The sound saturates on the line input of the Play Five

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Hello,

Here is my problem, I currently have a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Evo 2M turntable, connected to a Pro-Ject Phono Box MM DC phono preamplifier, itself connected to a SONOS Five via an Audioquest Evergreen mini-jack RCA 1.5 m cable . (Actually, I changed my previous turntable by this one, thinking that the turntable was involved ...)

The problem that I encounter is that the sound saturates on strong voices like Adele or Loreena McKennitt. As soon as the voice increases a little in power, the sound sizzles. I don't have this problem with the digital version of the albums, via Spotify for example. My line input is set to level 2 on AV.

So do you have an idea? Why is the quality deteriorating on the input line of the SONOS FIVE?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Raphael

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Belly MAnswer

You should experiment with the Sonos line in level to a higher number, the output of your phono preamp might actually be a lot lower than you think.

Edit

So level 8 and upwards, depends how much the cartridge outputs before it gets amplified.

Output voltage

500 mV / 1 kHz at 5 mV /1 kHz

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Antifon

Prodigy III

As Belly M has said already, what you need to do is to temporarily replace the Sonos device with another amplifier/speaker system and see if the problem still exists then. You could then swap out the cable to be sure that this is not the cause.

One possibility is that you might be running the cartridge with too little downforce? This can lead to a good output when the record has lower level signals, but at higher levels it can cause the cartridge to stop tracking properly, leading to distortion?

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Kumar

This is a mystery to me, but I will follow this thread to see what problem and solution finally emerges.

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raphy3306Author

Contributor I

Hello. The problem seems to come from the press quality of some vinyls. The material is good I think.