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How to stream vinyl around your home with Sonos These have outputs for wired speakers on the back, which can then be introduced into your system, like old pair of slippers amongst a collection of brand new English brogues.
If you have dedicated, non-Sonos, speakers you want to wire into the system, the Amp and Port are also still your best bet. You could also use the Sonos Connect as a receiver for the record player's output – still via a pre-amp – and have its line-in beamed around to your other Sonos speakers. With the Port (or the old Connect), you'll also then need to feed its output through a dedicated amplifier, or a hi-fi system with a built-in amp. So while the Connect:Amp and Amp do, of course (clue is in the name) have amplification powers, that pre-amp is still a must. Turntables need both the pre-amp and an amplifier.
With all of these devices you will still need a pre-amp as part of the setup. (Or, the older versions of these, if you have one / can get hold of one - Sonos Connect or Connect:Amp.) If you're in this boat you'll need either the Sonos Port or the Sonos Amp. Once you have the music playing through your Sonos speaker you can, of course, group that speaker with any other Sonos speakers in your setup… but more on that in a bit.Ī lot of people will be wanting to add their turntable into not only their Sonos system but also their existing stereo and speakers. In a Play:5 / Five / Era 300 setup you’ll remove the need for an amplifier and stereo speaker in your set-up, which will save a heap of wires.
By default, it's set to 2 but we'd recommend testing around the 6/7 mark – this will be dependent on your pre-amp's output impedance though. You may also want to tweak with the Line-In Source Level settings in the Sonos app, to get the volume to a level you are happy with. It's a good idea to rename the line-in input from the Sonos app to keep things clear – something like 'record player', for example. You will then need to select the line-in input via the Sonos app, and you’re good to go. These are the only models to offer line-in, so we're afraid there's not a lot of choice there. From there, use a line-in to the back of a Sonos Play:5, Sonos Five or the new S onos Era 300. In this set-up, take your record player and put it through a pre-amp phase. This is the simplest approach, and will probably suit most people. However, with a Sonos system, you can dispense with quite a few aspects of the set-up, and there are a number of configurations you can opt for. Sonos actually sells a couple of Pro-Ject turntables with pre-amps built in, to make things easier. You can cheat a little by getting a pre-amp integrated into an amplifier or record player (available on some models, but far from ubiquitous), but you do need all those parts. Traditionally, a record player needs lots of elements to work: the record player itself, a pre-amp, an actual amplifier and a pair of speakers – all connected in that order. How to use your turntable with Sonos speakers Read on for the various options open to you for making your record player set-up a little bit smarter. That’s led many to ask whether it’s possible to use your record player wirelessly or with a Sonos system – and the answer is a resounding yes. But while record players are great in terms of sound quality, and offering us the chance to slow down and consume music more thoughtfully, the tech realities can be a problem.įirst is that a vinyl set up has a lot of different elements – which causes clutter. Pretty much every member of The Ambient team has one. The allure of buying, owning and enjoying vinyl has sent sales soaring.
However, it's not always simple to make this most analogue of devices fit into the digital smart home. If you’re a music lover then a vinyl record player is likely to be a key part of your set-up.
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