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ericincali
Contributor I
Jan 9, 2024 1:12 AM UTC
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Will I lose sound quality with Mono RCA-to-3.5 jacks into each of two stereo-paired Sonos fives?

I have a stereo pair of Sonos fives, and a turntable with either Bluetooth or RCA left and rigght jacks for sound output. 

Don’t seem able to pair via Bluetooth, so I was going to hook up with cables, but the sonos fives only have single 3/8 input jacks. Will I lose sound quality if I run a mono RCA-to-3.5 jack into each Sonos five?

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    GuitarSuperstarAnswer
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    Jan 9, 2024 1:16 AM UTC

    Assuming your turntable has a built-in phono preamp, use an RCA male to 3.5mm male audio cable to connect the turntable to the line-in port on one of the Fives. This will give you stereo audio playing out of the stereo pair of Fives from the turntable.

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    GuitarSuperstarAnswer
    Lead Maestro
    Jan 9, 2024 1:16 AM UTC

    Assuming your turntable has a built-in phono preamp, use an RCA male to 3.5mm male audio cable to connect the turntable to the line-in port on one of the Fives. This will give you stereo audio playing out of the stereo pair of Fives from the turntable.

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      jgatie
      jgatie
      Jan 9, 2024 1:25 AM UTC

      As stated, you only need to connect to one Line-In on a stereo pair.  And no, there is not a loss of quality.

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        106rallye
        106rallye
        Jan 9, 2024 7:30 PM UTC

        As you found out the Five’s do not do bluetooth.

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          ericincaliAuthor
          Contributor I
          Jan 15, 2024 11:27 PM UTC

          Assuming your turntable has a built-in phono preamp, use an RCA male to 3.5mm male audio cable to connect the turntable to the line-in port on one of the Fives. This will give you stereo audio playing out of the stereo pair of Fives from the turntable.

          Apparently it does not have a pre-amp, because nothing comes out of the Sonos Fives when I connect it to them.

           

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          jgatie
          jgatie
          Jan 16, 2024 1:15 AM UTC

          Apparently it does not have a pre-amp, because nothing comes out of the Sonos Fives when I connect it to them.

           

           

          Are you selecting the Line-In as a source?

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          106rallye
          106rallye
          Jan 16, 2024 8:48 AM UTC

          What make and model turntable?

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