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alclarke
Contributor I
August 13, 2025
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Turntable To Sonos Connect Amp

  • August 13, 2025
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I have an old Pioneer that is plugged into the Sonos Connect Amp. The sound is that of one that needs a preamp. The speakers are Kenwood floor speakers. 
 

I bought this thinking it would be an amplifier. 
Sadly, not. 

When I bought it, the guy threw in a Sonos Connect Receiver and a Connect Bridge.


 

 

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Best answer by jgatie

You are confusing terms here.  A Connect:Amp is indeed an amplifier, and can be used to power passive speakers.  However, a turntable needs a phono pre-amp, either internal or external, connected to the Line-In level input on the Connect:Amp.  A phono pre-amp takes the phono level RIAA equalization on a record and converts it to Line-Level. 

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jgatie
jgatieAnswer
August 13, 2025

You are confusing terms here.  A Connect:Amp is indeed an amplifier, and can be used to power passive speakers.  However, a turntable needs a phono pre-amp, either internal or external, connected to the Line-In level input on the Connect:Amp.  A phono pre-amp takes the phono level RIAA equalization on a record and converts it to Line-Level. 

    alclarkeAuthor
    Contributor I
    August 14, 2025

    Thank you for the reply.

    So all that weight is just to power speakers?
    They sound great when I run Sonos Radio! 
     

    I’ll look into a preamp but will continue to use my independent Kenwood system in the meantime.

    As for the spare Connect, can I use it as CD input and add it to the S1 system? 
     

    I also have an S2 system (Playbar and two Play 3s)

     

    Hitting the sweet spot.
    Stanley_4
    Stanley_4
    Grand Maestro
    August 14, 2025

    A CD player can be directly plugged into a Connect.

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