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caywilliams
December 16, 2023
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Turntable and sonos speaker system

  • December 16, 2023
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apologies if this has been asked many times but i’m struggling to find an answer even having read multiple messages i have 2 x sonos move and 2 x sonos one speakers we have a Marley bluetooth turntable and can only connect 1 speaker. do we need a different turntable or something else to play a turntable through all the speakers? 

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Best answer by Ken_Griffiths

@caywilliams,
If you add one, or more, of the following speakers to your Sonos setup (devices listed in no particular order)…

  • Roam/Roam SL
  • Move 2 
  • Era 100
  • Era 300

Then you can Bluetooth stream the TT audio to any of these listed newer speakers and whilst they are connected over the local network (wired, or wireless) to your Sonos One’s & Sonos Move’s you can either group all, or some, of the speakers together to playback the playing TT audio received from that TT. This however cannot be achieved with your current hardware until you add one of the listed newer devices to your Sonos system.

I’m not sure how reliable the grouped setup would be, it’s a case of trying these things to see how well they may work with your local network.

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caywilliamsAuthor
December 17, 2023

will the new speaker need connecting to the TT by cable or will bluetooth work ok? 

Ken_Griffiths
Ken_Griffiths
December 17, 2023

You can use either Bluetooth or Cable but note the Roam/Roam-SL speaker in my list does not have a line-in cable option, so that’s Bluetooth only. I recommend though using cable as the quality of the audio is much better and far more reliable as there are Sonos audio buffer options that help to cope with many home network conditions. 

If you prefer the line-in method then this information below opens up some further options to you. So read it carefully;

If you want to connect a TT using Bluetooth and/or a wired connection will need to use a Sonos product that has a line-in or Bluetooth RX (Receiver) as follows…

  • Sonos Port/Connect (no BT Rx)
  • Sonos Amp/Connect:Amp (no BT Rx)**
  • Five/Play:5 (gen2) (no BT Rx)**
  • Era-100 (has BT Rx) (requires additional dongle)**
  • Era-300 (has BT Rx) (requires additional dongle)**
  • Sonos Move 2 (has BT Rx) (requires additional dongle)
  • Sonos Roam/SL - has no line-in, but has BT Rx only

** Note: If any of the above compatible devices are used as a HT Surround, then their line-in port and Bluetooth Rx both become disabled.

Once the TT is connected it can play to any/all Sonos products - a line-in connection is the recommended/preferred option.

Here are links to the two Sonos adapters that are currently available to use (if required):

This next link is also worth reading as it supplies a lot of good information about using a Turntable with Sonos speakers…

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/blog/listening-to-vinyl-with-sonos

    caywilliamsAuthor
    December 20, 2023

    Hi

    thought i’d update on progress.  i bought the era100 connected it with the adapter cable and aux in cables,  tt played with very easy set up.  i then went onto connect the era to my other 2 x pairs of speakers which all happened very easily again.  i had a little celebration then realised that one of each of the pairs wasn’t playing tried a few different things but no luck. rang sonos technical and after 30 mins with the technician having to dial remotely into my internet to make adjustments to my broadband router set up - success on all speakers!! works like a dream and exactly what i was looking for. So thank you Ken and Sonos technical it was worth the effort and much appreciated. so note  it seems some routers need setting changes to get it working not all. mine is a BT one 

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