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joelharms
Contributor I
Dec 1, 2022 1:00 AM UTC

Best CD player to connect to AMP

Last Christmas I purchased a Sonos AMP in order to connect a CD player to my Sonos speakers.  I researched CD players but never purchased one.  I am now ready to purchase a CD player and all the articles I am finding are outdated and the links are to CD players that are no longer in stock or available.

What is the best and easiest CD player that I can purchase to connect to my Sonos AMP in order to play CD’s?

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GuitarSuperstar
Lead Maestro
Dec 1, 2022 1:08 AM UTC

What is your budget? CD players can range from $20 to $6,000.

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joelharmsAuthor
Contributor I
Dec 1, 2022 1:24 AM UTC

I have found the Brennan B3 but was hoping to spend under $500…

 

Everything I have seen is also just a single disc CD player (unless you rip all your CDs)...does a 5 CD player or more exist?

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GuitarSuperstar
Lead Maestro
Dec 1, 2022 2:07 AM UTC

Here are a couple of 6-disc players under $500:

https://www.crutchfield.com/S-WcXL1EQkewQ/p_164CDC34/Integra-CDC-3-4.html?

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_580DXC390/Onkyo-DX-C390.html

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scurling
Trending Lyricist I
Dec 1, 2022 2:11 AM UTC

I have a 5-CD SONY player.  Nothing elaborate, but it work very good.  Model CDP-CE525. Most of the high-end CD players I see are only single disk drawers.  I can’t see myself paying thousand(s) for a single disk unit.

My question which brought me to the group tonight, was how to connect it to the Amp.

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SCurling
Kumar
Dec 1, 2022 2:17 AM UTC

 I am finding are outdated and the links are to CD players that are no longer in stock or available.

 

That is because CD players are obsolete with CDs being obsolete as a medium for carrying digital music files. 

But even if you can find it’s obsolete sibling, a DVD player, that will do the job, if you must play CDs.

Any unit that has analog out jacks will work with the Sonos Amp, wired to the analog in jacks on the amp.

PS: This concurrent thread is relevant:

https://en.community.sonos.com/what-to-get-228989/starting-from-zero-6878036?postid=16629904#post16629904

 

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    106rallye
    106rallye
    Dec 1, 2022 9:07 AM UTC

    If the Amp is used for surround duties the RCA in is disabled, though.

    This is a current CD-player that got a What Hifi reward: https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/marantz-cd6007

    It even plays files from a connected USB.

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    joelharmsAuthor
    Contributor I
    Dec 1, 2022 2:37 PM UTC

    so what everyone is saying is that I can in fact hook up any CD player to a Sonos AMP with the proper RCA cord...and I don’t have to go out and buy a new one.  I have at least two in storage that I know of.

     

    Thanks,

    Joel

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    106rallye
    106rallye
    Dec 1, 2022 2:52 PM UTC

    Unless the Amp is used for surround duties, yes.

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    joelharmsAuthor
    Contributor I
    Dec 1, 2022 3:18 PM UTC

    I purchased the AMP specifically in order to hook a CD player up to it...I have 8 pairs of Ones throughout the house and just want to be able to play the hundreds of CDs I have.  I thought I needed to get some fancy CD player to make this work.

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    106rallye
    106rallye
    Dec 1, 2022 4:58 PM UTC

    Getting a 5-CD player (maybe used) would probably be a good option for you, then.

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