Contributor I

Playbar and turntable (with pre-amp)?

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February 26, 2016
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I have a question for which I have found half the answer, but not all of it so far... Situation is as follows:
- My only speaker at home at the moment is a Playbar, it might get extended with another Play (1/3/5) at some point. I have no passive speakers to use.
- I would like to use the playbar with a turntable, which I would operate as a stand-alone device, i.e. not connected to any further system / receiver. The turntable has a built-in pre-amp.
- I gather I can hook up the turntable with the sonos system using a connect device.

--> Question: does this setup require a connect:amp, or would a connect be enough? Again, no additional passive speakers to use, all I want to achieve is linking the turntable with the playbar.

Thanks for any insights 🙂

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Markysparky

Contributor III

Many thanks ....by my estimation you guys have saved me £264. I don't like the design of the audio technics or denon turntables (can't find anything by Gleason). Ive narrowed it down to the flexson vinyl play.

Thanks again

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Markysparky

Contributor III

Hey pepperpat sorry for taking over your thread! Guys I since looked at the audio technics lp60 which appeals to me....great price and reviews...before I pull the trigger can I just ask I'll be able to hook this up to my playbar using an ADC and optical switch?

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ratty

That should work. It has a built-in phono preamp. A preamp is essential, either integral or separate, before feeding the signal to the ADC.

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Markysparky

Contributor III

Trigger pulled...many thanks!

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Markysparky

Contributor III

Many thanks.....got my audio technica up and running today...I took your advise to the letter and setup was flawless....sounds great and had the pleasure of browsing vinyl in Belfast today... I purchased... Nirvana unplugged, Courtney Barnett and The Villager's darling arithmetic. I also dusted off a few albums I purchased in my youth and had the perfect Saturday...thanks again!

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zaza

Lyricist II

I have an LP60(built in preamp) and the Playbar (using a wireless bridge) and I want to play music through the playbar. I see Marky was successful in this set up, would you mind sharing which ADC and optical switch products were used?

What I've tried so far but it's not working; bought a cable with RCA (composite) and HDMI to plug into my Monoprice HDMI switcher(4x1 HDMI® Switch with Analog, Digital Coaxial, and Digital Optical Audio Outputs ), the thinking here was to run the TT through the switcher, which has optical out plugged into Playbar but i'm not getting any audio, so i wanted to try the other method mentioned above.

thanks all in advance for your help!

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The LHC

There's no such thing as an rca to hdmi cable. At least, not one that isn't a complete con at any rate.

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zaza

Lyricist II

hmmm well i gave it a shot and it didnt do the trick...