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Larsove
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October 29, 2023
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Home theatre and Vinyl-player in the same room plus multiple rooms

  • October 29, 2023
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I am currently planning to use SONOS for all my music and TV-needs. I have a room that is 4x4m where I plan to have as a “base” for both TV and Vinyl/music listening. The setup I want to go for is Arc+Sub+2 Era100 in the TV room. Can I use one of the Era100s to connect the Vinyl Player to the SONOS network of speakers? And then in the room next to the TV room I want to have 2 Era100s in one zone, and 2 in another zone. Can I still send the vinyl from the Era100 to all the other speaker zones?

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Best answer by nik9669a

When Eras are used as surrounds the line-in is disabled. 
Put the turntable in the other room. You will have then have the option to both (a) group the rooms and have the turntable playing to multiple rooms, in sync,  and (b) send the turntable audio to just one of the rooms. 

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nik9669aAnswer
Senior Virtuoso
October 29, 2023

When Eras are used as surrounds the line-in is disabled. 
Put the turntable in the other room. You will have then have the option to both (a) group the rooms and have the turntable playing to multiple rooms, in sync,  and (b) send the turntable audio to just one of the rooms. 

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    October 29, 2023

    No, when the Era speakers are set up as surround speakers, the line in is turned off. You’d need another device with a line in to connect your turntable to.

    You could connect the turntable to one of the other ‘non-surround’ Era speakers, though. Once the data is in the Sonos environment via line in, it can be played on any speakers that are in that system. 

    Bruce
      LarsoveAuthor
      Contributor I
      October 29, 2023

      ah, ok! Then I need to do some thinking. I don’t want to have the record player in the other room - But I could probably use a long cable from the record player in the TV room to one of the ERA speakers in the room next door, its quite close.  any thoughts?

       

      Thanks for your response! really appreciate it!

      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      October 29, 2023

      If you could afford it, I’d just get another Era, or Five, or Port to connect the turntable to. Since I’m a Sonos fan, I’m not a fan of having long cables around ;) Especially running between two rooms. 

      Bruce
        Stanley_4
        Stanley_4
        Grand Maestro
        October 30, 2023

        Long cable for the record player means you’d want your phono pre-amp as close to the record player as possible as line levels will resist hum and noise better than phono levels and the capacitive load of the long cables might be an issue with your cartridge.

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