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streetsruly
Contributor II
September 8, 2025

Sonos Port as output device

  • September 8, 2025
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Current setup:

 

turntable --> pre-amp --> era 100.

 

i want to have the turntable audio also play out of my Adam A5X active studio monitors.

Can i get a sonos port, and connect the outputs to the Adam A5x(no inputs connected to port) and then group the Era 100 turntable audio to the port, so that the audio from the turntable plays out of both the era 100 and the adam a5x’s via the port?

if so, will there be a delay of any kind?

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AjTrek1
AjTrek1
September 8, 2025

Yes, assuming I understand you correctly.

Room A

  • Turn table > preamp > Era 100 (using Sonos proprietary line-in adapter) 

Room B

  • Powered Speakers > Port line-Out

 

Grouping

  • Start music in Room A then Group in Room B

When streaming you can start the stream in either room and group-in the other. There should be no delay.

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    streetsrulyAuthor
    Contributor II
    September 8, 2025

    Yes, assuming I understand you correctly.

    Room A

    • Turn table > preamp > Era 100 (using Sonos proprietary line-in adapter) 

    Room B

    • Powered Speakers > Port line-Out

     

    Grouping

    • Start music on Room A then Group in Room B

    When streaming you can start the stream in either room and group-in the other. There should be no delay.

    exactly as you stated…

     

    perfect! thank you..

     

    slight correction it should be port line-out → powered speakers right?


    also, if i want to have a cd player connected to the era 100...do you know of an input selector switch i could use that could go between the turntable/cd player and era 100 so i can switch between them?
     

    Stanley_4
    Stanley_4
    Grand Maestro
    September 8, 2025

    Any passive RCA switch should be adequate, you can of course get fancy.

    https://www.amazon.com/JINGFENG-Switcher-Distortion-Switching-Headphones/dp/B0CKLJTM17/ref=sr_1_12_sspa

     

      AjTrek1
      AjTrek1
      September 8, 2025

      Gald, it worked out…

      Regarding your comment

      • “slight correction it should be port line-out → powered speakers right?”

      I wrote my response as below to emphasize that the speakers must be connected to line-out of the Port to receive the audio. Some get confused as to which device the powered speakers or Port is actually sending the audio which is the Port.

      • Powered Speakers > Port line-Out

      To connect a CD player to the Era 100’s you’re going to need RCA to RCA cable x 3 and RCA to 3.5mm x 1

      • Turntable RCA to RCA cable > PreAmp -In > Pre-Amp Out RCA to RCA cable > Switch-Input
      • RCA to RCA cable CD-Out > Switch-Input
      • RCA to 3.5MM cable from Switch-out > Sonos proprietary line-in adapter > Era 100

      See switches here

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        106rallye
        106rallye
        September 9, 2025

        ​@AjTrek1 I tend to “follow the sound” when describing connections, as ​@streetsruly would do. So Port out to active speakers. Anything else seems wrong to me.

        buzz
        buzz
        September 9, 2025

        If you have another SONOS unit with Line-In capability, you could connect the CD player to the other unit.

        streetsrulyAuthor
        Contributor II
        September 21, 2025

        thank you everyone.

         

        if i want to make things even more complicated, what’s the best way to listen to the audio coming out of the sonos port ? do i need some sort of headphone amp? my headphones are wireless.

         

        turntable → pre-amp → era 100

        sonos port(no inputs) → mackie big knob output selector → adam a5x.

        is it possible to go from the big knob to a headphone amp/transmitter?

         

         

        Airgetlam
        Airgetlam
        September 21, 2025

        Feed the analog out port on your Sonos Port to whatever device connects to your headphone transmitter. Sonos provides a line level output from that location.

        Bruce
          streetsrulyAuthor
          Contributor II
          September 21, 2025

           

          Feed the analog out port on your Sonos Port to whatever device connects to your headphone transmitter. Sonos provides a line level output from that location.

          hmm, i’m confused and have no idea what this means.

          the port outputs will go into the big knob by mackie via xlr/rca. then can i plug the big knob into a wireless headphonme/amp transmitter? if so, are there any recs?
           

           

          Airgetlam
          Airgetlam
          September 21, 2025

          What is a ‘big knob’, please? If it’s receiving the signal from the Sonos Port, than likely yes, you could connect either a transmitter to it, in some fashion, or even wire the headphones directly. Not knowing which headphones, or what a ‘big knob’ is limits my ability to answer. 

          Bruce
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