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PepperPat
Contributor I
February 26, 2016

Playbar and turntable (with pre-amp)?

  • 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
August 4, 2016
Hi esusanto. All the info you need is contained in this thread.
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LordEldritch
Lyricist I
April 9, 2017
I have a playbar and two Play5 linked to the playbar. I used the solution to plug the turntable via the playbar but the sound is as "TV", so no stereo in the play5s 😞 . I assume this only works if the playbase is the only speaker. Correct?
jgatie
jgatie
April 9, 2017
I have a playbar and two Play5 linked to the playbar. I used the solution to plug the turntable via the playbar but the sound is as "TV", so no stereo in the play5s 😞 . I assume this only works if the playbase is the only speaker. Correct?

The line-in on the Play:5 is deactivated when used as surround speakers.
LordEldritch
Lyricist I
April 9, 2017
Thx jgatie but I am not connecting the turntable to the play5 but to the playbar directly as is states at the beginning of this threat.
Having the play5s linked to the playbar allows me to play music form the play5s (sonos app, spotify) but not when the signal is from the playbar (with the turntable connected to it)
Gemma_1
Lyricist I
October 6, 2017
Hi all, turntable newbie here with a pro ject carbon debut phono usb TT in the line in on my tv, playing through the playbar just as the tv does. However TT is not playing through 2 x play1s as surrounds, which makes the TT sound rubbish compared to a streamed tune. Would Ratty's suggestions above about coverting to optical and bypassing the tv mean that the surrounds would work again? Really cant work out why they are not playing...
Any advice is gratefully recieved!
    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    October 6, 2017
    I think the problem is that you're expecting stuff to come out of surrounds, but you're only feeding the PLAYBAR a stereo signal. Go in to the app, under room settings, advanced room settings, and change the surround speaker to play "FULL" rather than "AMBIENT", and you should get what you're looking for.
    Bruce
    John B
    October 6, 2017
    I think the problem is that you're expecting stuff to come out of surrounds, but you're only feeding the PLAYBAR a stereo signal. Go in to the app, under room settings, advanced room settings, and change the surround speaker to play "FULL" rather than "AMBIENT", and you should get what you're looking for.i am not so sure, as it is coming through the optical
    WindiesWard
    Contributor II
    October 8, 2017
    I just took the great advice here and purchased the Audio Technica LP120 along with an ADC and Toslink Switch.... Hopefully I will be in vinyl heaven by Wednesday. A big thanks to all of the great advice I have read here. Much appreciated.
    WindiesWard
    Contributor II
    October 10, 2017
    I just took the great advice here and purchased the Audio Technica LP120 along with an ADC and Toslink Switch.... Hopefully I will be in vinyl heaven by Wednesday. A big thanks to all of the great advice I have read here. Much appreciated.

    Result. All set up and sounds great
      Electrobrat
      Contributor I
      October 22, 2017
      Gemma, did you manage to get sound playing through your surrounds form vinyl?
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