DAC-less Sonos Connect

[ianandyr]

If you are interested in seeing a cheaper, DAC-less Sonos Connect to provide a digital only output for your AV amp, dedicated DAC or actives with inbuilt DACs then you may want to support this idea over on the Sonus forums.

https://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/simpler_connect_device_no_onboard_dac_just_streaming

 

[The_Lhc]

I take it you are then? How much do you think this would actually reduce the cost of the Connect by? I'd guess no more than about £5, in terms of components. It isn't worth the effort.

 

[roten]

Not sure what the benefit would be. It currently has a digital out

Would however be interesting if this could support hi res out of the box (assuming the current DAC inside Sonos is the reason it only support CD quality - there are modded ones that can take hi res)

 

[John Duncan]

I take it you are then? How much do you think this would actually reduce the cost of the Connect by? I'd guess no more than about £5, in terms of components. It isn't worth the effort.

I suspect it would put the price up, since they'd sell fewer of them.

Sonos' biggest seller by far is the Connect:Amp, by the way (or so I'm told by a dealer).

 

[John Duncan]

assuming the current DAC inside Sonos is the reason it only support CD quality - there are modded ones that can take hi res

Really? That surprises me, unless the DAC they use costs tuppence...

 

[Dave_]

Sonos' biggest seller by far is the Connect:Amp, by the way (or so I'm told by a dealer).

More than the Play units, i find that hard to believe.

 

[John Duncan]

Sonos' biggest seller by far is the Connect:Amp, by the way (or so I'm told by a dealer).

More than the Play units, i find that hard to believe.

Yes, more than the Play by a multiple, according to the UK's largest dealer. Perhaps Clare would know, as I could easily have misunderstood/misinterpreted.

 

[Clare Newsome]

Connect:Amp is certainly a popular product - several thousand sell in UK every month - but Play:3 is the SONOS biggest seller. And I hear that the Play:1 is the fastest-selling launch product in the company's history...

Obviously individual dealers will sell different combinations, so their experience may differ!

 

[Dave_]

Cumulative sales possibly, since its been around much longer but I just don't buy that's the most popular unit

 

[John Duncan]

Connect:Amp is certainly a popular product - several thousand sell in UK every month - but Play:3 is the SONOS biggest seller. And I hear that the Play:1 is the fastest-selling launch product in the company's history...

Obviously individual dealers will sell different combinations, so their experience may differ!

There you go then, I was...nnnggghhh...wrong.

 

[The_Lhc]

Would however be interesting if this could support hi res out of the box (assuming the current DAC inside Sonos is the reason it only support CD quality - there are modded ones that can take hi res)

No, there really aren't. There are modded ones that can be set to output at 24-bit BUT they still do not support 24-bit audio, they're simply upscaling the 16-bit audio to 24-bit (for no good reason that I can think of).

 

[BenLaw]

Connect:Amp is certainly a popular product - several thousand sell in UK every month - but Play:3 is the SONOS biggest seller. And I hear that the Play:1 is the fastest-selling launch product in the company's history...

Obviously individual dealers will sell different combinations, so their experience may differ!

There you go then, I was...nnnggghhh...wrong.

There's a first time for everything. Admitting you're wrong, that is.

 

[John Duncan]

There you go then, I was...nnnggghhh...wrong.

There's a first time for everything. Admitting you're wrong, that is.

When I'm wrong, I say I'm wr...actually, never mind.