Will I lose sound quality with Mono RCA-to-3.5 jacks into each of two stereo-paired Sonos fives?

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January 9, 2024
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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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Best answer by GuitarSuperstar

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

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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

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

106rallye

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

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ericincaliAuthor

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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.

jgatie

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?

106rallye

What make and model turntable?

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