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kjc52000
Contributor I
Jan 3, 2021 9:17 PM UTC
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Port/Play 5s

I have a turntable that I want to play over my pair of Play 5s. Bought a Port, plugged in and it's only playing over one Play 5, but other sources still play as paired. What am I doing? 

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kjc52000Answer
Contributor I
Jan 3, 2021 11:02 PM UTC

Built in preamp. It was using the Port as the Room instead of the Play 5s that was the problem. Works great now

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ratty
ratty
Jan 3, 2021 9:48 PM UTC

Swap the turntable’s cables left-to-right on the Port’s inputs. Does the problem switch sides on the Play:5 pair? 

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kjc52000Author
Contributor I
Jan 3, 2021 10:02 PM UTC

Yes it did. 

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ratty
ratty
Jan 3, 2021 10:08 PM UTC

Then the problem is outside the Port. Either in the turntable itself or the connecting cables. 

Basic fault isolation.

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    kjc52000Author
    Contributor I
    Jan 3, 2021 10:13 PM UTC

    Problem is I've been line-in direct to the Play 5s the last week with the same turntable and cables and it worked fine. The only new variable is the Port. I'll try the Sonos cables and see if that does anything. Thanks 

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    ratty
    ratty
    Jan 3, 2021 10:15 PM UTC

    The Play:5 takes a 3.5mm input. The Port takes 2*RCA. Different cables.

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      kjc52000Author
      Contributor I
      Jan 3, 2021 10:26 PM UTC

      I was using an adapter on the Play 5

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      ratty
      ratty
      Jan 3, 2021 10:31 PM UTC

      I’d still suggest you try alternative cables. 

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      kjc52000Author
      Contributor I
      Jan 3, 2021 10:36 PM UTC

      I tried the ones that came with the Port. Same deal. 

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      ratty
      ratty
      Jan 3, 2021 10:49 PM UTC

      Nevertheless, if the problem switches sides when the cables are swapped L<->R something upstream of the Port must be causing it. If replacing the cables has no effect I’d be suspecting the turntable. 

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      kjc52000Author
      Contributor I
      Jan 3, 2021 10:52 PM UTC

      I figured it out. It was how I was using the app. I was grouping the Port and the Play 5s when I should have been using the Port as a source under line-in. They really leave that open to interpretation. Oh well, I'm good at other things đŸ™„

      Thanks for the assist 

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