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Sonos Amp and Delay with Turntable


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Hello All - hoping to get a question asked, and a couple of pieces of advice.

I currently have an X2 turnable, with preamp, going into one of a paired up set of Sonos Fives (with a Sonos sub). I have a CD player in the other Five.

I’m going to go for a more traditional setup and purchase a couple of Wharfedale Eco 4.2 speakers. 

I saw a review in which the reviewer was saying he would never do this again because of the delay of sound - for example he drops the needle and the amp doesn’t start the sound until around 1 second later. No I have these options I can choose with the Five in which I can select different levels of delay but, does that feature not exist on the Amp. Are we stuck with a 1 second delay that can’t be changed?

Secondly, can I use the Sonos Amp running into Wharfedale Eco 4.2 speakers and still use the Sonos Sub in that “Room” or do I have to run the sub cable independently from the amp?

I also would love to hear from anyone running a turntable into a Sonos Amp then into passive speakers - do they feel it a better setup than a pair of fives and line in to them?

Thank you, Robin

Best answer by AjTrek1

Hi

You can adjust the delay on the Amp in settings under line-in. Also under line-in turn on Auto Play and set the volume level. I have mine set to 10 as I don’t want a loud level into my speakers at cold start. I can hear the needle drop. 

FYI…my setup is:

ProJect Turntable-Sonos Addition

Sonos Amp

Cambridge Duo Pre-Amp

Definitive D7 Speakers

Sonos Sub 

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AjTrek1
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  • December 1, 2023

Hi

You can adjust the delay on the Amp in settings under line-in. Also under line-in turn on Auto Play and set the volume level. I have mine set to 10 as I don’t want a loud level into my speakers at cold start. I can hear the needle drop. 

FYI…my setup is:

ProJect Turntable-Sonos Addition

Sonos Amp

Cambridge Duo Pre-Amp

Definitive D7 Speakers

Sonos Sub 


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  • December 1, 2023

Thank you so much AjTrek1,

When I currently have my setup going into a Sonos Five I have (from memory I’m at work) 3 or 4 line in delay settings - is that the same for the Amp so as your needle drops you hear it as you see it (no delay)?

I notice you run a Sonos Sub too with the passive speakers - does the Amp give you any adjustment on the crossover at all?

Thank you for your reply !

Robin


AjTrek1
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  • December 1, 2023

Hi

The line-in delays are in milli-seconds (ms). Mine is set to 2000ms for best performance. Yes the sub does allow crossover adjustments with 3rd party speakers when using the Amp. 


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