I’ve gotten a new Sonos 300 and I love it. I want to connect my turntable to it, but I’m wondering if it is considered an active or passive speaker. The integrated amp I have is pretty old and barely hanging on, so I’m hopeful if it’s an active speaker I can just bypass the need for it entirely.
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Sonos 300: Active or Passive?
Best answer by melvimbe
It’s an active speaker, however, I think you’re asking if you would need a preamp to connect your turntable to the Era 300. The answer is yes. The USB port, plus adapter, is not a phono input.
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It’s an active speaker, however, I think you’re asking if you would need a preamp to connect your turntable to the Era 300. The answer is yes. The USB port, plus adapter, is not a phono input.
Danny
It’s an active speaker, however, I think you’re asking if you would need a preamp to connect your turntable to the Era 300. The answer is yes. The USB port, plus adapter, is not a phono input.
Thank you! This was exactly the information I was looking for. I’ve got my dad’s old setup, which means I’m trying to connect a turntable from 2000 (that works great) to an integrated amp from 1980 (that works well, but definitely some odd issues from the many many many moves it’s lived through) to my new speaker. I’ve finally gotten all the right connectors and gotten it all cleaned up and working, which is fine for now, but knowing that it’s an easy/inexpensive step if I do need to just let go of my current integrated amp is great news.
Those older integrated amps have a built in pre-amp, which is why they have specific ‘phono’ inputs. Sonos is looking for the more generic ‘line level’ input, such as comes from pretty much everything else except turntables.
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