![]() So… IMO it’s something that Sonos will choose to leave to others. How do you manufacture a product on that basis? Here’s an example: How do you satisfy a niche market when most of the people in it don’t know what they want? Ask ten “audiophiles” what jitter sounds like, and you will get ten different answers. It’s easy for a tiny, specialist company to do the necessary thing and start inventing things that don’t exist to satisfy this small group of people, but it’s hard for a big company to do that and maintain credibility with their “normal” customers (who will always bring in most of the revenue). It’s hard to be both a volume producer and a niche specialist, not least because in the specialist niche that you’re talking about, the marketing has to be completely different. Sonos will probably want to leave it to the tiny specialists. Whether you like it or not, Sonos is a volume manufacturer, but the audiophool market is (by comparison) a tiny one. Ivan - to be honest, I can’t see it happening. If anyone agrees with me please leave comments so we can get Sonos attention. I sure hope that someone from Sonos will take this seriously. I will buy it first if you manage to do it for $899 or less. Make Sonos digital output sound great and you will sell a bunch. Get power supply clean and stable, maybe even consider having standard power cable, get rid of jitter, use high-quality SPIDF connector… They suck compared to $$$$$ priced amps. Just Digital Coax and maybe, just maybe, optical output. ![]() Sonos Port Digital or whatever you want to call it RECLOCK ENABLE BITPERFECT AUDIO SOFTWARESonos has the best software and the rest of the products are great but you are missing the main link with audiophiles. RECLOCK ENABLE BITPERFECT AUDIO MODWired 4 Sound managed to mod Connect into a damn good streamer. Everyone I have talked to said they like Sonos but the digital output is jittery. I have tried a lot of solutions and even they sound better than Connect over coax they are all not easy to use, do not have support for the majority of services, etc… I meet old people putting Raspberry Pie solutions together and struggling with boards and power supplies and software issues just to get good digital output. Audiophiles are people willing to spend a lot of money on a good streamer. It is taken by Raspberry Pie implementations and Bluesound and Aurelia, not because they have better software or support for services, but because they have a better digital output. You are missing a very important niche of the market. ![]() This was a show stopper for me and it is a show stopper for all audiophiles out there. I have to come clean and say that I am used to using Sonos everywhere and I love it.Īs an audiophile, I was looking to replace my aging Sonos Connect with Port and realized from all the reviews that it does not have a better digital output. Besides Sonos, I had a lot of gear but none of it could match Sonos's ease of use and sound quality (for the price). First of I want to say that I have been using Sonos products since 2009. ![]()
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