Sonos and Turntables
Hi everyone,
Fairly new to the community but not new to Sonos. Been using it for a while and loving what it lets me do. I've got two play 1s, a play 5 and a playbar and just want more!
I'm massively into my music and have recently been missing the physical nature of having CDs/Vinyl that I can call my own. With this in mind I've been doing lots of research into turntables and have whittled my choices down to three. Pro-ject Debut Carbon, Rega RP1 (w. Performance Pack) and the Audio Technica LP120. I know the first two are supposed to have better sound quality but having read on here that I'd need a phono pre-amp between either of the first two and the Play 5 but wouldn't have that issue if i went with the third one as it already has one built in.
Since reading that I've then come across a number of places where people seem to be saying they have wired their PDCs directly into the play 5 without a pre-amp and have then just turned the 'line-in' volume up to the max. They are all very positive about this in terms of sound level/quality and it has me wondering whether I need to worry about a pre-amp as it's that bit that is preventing me going for the more expensive Debut Carbon.
Can anyone give me some advice? As you might have guessed I'm new to all of this and might sound like an idiot - just want to make sure I get it right and get best value for my money!
Fairly new to the community but not new to Sonos. Been using it for a while and loving what it lets me do. I've got two play 1s, a play 5 and a playbar and just want more!
I'm massively into my music and have recently been missing the physical nature of having CDs/Vinyl that I can call my own. With this in mind I've been doing lots of research into turntables and have whittled my choices down to three. Pro-ject Debut Carbon, Rega RP1 (w. Performance Pack) and the Audio Technica LP120. I know the first two are supposed to have better sound quality but having read on here that I'd need a phono pre-amp between either of the first two and the Play 5 but wouldn't have that issue if i went with the third one as it already has one built in.
Since reading that I've then come across a number of places where people seem to be saying they have wired their PDCs directly into the play 5 without a pre-amp and have then just turned the 'line-in' volume up to the max. They are all very positive about this in terms of sound level/quality and it has me wondering whether I need to worry about a pre-amp as it's that bit that is preventing me going for the more expensive Debut Carbon.
Can anyone give me some advice? As you might have guessed I'm new to all of this and might sound like an idiot - just want to make sure I get it right and get best value for my money!