I a great vinyl collection that I originally had connected to a Denon AVR, def tech speakers and sub, and an audio technica turntable. It sounded very good, but I wanted to go wireless for a lot of reasons. I gave the speakers and receiver to my daughter and replaced them with 2 Sonos ONE SL’s, Beam, and Sub Mini. It didn’t occur to me that they weren’t Bluetooth compatible. Now I have all these great albums but no ability to play them since the Sonos aren’t Bluetooth compatible. I’m open to buying a new receiver but am not sure which one to buy. Any ideas?
The best way to introduce a turntable to Sonos is via a Line-In equipped Sonos device. These include an ERA 100/300 + adapter, a Five, an Amp, or a Port. The turntable also needs to have a phono pre-amp, either built in or external. See this link:
https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/listen-to-your-turntable-on-sonos
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Or not. Note that there is a whole section of the forum here, which discusses exactly what you want to do.
Bluetooth is not a particularly hi-fi interface. The line-in option is a better option, in my opinion. You can then use the line-in input for your existing speaker setup, and/or to the new speaker.
Bluetooth would be a distant last choice here too. Any of the wired line-in options is better.
The Beam will be decent for listening to the turntable but it is just a soundbar so it is a bit limited.
Hard to choose which speakers are best for the turntable. The Fives are probably the best sounding and give you two line-in connections. The Era-300s sound good too and include Atmos playback. The line-in adaptor(s) are extra. Era-100s will be a bit better than the Beam, maybe not enough to justify the cost though.
Thanks everyone, it’s very good information. As an old hi-fi guy, I should have kept my Def Tech’s and receiver. I recently bought the Beam and Sub Mini recently, maybe I can exchange them.
The way Sonos works only the soundbars and Amp work well for TV audio so you may want to keep the Beam for that.
As others suggested an Era-100 and line-in adaptor is going to be the inexpensive but good quality option.
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