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I used to have my Sonos Amp connected to my Pro-ject turntable (debut III with preamp). I moved my Amp away and recently also got a Sonos Port. I connected my turntable to the port and want to use it as an input for the record player.
 

But the audio keeps dropping, at some point my system goes total haywire. Most Sonos devices totally drop out and are missing from the system and after a while come back. Today it even when they came back claimed two S2 products (Ikea speakers) where incompatible with S2 and after a few more minutes they did show up normally again.

This is my setup:

Pro-ject recordplayer line into Sonos Port

Sonos Amp 

Sonos Arc + Sub + 2 Sonos Ones SL

2 Sonos Ikea speakers

Sonos One

Sonos Play:1

Sonos Roam

Sonos Boost

 

The port is NOT connected to any receiver and just functioning as a line in for the turntable.


I try and play the line in on the Arc, Play:1 and/or Amp. Lots of drops of the sound until it all goes haywire.

When it goes haywire it seems like mostly the products who use the Boost disappear. I know my One is on the wifi network directly and so is the Port. The odd thing is my Arc also disappears and that one is wired.

Any tips or ideas what I can do?

Does your router have separate SSID’s for its 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz WiFi bands? If so, perhaps shift the Roam onto the 5Ghz band and then remove your routers 2.4Ghz WiFi credentials (if applicable) from your Sonos App network settings, leaving just the 5Ghz band in place. Also…

  • Set the routers 2.4Ghz WiFi band to channel 1, 6 or 11 and set the channel-width to 20MHz only.
  • Set the Boost so that it is at least one metre (or more) away from the router.
  • Set the SonosNet channel in the Sonos App so it is at least 5 channels away from the chosen router channel.

What I think may also prove helpful in this instance, is to reserve/fix all the Sonos IP addresses in your routers DHCP servers reservation table, so that on system-reboot the Sonos products will always get assigned their existing IP address.

See if those few suggestions resolve your system issues.

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