Comparison of 2 turntables that will connect to my Sonos system.

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I am trying to decide on which turntable to buy that will stream into my Sonos system. I am considering either the Victrola stream Carbon or one of the two Pro-Ject turntables sold by Sonos (the T-1 or the Debut Carbon). I realize that I will have to buy another Sonos device to use one of the Pro-Jett turntable, and that is alright with me. I would appreciate any responses from people who have one of these turntables or who know something about how they compare. I have a collection of records (mostly. cassical music) from years ago that I would love to listen to.

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Stanley_4Answer

Grand Maestro

I can’t advise you on which to buy from personal experience, but don’t forget to get the line-in if you get an Era 100 or 300 speaker and one of the Pro-Ject turntables.

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/sonos-line-in-adapter

The Sonos pages are really low on details and specs but all should sound decent as long as properly setup.

There are some good details and reviews here:

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_338STRMCBN/Victrola-Stream-Carbon.html?tp=75887

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_252T1PHPB/Pro-Ject-T1-Phono-SB-High-gloss-Black.html?tp=75887

Personally I’d go for the Victrola stream Carbon if looking at the more expensive pair, it has very good specs and it doesn’t need cables to connect, adding a lot of options for speaker selection that the wired ones don’t.

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skullc

Prodigy III

Thankfully I have emerged from the hifi and later the home theatre rabbit holes and compromise rules my decisions these days

I could throw money at my systems to achieve nirvana but been there got the 3 piece suit…. 😜

I have an arc sub and 2 ones for my cinema pleasure and 2 5s and sub for music

i picked the Rega Planar 1 for my turntable for cost and the tonearm had won awards as good value and paired with the AT cartridge was good with in your face music 😊

not going to play anything else so win win

the days of me wearing a monocle magnifier and using scales are long gone 👍

Network= livewire cpe pro 3 +eero 6 pro wireless

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

I had access to some very good test equipment at work and they were happy to let me use it to play with my turntable. Adding in several test records as signal sources gave me some really good insights.

By connecting the turntable to a phono pre-amp for proper loading and to a dual trace oscilloscope (ahead of the pre-amp) you could actually see the problems caused by the various misalignment problems. Watching and listening you could train your ears/brain a bit and increase your ability to detect issues without the scope.

https://ortofon.com/products/ortofon-test-record

Excellent description of the tests down a bit here:

https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/35532/Analogue_Productions-The_Ultimate_Analogue_Test_LP-Turntable_Set_Up_Tools

Many more out there.

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FHE2019Author

Contributor I

Thanks to all who replied to my original post.

I decided to buy the Victrola Carbon Stream. And in case anyone else is interested, Victrola just lowered the price by $100 (was $799, now $699).