Skip to main content
loganthomas51
Contributor I
January 28, 2019
Answered

Cheap Vinyl Setup Help

I recently purchased 4 Play:1 and a beam. I have 2 play:1 and the beam in my living room and 2 play:1 in my basement. I am looking at getting into vinyl. I am looking at the most economical setup.

Any suggestions on a turntable setup that will play throughout the house?
Can I just get a turntable then add a connect and play it throughout?
Suggestions on turntables?

A little confused on the difference of the connect and connect amp and if there is a cheaper solution... Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.
Ken_Griffiths
Ken_GriffithsAnswer
January 28, 2019
The turntable is perhaps upto you and may depend on affordability, but here is a cheap starter one that is available through the Sonos Online Store ...

https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop/pro-ject-essential-iii-phono-turntable.html

Note any chosen turntable will need a pre-amp, built-in, or otherwise.

You can use these Sonos Products to connect them to your existing system...Simply use the ‘Line-In’ on any of these:
Connect, Connect:Amp, or Play:5

My own personal preference is the 'Play 5' as that also provides an additional speaker for the room, the cheapest option however is the Sonos Connect.
View in thread

4 replies

Ken_Griffiths
Ken_GriffithsAnswer
January 28, 2019
The turntable is perhaps upto you and may depend on affordability, but here is a cheap starter one that is available through the Sonos Online Store ...

https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop/pro-ject-essential-iii-phono-turntable.html

Note any chosen turntable will need a pre-amp, built-in, or otherwise.

You can use these Sonos Products to connect them to your existing system...Simply use the ‘Line-In’ on any of these:
Connect, Connect:Amp, or Play:5

My own personal preference is the 'Play 5' as that also provides an additional speaker for the room, the cheapest option however is the Sonos Connect.
pwt
pwt
Virtuoso
January 28, 2019
You can use these Sonos Products to connect them to your existing system...Simply use the ‘Line-In’ on any of these:
Connect, Connect:Amp, or Play:5
Or the new Sonos Amp if it's available in your geography.
4 x P:5 | Sub | 4 x P:1 | 3 x Connect | 2 x Boost | Connect:Amp | 2 x One | Amp | Move | Port | Era 300
Jaolchhu4
Jaolchhu4
Collaborator II
January 28, 2019
A Connect is required if you are seeking to add an existing Hifi setup to your Sonos sysmem i.e. amp. CD player, cassette player TT and also the speakers. A ConnectAmp does the above but does not require you a separate amp in the set up.

I started off using the line in on one my Play 5’s to play my Flexson TT. This limited me some what, so I bought a Connect Amp and separate speakers and then added a CD player and a cassette player - I had to make use of a cheap RCA switch for the three different inputs into the Connect amp (it only has one built in). The new Sonos amp has more inputs than the old one I believe.

If you don’t have a pre-existing hifi set up, the cheapest option is to buy another Play 5 with line-in. If you do, then it’s cheaper to buy a Connect.
Ken_Griffiths
Ken_Griffiths
January 28, 2019
You can use these Sonos Products to connect them to your existing system...Simply use the ‘Line-In’ on any of these:
Connect, Connect:Amp, or Play:5
Or the new Sonos Amp if it's available in your geography.
Yes, of course, I missed that one, thank-you pwt. ?
Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement