How to connect a dj-controller to SonosNet

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September 13, 2014
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I am planning on buying a Playbar, Sub and 2 Play:3's, mainly for use as 5.1 hometheatersystem.
I also want to connect my Pioneer DDJ-Ergo-K dj-controller, to the SonosNet, in order to be able to hear my mix trough all Sonosspeakers.
How can i do this? I already know that Sonos has the Connect and Connect:Amp, which have an analog input that i can use. If this is really the way to do it, do i use the Connect or the Connect:Amp?
I do have 1 doubt; i have found on the internet that when i connect a mixer to the Connect (:Amp), there might be a slight delay. (The music in the headphones is not in sync with the music played trough the speakers, which is not acceptable when mixing).
If there will be a delay, i could use a receiver:
Connecting the Pioneer dj-controller to the analog input of the receiver, then connecting the receiver with HDMI to my tv, which has the Playbar connected on it. The Playbar will send the music to the other Sonosspeakers.
Is this a possible solution to the problem? Or will i still have a delay?

Thank you for the respons!

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Mark O'Leary

Lyricist I

There is a slight delay when using Connect (Connect:Amp same way - connect Amp has amp built in to it for external speakers like a receiver). They should probably just be called Connect and Amp. Amp does have analog inputs (like the Play:5 does to). Connect has analog/digital outputs and analog inputs (so the outputs are what make Connect different).

As far as delay there is a slight one. It is not a lot but enough for example if you had hooked up to TV and had TV speakers on and Sonos on you would hear echo like in stadium if that makes sense. Without TV speakers on I have not noticed it enough to cause lip sync to be off with TV. I know that is not what your trying to accomplish but giving you idea of how much delay.

The delay has been quoted as 70ms. So there would be an echo between your headphones and the speakers.

Now the Playbar has a digital input that does not introduce any delay. You could hook your DJ controller up to the Playbar (I would do directly as going through receivers/tv etc. is going to eventually add delay). Probably easiest thing to do is when you want to use DJ controller just unhook the fiber cable from the TV and then hook to your controller. If your controller doesn't have digital out just get a fairly inexpensive analog to digital converter (example: http://www.amazon.com/Analog-Digital-Audio-Converter-Adapter/dp/B005F20756/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&...)

Otherwise if don't want to move the cable back and forth you are going to need some time of switch to hook to playbar to switch inputs. Which are out there as well.

If you connect your mixer using one of those analog-digital converters like i have, the music will play through the playbar but not the surrounds 😞, also the sound quality is shocking when using that setup not even a scratch on the sound quality if you played the same song/same bit rate through the app.

This is really disappointing as I would have purchased a few more sonos speakers so when i am mixing the music would play throughout the house with the same quality as when playing through the app. @Sonos open to suggestions as using the : http://www.amazon.com/Analog-Digital-Audio-Converter-Adapter/dp/B005F20756/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&...) just does not produce good sound

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Paul O

Lyricist II

Can I also resurrect this - specifically, has this approach cured the delay issue in terms of headphones and output?

I recently bought the connect amp and for DJing it is useless, due to the delay (even in uncompressed mode)

Be keen to understand if there is a better A-D converter too

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The LHC

Sonos is not designed for DJ use! Send the Connect:amp back and buy something appropriate. The line-in delay is never going to be removed, it's inherent in the system. You also can't do the A-to-D conversion offboard of Sonos, so there's not much point investigating that route.

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Paul O

Lyricist II

Thanks. I've read your helpful posts elsewhere.

My question was aimed at others who also fell for the misleading marketing photo and assumed they could use it for this use case, specifically ones with a playbar and who bought a separate A-D converter to get the inputs in

I've already read the plethora of posts on the delay, it's engineered in, etc. Im simply trying to verify this potential work around. Chances are I will be returning it, so one less user to berate
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The LHC

I'm not berating anybody, I'm just trying to stop you wasting your time but it's your time and your money, if you want to waste both on a fool's quest that's your business.

ratty

Paul O,

I answered your other post on this.

The delay is not defeatable or workaroundable. It's nothing to do with AD or DA conversion. Realtime transmission over an unsynchronised packet-based network must build in a small amount of buffering ('slack') to deal with the fact that packets may be slightly delayed in transit, for example by wireless interference. Without such a buffer the receiving device would periodically run out of data, and the audio would drop out.

By the way, what "misleading marketing photo"?

jgatie

Probably the one with the turntable, because using a turntable always means you are DJ-ing? Who knows. This is why we have "Caution, contents are hot" warnings on coffee cups.

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