I have a 25 year old Cambridge Audio CD player plugged directly into a Sonos Five. Most CDs sound great, but some newer CDs sound distorted. How do I fix this? Do I need a new CD player?
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CD Playback Distortion on Sonos Five
Best answer by ratty
Level 2 has a nominal sensitivity of 2V, which corresponds to a regular line level signal from a CD player. See here.
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In the Sonos Five room ‘line-in’ settings, ‘Settings/System/(Five Room Name)’ try adjusting the line-in source level value to see see if that resolves the issue.
Ken, That has fixed it. Thank you.
I have changed the line-in from 5 to 2.
Is 2 the optimum for CD players and turntables?
+18This is what Sonos advises for an “A/V-component, "which might be seen as “audio or video-component". I think a CD-player and a pre-amplified turntable can be seen as audio components. Did this change in settings solve your problem?
Level 2 has a nominal sensitivity of 2V, which corresponds to a regular line level signal from a CD player. See here.
106rallye wrote:
This is what Sonos advises for an “A/V-component, "which might be seen as “audio or video-component". I think a CD-player and a pre-amplified turntable can be seen as audio components. Did this change in settings solve your problem?
Yes. Thanks
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