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MarkOgden
Contributor I
April 12, 2025

add a turntable

  • April 12, 2025
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Hi all, thanks in advance for any advice given. I’ve read other topics around turntables but not quite got the info I need. You will gather as you read my question that I’m not particularly tech savvy hence asking all you knowledgeable people out in the community 😊

I bought a Beam 2, 2 x era 100 and a mini sub for my LG TV last month and am very happy with it; it sounds fantastic in my living room. 
In my kitchen I have my old stack system. A Pro-Ject RPM 1.3 Genie turntable, a Rotel RA-820B amp, cd player and tuner and 2 sets of Tannoy mercury F speakers attached via a switching box for 2 room playing. 
I’d like to add my turntable to the Sonos setup. The cd player, tuner and speakers are now obsolete with the purchase of the Sonos but I’d like to keep my LPs.
My understanding is that my amp has a phono pre amp for the turntable (photo for info) the turntable doesn’t have its own pre amp. Therefore if I wanted to connect to the Sonos over my WiFi connection I’d need to buy a Sonos port and connect the amp to that and everything would communicate with my new system?
However, to save money on more purchases am I able to keep the turntable connected to the amp then connect the amp to one of the era 100 via the usb-c in the back? If so what sockets do I use at the back of the amp? 
Hope that makes sense? Thank you 
 


 

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buzz
buzz
April 12, 2025

SONOS USB Line-In adaptor.

    AjTrek1
    AjTrek1
    April 12, 2025

    If the Era 100’s are being used as surrounds the line-in is not active. Therefore you cannot connect a turntable to either one. You can connect a Sonos Port to the Amp as follows in either one or both methods simultaneously:

    • Line-in RCA on T. Monitor to Line-out RCA on Port

    In the above manner you can play Streamed music to to the Amp speakers

    • Line-out RCA on T. Monitor to Line-in RCA on Port

    In this manner you can also play Turntable Vinyl music to your Sonos HT speakers (Beam2, Era 100 surrounds and Sub-Mini

    Disregarding the above….If the Era 100’s are not being used as surrounds you can connect your turntable to one or both if used as a stereo pair. You’d need the Sonos proprietary adapter shown here as well as a 3rd party pre-amp to sit between the Era 100 or Era 100 stereo pair. The setup would be as follows:

    • Turntable > Pre-Amp > Era 100 or left Era 100 if a stereo pair.

    Note: The sub cannot be assigned to two rooms. It would have to stay with the Beam2 or be moved to the Era 100 or Era 100 stereo pair.

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      MarkOgdenAuthor
      Contributor I
      April 12, 2025

      Thanks for the advice 👍

      If I had a third era 100 and connected to that, could that era 100 sync with my TV surround sound so I could use the whole system? 

      AjTrek1
      AjTrek1
      April 12, 2025

      Yes, if you had a 3rd Era 100 you could connect the Turnable to it. However, you still need the Sonos proprietary adapter and a 3rd party pre-amp configured as shown in my previous post.

      You could send the sound to your Beam2 with Era surrounds and sub via the Grouping process. 

       

      Note: You do not want to send TV audio (Movie) to a 3rd Era 100 or any Sonos speaker outside of your HT via Grouping as there will be a 75ms delay creating an echo effect. Grouping only reliably sync’s music.

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        MarkOgdenAuthor
        Contributor I
        April 12, 2025

        That’s really helpful thank you 👍

        The amp I have won’t work then? I need a 3rd party pre amp? 

        AjTrek1
        AjTrek1
        April 12, 2025

        No, you’ll need a 3rd party pre-amp. You can find them on Amazon.

        It’s best to get one that is compatible with Moving Coil (MC) and Moving Magnet (MM) cartridges. MM cartridges are common to most turntables. You’ll have to figure out which type is compatible with your turntable.

        Click here to see 3rd party pre-amps.

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          MarkOgdenAuthor
          Contributor I
          April 12, 2025

          Again, thanks for your quick responses and help 😊👍

          buzz
          buzz
          April 13, 2025

          The amp I have won’t work then? I need a 3rd party pre amp? 

          It could work. You would connect the turntable to the ROTEL’s Phono input and connect the tape output to the ERA 100’s USB adapter.

          From your photo it looks like you have the turntable sitting on the ROTEL. This may not be a good idea. You’ll know right away if it’s a bad idea if this results in hum in certain parts of the record.

          I don’t recommend connecting passive speakers to the ROTEL if they will play in the same room as the ERA 100 plays.

            MarkOgdenAuthor
            Contributor I
            April 13, 2025

            Thank you, I have the tuner on the amp and the turntable on that; I do get a hum, now I know why 👍

            The turntable and era will be in the kitchen the TV surround is in the living room 

            MarkOgdenAuthor
            Contributor I
            April 13, 2025

            Just realised even when the turntable is switched off and not in use I get a hum through the speakers so perhaps not the same reason 🤔 there must be something else going on too? 

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