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Scottygjh
Contributor I
February 12, 2023

Connecting Port to old Haman Karden HK 3370

  • February 12, 2023
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Bought a Port to connnect my old music system to my Sonos speakers that I uses to stream music (2x Play 1s, 2x Play 5s and 2x Moves). I cant figure out what connnections to make between the Porrt and the  back of the HK. I have now spent about 1.5 hours reading numerrous things on-line and within this community, but can’t fuigure it out. I want to at least play vinyl from my old turntable, old CD player, and old casssette deck, all of which have RCA plug-in jacks on the back of the HK (There are actully 2 sets of Tape Mon jackson on the back).  The back of the HK also has Aux jacks, Main In jacks, Pre Out jacks, and Sub Out jacks. I do not plan to wire any apeakers to the HK, Just want it to stream music from the foregoing devices to my Sonos speakers. Thanks

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buzz
buzz
February 12, 2023

Connect PORT’s Line-In to the 3370’s REC OUT. At this point the 3370 becomes a simple selector switch with a phono preamp built-in. You can select the PORT’s Line-In to play in any combination of SONOS players. I’m not familiar with the 3370, but it was the custom to associate REC OUT with TAPE1.

ScottygjhAuthor
Contributor I
February 12, 2023

Thanks Buzz. I will try that. Does this mean that you can’t set up a single port to play multiple analog devices ( turntable, CD player, cassette deck) without unplugging whichever is plugged into the PORT’s Line-In  and plugging in the other analog devise that you want to use? In other words, can I somehow have all 3 of those devices set up to play through the Port to my Sonos speaker with having to plug/unplug things in and out the port?

buzz
buzz
February 12, 2023

The receiver will think that it’s dealing with a cassette deck. The input that you select on the receiver will be sent out to be recorded. PORT will offer this signal to all of the SONOS players.

    106rallye
    106rallye
    February 12, 2023

    So you connect all devices to the HK and select the source you want to play. The music from this source wil be sent to the Port that can either be grouped with other speakers or be assigned a preferred speaker to play to.

    If there are any passive speakers connected to the HK you could connect the “out” on the Port to the Tape Play on the HK to bring Sonos sources (Spotify etc.) to the HK.

     

    ScottygjhAuthor
    Contributor I
    February 12, 2023

    So from those 2 replies I surmise this:

    1. Connect Tape Out on HK Amp to Port's In jacks, and  

    2. Connect all my old devices (turntable, CD player, cassette deck) to their respective Jack's on the back of the HK Amp.

    Right?

    106rallye
    106rallye
    February 12, 2023

    Yes. And you could connect the “out” on the Port to the tape in (“Play”) on the HK.

    ScottygjhAuthor
    Contributor I
    February 12, 2023

    What does connecting the “out” on the Port to the tape in (“Play”) on the HK do? Is it necessary?

    106rallye
    106rallye
    February 12, 2023

    See my previous post: “If there are any passive speakers connected to the HK you could connect the “out” on the Port to the Tape Play on the HK to bring Sonos sources (Spotify etc.) to the HK.”

      ScottygjhAuthor
      Contributor I
      February 12, 2023

      OK thanks

      ScottygjhAuthor
      Contributor I
      February 13, 2023

      That worked. But the sound quality isn't that good. I suppose that probably has more to do with the turntable cartridge / stylus quality than Sonos. Any thoughts on that?

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