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Sonos port loop in/out

  • November 27, 2024
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Hi all,

I have a Sonos system all through my house and a turntable connected to a (non-sonos) amp. 
 

If I would like to connect this amp to the sonos system and play my spotify or radio, I’ll just need to buy a Sonos port and connect the sonos port outs to the amp’s ins. I get that.

But here it is: I would like to connect the music I play on my turntable to the rest of my sonos system as well, so I could use the rec out of my amp to the ins of the sonos port. Right? Or will this create some kind of short circuit loop that will blow everything to pieces and I should be better of with buying two sonos ports (I hope not :)).

 

Thanks!

Best answer by Airgetlam

Right. No ‘loop of death’. Consider the Sonos Port as the equivalent to a tape deck. When connected properly, anything it ‘plays’ will be sent to your amp, anything the amp ‘plays’ will go in to the Sonos system, after a 75ms delay. 

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Airgetlam
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  • November 27, 2024

Right. No ‘loop of death’. Consider the Sonos Port as the equivalent to a tape deck. When connected properly, anything it ‘plays’ will be sent to your amp, anything the amp ‘plays’ will go in to the Sonos system, after a 75ms delay. 

Bruce
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  • Razahtlab
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  • November 27, 2024

Thanks a lot Bruce! Really helpful. 
 

I could of course feed the port with the output of the phono preamp, then feed my amp with the port output, but considering a the digital tinkering the port does, that would be quite detrimental to the quality of the audio of my setup I’m afraid. I could, of course, switch cables between these two options when I want to just listen on my main set or when I absolutely want to have the turntable on both the main speakers and the sonos environment. 

or just stick to option A :) we’ll see

 

thanks again! 

Pieter
 

 

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  • November 28, 2024

I doubt you could hear any quality difference in the two connection options. Maybe a volume difference.

I’d try it both ways myself, you might get less delay in the sound going turntable to Port to amp.

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