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Switching b/t home theater and stereo (turntable) setup

  • 30 October 2023
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J

We’ve got a Beam gen 1 and two Era 100s set up in surround right now. We’ve also got an Audio Technica turntable that could connect to one of the Eras through bluetooth or the line-in, but they are disabled in surround sound mode. The only option seems to be setting up the Eras as a stereo pair *every time* we want to play the turntable and then grouping them back with the beam *every time* we want to watch the TV. It’s such a lot of bother to do this every time, and if we want Trueplay calibration we have to set it up like new *every time*. It’s this or buy a massively expensive Port unit.

Is this really the reality? Am I missing something? Can Sonos not streamline the switch to some degree? At least remember the Trueplay calibrations for each setting? 

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Best answer by Ken_Griffiths 30 October 2023, 14:46

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jgatie

Yes, that is the reality, and no, it is not possible to streamline the process. Simply put, the one way ad-hoc direct 5 GHz connection needed for low the latency surrounds requires a reconfiguration of the radios, and since it is one-way from the soundbar to the surrounds, the Bluetooth and Line-In are disabled.  Note:  You do not need to purchase a Port.  Another Era 100 would do the trick, for less expense than the Port.

Ken_Griffiths

It maybe easier to just add another Sonos device with line-in instead to your system and use that with your TT.

Such as:

  • Port/Connect (gen2)
  • Amp/Connect:Amp (gen2)
  • Five/Play:5 (gen2)
  • Era-100 (requires additional dongle)
  • Era-300 (requires additional dongle)
  • Sonos Move 2 (requires additional dongle)

A turntable with built-in/external pre-amp can connect to the Line-In which becomes an audio source that you can play to your Beam HT then too. It will save you the bother of unbonding/bonding the surrounds.

J

Thanks very much, you two. Not the magic solution I was hoping for but another Era is certainly less than a Port. Thanks again!

ratty

If you were prepared to forgo the CEC control via the TV and revert to an optical connection you’d then just need:

  • an analog-digital converter to convert the TT signal to optical
  • an optical switch 

Neither need cost very much.

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