Can I connect DJ mixer to Sonos Play 3?

Question

I am a pub quizmasterI usually connect to pub systems from a little audio mixer INTO which I feed my music player and microphone and connect OUT from that usually via RCAs or XLRs to the pub’s amp.A new pub want a quiz night but the pub has 2 x Sonos Play 3 speakers.We cannot see how to connect to this.Is there a simple solution?	Can we connect our mixer to the Sonos somehow?	Will there be any kind of delay? A quick look at some other posts seemed to suggest that Sonos doesn’t really work in the normal way and there will always be some kind of delay from the a mic that gets plugged in?

melvimbe · Accepted Answer

This isn’t possible as the Play:3 does not have any aux inputs. If you added one of the Sonos products that does have an aux input, there will be a delay. Sonos simply is not a designed to be a PA system.

controlav · Answer

not to mention the ramp time. i tried it just to experiment for you, and the latency/buffer is just too high. meaning you hit cue, and 4-5 seconds later you hear cue.

You can reduce the latency to 75ms but likely still too long for live use.

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