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fer_lzld
Contributor I
Jun 2, 2023 10:07 AM UTC
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Using Amp Gen 1 to listen turntable in new Sonos speakers

Hi, does anyone know if I can use the Sonos Amp Gen 1 to listed to my vinyl turntable (not sonos) to my new Sonos One speakers?

Thank you

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer
Lead Maestro
Jun 2, 2023 1:07 PM UTC

The Connect:Amp (Gen 1) will only work if you are using the Sonos S1 app. If you are using the S2 app, you need to get a Connect:Amp (Gen 2).

If you are not powering any passive speakers, you might consider a Connect (Gen 2) or Port instead. OR you can use any other Sonos device with line-in. Read more here:

https://blog.sonos.com/en-us/listening-to-vinyl-with-sonos

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Airgetlam
Airgetlam
Jun 2, 2023 10:12 AM UTC

There is only one generation of the Sonos Amp. The Amp is an update to the previous model of CONNECT:AMP, of which there were two generations, although they weren’t clearly labeled as such at the time. 

If you have an Amp, running S2, the line in on it is expecting a line level, not a phono level input, so if your turntable does not include a pre-amp, you would need to insert one between the turntable and the Amp. Of course, if it has one built in, you’d need to flip the switch to ‘line’, and it should just work.

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fer_lzldAuthor
Contributor I
Jun 2, 2023 12:58 PM UTC

Thanks Bruce,

 

Not sure I understood right. I have an amplified turntable and looking to get a Sonos Connect Amp gen 1. Would it work?

 

Thanks again!

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer
Lead Maestro
Jun 2, 2023 1:07 PM UTC

The Connect:Amp (Gen 1) will only work if you are using the Sonos S1 app. If you are using the S2 app, you need to get a Connect:Amp (Gen 2).

If you are not powering any passive speakers, you might consider a Connect (Gen 2) or Port instead. OR you can use any other Sonos device with line-in. Read more here:

https://blog.sonos.com/en-us/listening-to-vinyl-with-sonos

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Airgetlam
Airgetlam
Jun 2, 2023 2:59 PM UTC

And at no point would any Sonos line in be expecting an amplified signal. Amplified signals are for speakers. You’d want a normal line level signal from the turntable, or the pre-amp connected to the phono level output. Usually, that is from a set of RCA jacks on the turntable. 

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Bruce
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