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Dear Sonos Community,

I have 2 Stereo Pairs of Era 300s with Sub Mini in my house and just love the sound and dynamics using the Sonos App.

Just bought a third pair of Era 300s to use on our patio / winter garden for partys during the summer.

The aim is to feed via line in from a laptop as I want to use a software that controls & synchronizes audio, video and lights (via DMX)

(Audio stream is: Laptop -> Soundblaster GX6 via Optical -> RME ADI 2 DAC - > Era 300 Line In

The first pure audio test via VLC Media Player was successful, however the max volume and dynamics via line in on the Era 300 are nowhere near vs when I play the same track via the Sonos App. I test various settings re the input gain in the Sonos App, but this did not make a real difference.

Since the Equalizer settings etc. in the Sonos App als have an impact while using line in, would I need to crank up the volume in the Sonos App first to the max level to get the full performance of the speakers via line in when the signal volume is controlled by an external source ?

Or what would you suggest re settings or setup to get the max performance from the speakers when using line in and the audio source is a laptop.

 

Many thanks for any ideas / suggestions

 

 

When you use an external device for input to the Line-In, there will be a volume duel unless the device has a fixed line-in level volume.  Turn up the volume on the laptop until it causes distortion, then dial it back a notch.  From there, use the volume on the Sonos.

Thank you very much, you mean the volume setting in the Sonos App or on the Speaker itself ?

 

Thank you very much, you mean the volume in the Sonos App ?

 

Correct.

Thanks a lot for your help, tested today and worked like you said - thanks so much !

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