I have an old Pioneer that is plugged into the Sonos Connect Amp. The sound is that of one that needs a preamp. The speakers are Kenwood floor speakers.
I bought this thinking it would be an amplifier.
Sadly, not.
When I bought it, the guy threw in a Sonos Connect Receiver and a Connect Bridge.
You are confusing terms here. A Connect:Amp is indeed an amplifier, and can be used to power passive speakers. However, a turntable needs a phono pre-amp, either internal or external, connected to the Line-In level input on the Connect:Amp. A phono pre-amp takes the phono level RIAA equalization on a record and converts it to Line-Level.
Thank you for the reply.
So all that weight is just to power speakers?
They sound great when I run Sonos Radio!
I’ll look into a preamp but will continue to use my independent Kenwood system in the meantime.
As for the spare Connect, can I use it as CD input and add it to the S1 system?
I also have an S2 system (Playbar and two Play 3s)
A CD player can be directly plugged into a Connect.
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