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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1633281" data-attributes="member: 24160">There would not be any benefit to changing the file formats of your existing files.&nbsp; The quality would remain the same or be decreased.&nbsp; It cannot be increased, e.g. a format change cannot put back into the new file what is not there in the original file.&nbsp; When ripping any new CDs, I would just make sure to rip them to a lossless format - assuming you can even hear the difference between the 3 formats.&nbsp; AAC and mp3 (am assuming you meant mp3 vs mpeg which is a video codec) are both lossy formats, but AAC is typically better.I don't know much about the Sonos system to be honest - but, to my ear, regardless of the speakers you're using, when you want to get serious about sitting down and just listening to your music rather than a background filler - setting up two speakers in a Left &amp; Right stereo set up rather than a single speaker playing back both channels provides a much better audio experience.&nbsp; According to the Sonos Play:3 specs, they do have a &quot;Stereo Pair Setting&quot; to permit exactly that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1633281, member: 24160"] There would not be any benefit to changing the file formats of your existing files. The quality would remain the same or be decreased. It cannot be increased, e.g. a format change cannot put back into the new file what is not there in the original file. When ripping any new CDs, I would just make sure to rip them to a lossless format - assuming you can even hear the difference between the 3 formats. AAC and mp3 (am assuming you meant mp3 vs mpeg which is a video codec) are both lossy formats, but AAC is typically better. I don't know much about the Sonos system to be honest - but, to my ear, regardless of the speakers you're using, when you want to get serious about sitting down and just listening to your music rather than a background filler - setting up two speakers in a Left & Right stereo set up rather than a single speaker playing back both channels provides a much better audio experience. According to the Sonos Play:3 specs, they do have a "Stereo Pair Setting" to permit exactly that. [/QUOTE]

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