreciated.
George
I stream Amazon Music into my main system through an older Apple TV module which I understands is not an optimal way in regard to sound quality. It also cuts out for half a second from time to time with some regularity. Sonos never cuts out.
I have a Sonos Connect that I could run into the pre-amp of my main system, possibly with Amazon's hi-res option.
The question is, does the Sonos Connect 'do' anything to the files transmitted through it to the pre-amp? (As you can tell I have very poor understanding of the various components of steaming.) In other words, would it be more or less desirable than the Apple TV as a streaming device? Is there anything about Sonos Connect that would make paying extra for Amazon's hi-res option not worthwhile? It is my understanding that the new Sonos app, S2, will handle hi-res files now and that the Connect is compatible with S2.
Any insight into this would be much appreciated.
George