I am currently playing my turntable through a phono into an Era 100 that I have on mute to stream around the house. I could do with freeing this up to use in another room.
I keep looking at the ports and wondered if it’s worth the upgrade from an Era 100?
should I just buy another 100 and use it on mute or buy a port ? Will I notice the £200 difference ?
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Imho there is no difference in quality between any Sonos devices that support an analogue line in. Even the usb c equipped devices that support line in with the Sonos audio adapter do the same great job.
So there‘s no need of spending money on a much more expensive device like Sonos Port, if you won’t use its main functionality at all.
I don't use the inputs but from reading stuff here i think you might not need to mute the Era, just don't select the line-in as the source. I think you could even play somethig else on it while using the line-in there as a source for a different Room.
Sonos doesn't publish much in the way of specifications so numbers aren't available but the impression I have is that any Sonos line-in is going to be of similar quality.
+1I set notifications on ebay for an S2 Port and found one in excellent condition around or under $200.
There’s also an S2 Connect often on there for a lot less. If you are in a hurry there’s never a deal but if you’re patient you can find a deal.
There’s a thread on here where I was struggling with setting up my living room because in Home Theater Mode because you cannot use the line-in on an Era100 it is disabled.
So the only options sadly were Port or use a silent Era 100. I reluctantly bought a Port.
Bummer because I bought into Sonos based on using it with the Pro-ject TT they sell.
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I believe that a stereo-pair of Eras with line-in adaptors connected to each speaker means that both sources are available simultaneously to the whole-house system.
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