Turntable set up options on a Budget. What would you do?

HI 

Best possible way is to put a Sonos Port with the Turntable, Port  has a Input and Output both.

You can use Sonos Port Output to send turntable audio to Sonos other speakers(Beam and Roam), as you want to send turntable audio to other sonos speakers, this would be the best solution. 

Alternate Solutions(Five and Era300) -  

Five - you can also use five also it have built-in aux port. it can be used for Turntable output. and can be used Individual as well 

Secondary you can go with the Sonos Five. 

Era 300 - you need to purchase an additional connector/ adaptor to use aux, as it doesn’t have a built-in port.    

#Melvimbe

I do like the thought of 100’s that I could later expand my surround system. this is something I hadn’t thought of. Thanks for the Input.

I would agree with the port if my primary intention was to stream to my other rooms. But the port would use my budget and I’d still have no speakers in the same room as the turn table. The living/TV room is part of an open floor plan that isn’t the best acoustically speaking so that's why I don’t want to put the turntable in the main living area. I can always add the port later if my focus changes.

Hi

I believe Era 100’s x 2 would give you the best stereo separation. However you would have to figure into your budget

• Sonos line-in adapter @ $19_USD (only needed for one Era 100)
• RCA to 3.5mm cable between pre-amp and Sonos Era 100 Line-in adapter  (See example here)

The Five would provide great volume with a tiny bit more low-end; but the stereo separation would be less. You would still need the RCA to 3.5mm cable; but no line-in adapter.

If you could purchase all three (3) and return the speaker(s) that you don’t want in that manner you’ll know which best suits your need.

A Five expanded to a pair of Fives would be my first choice but as folks have said the single Five’s stereo imaging is a bit weak, the pair is great though.

The pair of 100s is tempting and if you added a mini-Sub it is going to sound pretty close to the Fives.

The pre-amp has one set of OUT jacks that I can take to one Era100. What do I need to connect the second Era 100, or is that just paired of over WiFi?

I'm probably going to go with a pair of Era 100’s to start.  They do have a surround completion set which includes the mini sub but I’ll have to think about the extra cost.  Then I could save for a pair of 5’s  allowing me to move the Era 100’s to my Beam 2 and complete the surround grouping. 

You only need to connect the line-in adapter to one speaker. Creating the stereo pair automatically brings in the other speaker.  FYI, as rule of thumb connect the left speaker with the line in adapter.