Sonos has started to enable the ability to play Amazon Music content in Ultra HD and Dolby Atmos . Users with a subscription to Amazon's music service and a compatible Sonos speaker will therefore be able to listen to lossless music with quality up to 24-bit and a sample rate of up to 48KHz .
Specifically, there are more than fourteen computers compatible with Amazon Music in Ultra HD quality. Among them, the Sonos Roam, Move, One, One SL, Sonos Five and Play 5, all generations of Sonos Sub, Sonos Arc sound bars and two generations of Beam, Port receivers, second generation Conct converters and the second version of Connect: Amp. The Symfonisk Bookshelf and Symfonisk Table Lamp, in collaboration with Ikea, also support up to 24-bit audio.
Now, what are the advantages of playing music in HI-Res? According to Sonos, the experience you get when listening to 24-bit tracks is very similar to the one you get in a recording studio, where the audio file is lossless.
To play tracks in this format, yes, it is necessary to be an Amazon Music Unlimited subscriber and link the account through the Sonos app, which is available on both iOS and Android.
You can now listen to music in Dolby Atmos with your Sonos soundbar
The list of compatible speakers music in Dolby Atmos is somewhat smaller, since not all Sonos equipment is compatible with this system. Only the Sonos Arc and soundbars the second generation Sonos Beam support the ability to play music in a format more enveloping. The songs also need to be mixed in Dolby Atmos for the experience to be much more immersive and, unfortunately, not all tracks are remastered. Fortunately, the Dolby algorithm can “specialize” the audio for unsupported songs to make the stereo experience as complete as possible.
Sonos has also confirmed that it hopes to be able to make other services compatible in the future . Apple Music, remember, also offers the possibility of playing music in audio without quality loss and with Dolby Atmos. However, only Apple devices and speakers are supported, and not those from third-party manufacturers.
