Turntable + Connect = Degrading/Poor Sound Quality
I've seen a lot of similar posts, but nothing that seems to be a 1:1 match with my issue, so here goes...
A much more vinyl savvy friend than I recently purchased a turntable for me as a birthday gift. Out of the box it has Bluetooth connectivity; however, being firmly planted within the Sonos ecosystem I went and purchased a Connect so that I could utilize the speakers setup throughout the house. Setup went off without a hitch as I've come to expect with these products and I was beginning to enjoy my small record collection within minutes; however, things took a turn for the worse about 45mins to an hour in... The sound became increasingly scratchy, distorted, and quiet to the point that I had to turn the speakers volume completely up to hear anything. I found an example from a previous post that closely matches what the music began to sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlnRUo_egoE Kinda similar to a radio station as the signal fades.
Being an old record, I thought maybe the needle was collecting dust so I cleaned the record, checked/cleaned the needle, played again - same thing.
I tried with a brand new record - same thing.
I tried some small adjustments to the counterweight - same thing.
I tired different cables - same thing.
Being that the Connect/Speakers are connected via WiFi, I thought maybe my internet connection might be the issue, so I ran a speed test which didn't raise any flags, but I also restarted my network for good measure - same thing.
I mentioned previously that the TT has Bluetooth connectivity (which is how I'd been listening to records previously) so I grabbed my portable speaker and, for a $30 speaker, it sounded amazing - I came to realize even better than the Play:1 that I had initially been listening/testing on in my office - no distortion, scratchiness etc.
If it helps, the way I have things setup are TT (with built-in pre-amp on) > Connect via line out/in > Various Sonos speakers via WiFi.
Feeling defeated, I called it an evening and went about my business with plans to look more into it the next day. Fast forward to the following morning, I turn everything on, put on a new record, and it sounds fine coming through the Play:1... weird, but ok. I nearly make it through both sides of a record when the sound starts to crack, distort and become quiet again - a few minutes later I'm back in the same boat. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Now, here I am, rambling and with no idea what to do... any thoughts, ideas, suggestions etc will be welcomed with open arms.
A much more vinyl savvy friend than I recently purchased a turntable for me as a birthday gift. Out of the box it has Bluetooth connectivity; however, being firmly planted within the Sonos ecosystem I went and purchased a Connect so that I could utilize the speakers setup throughout the house. Setup went off without a hitch as I've come to expect with these products and I was beginning to enjoy my small record collection within minutes; however, things took a turn for the worse about 45mins to an hour in... The sound became increasingly scratchy, distorted, and quiet to the point that I had to turn the speakers volume completely up to hear anything. I found an example from a previous post that closely matches what the music began to sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlnRUo_egoE Kinda similar to a radio station as the signal fades.
Being an old record, I thought maybe the needle was collecting dust so I cleaned the record, checked/cleaned the needle, played again - same thing.
I tried with a brand new record - same thing.
I tried some small adjustments to the counterweight - same thing.
I tired different cables - same thing.
Being that the Connect/Speakers are connected via WiFi, I thought maybe my internet connection might be the issue, so I ran a speed test which didn't raise any flags, but I also restarted my network for good measure - same thing.
I mentioned previously that the TT has Bluetooth connectivity (which is how I'd been listening to records previously) so I grabbed my portable speaker and, for a $30 speaker, it sounded amazing - I came to realize even better than the Play:1 that I had initially been listening/testing on in my office - no distortion, scratchiness etc.
If it helps, the way I have things setup are TT (with built-in pre-amp on) > Connect via line out/in > Various Sonos speakers via WiFi.
Feeling defeated, I called it an evening and went about my business with plans to look more into it the next day. Fast forward to the following morning, I turn everything on, put on a new record, and it sounds fine coming through the Play:1... weird, but ok. I nearly make it through both sides of a record when the sound starts to crack, distort and become quiet again - a few minutes later I'm back in the same boat. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Now, here I am, rambling and with no idea what to do... any thoughts, ideas, suggestions etc will be welcomed with open arms.