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October 7, 2023
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No sound with Marantz SR5015 to a Sonos 5

  • October 7, 2023
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I have my Denon turntable connected to my Marantz SR5015 amp, and just connected my Sonos 5 via AC ports labeled CBL/SAT (per instructions any AC in ports should work) on back of Marantz. Have Phono chosen on input selector on the amp. The Sonos app sees and can play this line in set up, but no sound is coming out. I’ve double checked connections, and the Sonos five definitely does work with other music in. 

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Best answer by Airgetlam

Looking at that particular receiver’s rear panel on Amazon, I think the only place to connect it would be the zone 2 outputs. That receiver has a ton of inputs, not a lot of non-HDMI outputs. 

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Airgetlam
October 7, 2023

The Sonos line in should be connected to line level out jacks on your receiver, not line level inputs. CBL/SAT would be inputs, I’d think, not outputs. You’d want to change those. 

If you posted a picture, or a link to the manual, it would be easier to give you more accurate data. 

Bruce
Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
October 7, 2023

Looking at that particular receiver’s rear panel on Amazon, I think the only place to connect it would be the zone 2 outputs. That receiver has a ton of inputs, not a lot of non-HDMI outputs. 

Bruce
buzz
Grand Maestro
October 7, 2023

Modern receivers no longer support a tape recorder output. You may need to use a Zone2 analog output fed to the SONOS Line-In. This Zone2 output may have a Volume control and you’ll need to work out cooperation between the Zone2 Volume control and the SONOS Volume controls.

buzz
Grand Maestro
October 7, 2023

And, Zone2 input will need to be set to Phono.

Airgetlam
October 7, 2023

Huh? Oh, that means the output of the Denon to Zone 2 is the Phono input?
 

Interesting. I’ve always avoided zone 2 outputs, not only for that reason, but the fact that (at least in the past) they didn’t handle digital inputs (like optical or HDMI). Always seemed like a cheap out, as it were, to me. 

Bruce
MochingAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
October 7, 2023

Update- I am getting sound but it is extremely low compared to other sources. I found in another thread, a suggestion that there would be a line in switch on the turntable. I only found an on/off switch which was set to OFF. I switched it to ON, and the volume was louder but the sound quality was terribly distorted.

Airgetlam
October 7, 2023

If you have the phono connected to the Phono input on the Marantz, you’d want to leave that setting to ‘off’, there is already a pre-amp in the Marantz (hence the phono in) and you’re likely blowing the input out. 

You may need to adjust the line in settings on the Sonos Five, though. See the discussion at the turntable thread.

Bruce
buzz
Grand Maestro
October 7, 2023

Huh? Oh, that means the output of the Denon to Zone 2 is the Phono input?
 

Interesting. I’ve always avoided zone 2 outputs, not only for that reason, but the fact that (at least in the past) they didn’t handle digital inputs (like optical or HDMI). Always seemed like a cheap out, as it were, to me. 

Zone2 tries to be separate room, with its own input selector, tone, and Volume controls. Accessing these controls can be a pain. And, as you’ve stated, there is not always a DAC available. Some Zone2’s have a power amplifier available, some are strictly line level analog out. A few will have a “party mode” where Zone2 input follows Zone1.

MochingAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
October 7, 2023

 

MochingAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
October 7, 2023

If you have the phono connected to the Phono input on the Marantz, you’d want to leave that setting to ‘off’, there is already a pre-amp in the Marantz (hence the phono in) and you’re likely blowing the input out. 

You may need to adjust the line in settings on the Sonos Five, though. See the discussion at the turntable thread.

I have already adjusted settings on the FIVE per other discussions. Source leve is set to 10, delay is set to MAX. I just posted a photo to show the “ins” I’m using. Note that directly to the right are the ins for FRONT and I had the same result there.