Multiroom group; option to disable downsampling

[Pixario]

Hi,

I saw the question and answer below, in italic, on Amazon.com. Since network bandwidth isn't an issue for most households where I live then the downsampling ought to be a default option that you could disable yourself when you have sufficient bandwidth right?

I might be way off here but I base my assumptions that each stream of 24-bit/192kHz uses approximately 10Mbit/s (did some quick reading here: https://www.qobuz.com/ie-en/info/Hi-Fi/Bancs-d-essai/Will-my-Internet-bandwidth-be179216).
Since 100Mbit/s up and down is more or less the minimum bandwidth here then shouldn't that be sufficient for 5 wiim pro streams in a multiroom setup?

Q: If the source music is 24-bit/192 khz, will it stream in 24-bit/192 khz to multiple wiim pro units configured for multi-room listening?

A: When streaming in the multi-room group, the Hi-Res audio will be down sampled to 16-bit/48kHz to save the network bandwidth.

 

[d6jg]

IF you were using LMS as a media server with 5 WiiMs as endpoints then the stream from Qobuz would be 1 x 10mbps. The server would then multiply the stream and hand it in to each player.
Except this isn’t 100% possible yet because the WiiMs would currently have to use the LMS UPnP/DLNA bridge which doesn’t synchronise perfectly. When WiiM put Squeezelite onto the Mini and Pro then it will be fully possible.

Edit
They would all get 24/192

 

[magreen]

I would also like to see high-res multiroom support. I just tried it with my Pro and mini and it downsampled to 48 kHz.

The part that bothered me even more than the downsampling of hi-res content, was upsampling of 44.1 kHz to 48 kHz that I saw intermittently. With 44.1 kHz FLAC streaming from Tidal, my DAC sometimes reported 44.1 and sometimes reported 48. Upsampling from 44 to 48 has the potential to cause major sound degradation.