I couldn't resist a screaming deal on a SONOS compatible turntable. Woot.com is (at the moment) offering the Victrola Onyx for just $250 new, including shipping for Amazon Prime. I see mixed reviews with some people completely raving about it and others running into problems. I just set it up and while not completely painless, it just required a little patience and less than a half-hour. It is connected via Ethernet. (I also tried WiFi which worked fine too.)
It's playing right now and I am very pleased with the quality and how well it's working at the moment. But it is a little peculiar. It does require using the Victrola Stream app. Once it's playing, I can control volume effortlessly via the SONOS app. I can also set up which speakers are playing (and I have quite a few) via the SONOS app, but only sometimes. That's the weird part.
Changing the connected speakers takes more time than normal. I've got it all set up and working now but I'm not at all confident it's going to work this way next time. Here's another oddity:
On the mobile app (iPhone), it shows "Unknown" as the music source. But if I go to my MacOS app, "Victrola" is displayed. Then again, Victrola never appears in either app as a choosable Music Source. The only way I've been able to get the turntable to start playing is via the Victrola app.
None of this is a real problem if I can figure out how I got here and get back here again without any problems or significant delays. So maybe if I could understand what and how things are happening I can figure out how to continue to make it happen this way when I want. As I write this, I'm listening to some great sounding music that isn't available digitally.
Hence my question:
Can anyone explain how this combination works and the easiest methods to get here?
