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Sonos Ace connecting to sonos speakers

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May 22, 2024
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I currently have a turntable connected via line in to a Sonos 5 speaker, which then connects on WiFi to my other Sonos speakers (play ones and a roam) around the house. I was hoping I’d be able to link in and listen to vinyls from my turntable on the new Sonos Ace headphones, but it appears that they are going to be Bluetooth only and not able to connect via WiFi. Is there a way I’ll be able to make this work at all?

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Ken_Griffiths

I have a 1Mii B03 Pro Bluetooth RX/TX and have it operating as a BT transmitter from the line out of a Sonos Port. It will output any Sonos source including a Turntable line-in to any Bluetooth Headphones.. so that’s my way of sorting playing Sonos sources over Bluetooth to headphones… The Wife and I currently use Sony, but plan to add the Sonos Ace to our collection.

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sielliott76Author

Contributor I

Thank you 👍. Just out of interest - does it have decent range distance wise from the speaker?

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sielliott76Author

Contributor I

And just looking - my Sonos 5 doesn’t appear to have a line out option?

Ken_Griffiths

And just looking - my Sonos 5 doesn’t appear to have a line out option?

No you need a Sonos Port. The 1Mii B03 Pro is a long range transmitter and covers a range upto 265 feet (80 metres) in line of sight or about half that in doors/through walls - here’s a link I picked randomly from Amazon…

https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Transmitter-Receiver-Wireless-Audiophile/dp/B08J7MKYN1

melvimbe

I currently have a turntable connected via line in to a Sonos 5 speaker, which then connects on WiFi to my other Sonos speakers (play ones and a roam) around the house. I was hoping I’d be able to link in and listen to vinyls from my turntable on the new Sonos Ace headphones, but it appears that they are going to be Bluetooth only and not able to connect via WiFi. Is there a way I’ll be able to make this work at all?

Ace headphones can connect/bond to a Sonos Arc, and from there you can flip a switch on Ace to have what’s playing on the Arc on your headphones instead. This works for TV audio, but I have not seen confirmation that this works for any audio source that the Arc can play.

Of course, getting Ace + Arc in order to listen to just listen to vinyl music doesn’t make any sense. Using bluetooth with Ace, or any other headphones, as Ken suggested is a better option.

Edit: Sonos has stated that Ace will eventually work with the other soundbars, Ray, Beam, and Beam Gen 2.

Danny

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sielliott76Author

Contributor I

Sorry - I’m not brilliant at these things, so just trying to get my head round it! So if I had a Sonos Port and the transmitter how would my set up work? Would the ‘line in’ that currently goes from my turntable to my Sonos 5 go into the Sonos port instead or still into the 5? Really appreciate your help.

Ken_Griffiths

Sorry - I’m not brilliant at these things, so just trying to get my head round it! So if I had a Sonos Port and the transmitter how would my set up work? Would the ‘line in’ that currently goes from my turntable to my Sonos 5 go into the Sonos port instead or still into the 5? Really appreciate your help.

The Sonos ’Port’ has both a line-in (for your Turntable) and a line-out (for your Bluetooth Transmitter). See attached image.

The line-in audio can play on the line-out and you can listen to it on your Bluetooth headset. You can also play the line-in on Any/Every other Sonos product by selecting it as an audio source in the ‘Your Sources’ area of the new Sonos App. You can also group the ‘Port’ with your other Sonos ‘Rooms’ too.

Hope that helps to perhaps clear the mist.

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sielliott76Author

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Thanks - that’s great. Sounds like this is definitely going to be my solution, just that it will involve more outlay than expected to buy the Bluetooth thingy and the Sonos port. When I heard that headphones were on the way I’d assumed / hoped they’d be able to just link in to my existing Sonos system of the 5 and play ones…

Ken_Griffiths

Thanks - that’s great. Sounds like this is definitely going to be my solution, just that it will involve more outlay than expected to buy the Bluetooth thingy and the Sonos port. When I heard that headphones were on the way I’d assumed / hoped they’d be able to just link in to my existing Sonos system of the 5 and play ones…

If you can play your turntable to the Fives line-in, do you really need the audio playing at the same time to your headphones anyway, or vice versa for that matter… you could just use an RCA switch and switch the TT line-level output to play on a Bluetooth Transmitter - it would be a cheaper option to get the TT audio onto any Bluetooth headset. I’d look at your needs objectively first before making a purchase decision, particularly if the focus is just to get TT audio onto Bluetooth headphones.

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sielliott76Author

Contributor I

Ah - need to work what that means! Cos yep, basically I’m looking for the most straightforward and cost effective way to be able to listen to my vinyl around the house on wireless / Bluetooth headphones… With decent sound quality / connection etc.

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