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lesterforrest
Contributor I
October 27, 2017
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How to connect my turntable to Sonos speakers

I have a Denon DP-200USB turntable which has an internal amp and I have 2xPlay:1 speakers and a Connect. How do I configure this to work?
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    lesterforrestAnswer
    Contributor I
    October 27, 2017
    Update. I managed to get the two play 1 speakers working with the connect by just plugging in the white and red cord from the turntable to the connect device and I have to select the play feature in the app for “LINE IN”. Now I can hear the music playing through the speakers which are set up as stereo but the sound isn’t very loud, even at the highest volume setting. Am I missing something? Do I need to connect a digital cord from amp to speakers like a LAN line cause I tried that and it made no diff.
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    lesterforrestAuthorAnswer
    Contributor I
    October 27, 2017
    Update. I managed to get the two play 1 speakers working with the connect by just plugging in the white and red cord from the turntable to the connect device and I have to select the play feature in the app for “LINE IN”. Now I can hear the music playing through the speakers which are set up as stereo but the sound isn’t very loud, even at the highest volume setting. Am I missing something? Do I need to connect a digital cord from amp to speakers like a LAN line cause I tried that and it made no diff.
    Kumar
    October 27, 2017
    Change the line in level settings to higher levels, 8 or above, till 10.
    chicks
    chicks
    October 27, 2017
    Look at the TT specs. It puts out a minuscule 2.5mV with the preamp off, and 150mV with it switched on. That’s still pretty low, considering that your standard CD player puts out 2V. Make sure the EQ is switched on, or turn it off and get a phono preamp with a healthier gain.
    lesterforrestAuthor
    Contributor I
    October 27, 2017
    Thx Kumar I set it to 10 which helped quite a bit since it was only at 2 but even at 10 it’s not as high as I would really like. There is somewhere to adjust the EQ like chicks mentioned but not an actual on/off for EQ. Maybe I do need a better phono preamp and I saw a listing somewhere of suggested ones, do either one of you have that list?
    Kumar
    October 28, 2017
    Those I have used in my past are too expensive to recommend; cheaper ones work just as well. See the first thread here for some recommendations: https://en.community.sonos.com/music-services-and-sources-228994/using-a-turntable-with-sonos-6769426
    The TT maker Project also makes some good ones, you will find them on Amazon. As well as other ones that seem to work just as well, going by reviews there. A phono preamp in the USD 100 range is very acceptable these days.
    I haven't done the Connect to Play 1 kind of set up for a long time now so I am not sure that this is useful, but it will do no harm to see if boosting the volume levels on the Connect will have any positive effect on play 1 sound levels. Nothing lost in trying this before changing preamps.
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